Via Feministe, I found out about another way to signal an end to the Bush years--with a view of my shoe. Organized by Lisa at My Ecdysis, I am joining other bloggers and borrowing a page from Muntader al-Zaidi, the 29-year-old Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Bush to demonstrate his anger at the destruction that the US invasion and occupation of Iraq has inflicted. And here it is.
Muntader al-Zaidi was jailed after the incident, and he had only been allowed two visitors--and none since December 21. According to this New York Times article, he was allowed a visitor on Friday and continued to show signs of having been beaten. He is also now seeking asylum in Switzerland.
Showing posts with label good riddance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good riddance. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Good riddance.
Monday, January 19, 2009
A countdown from the past eight years.
Stonewall just sent me this list from Harper’s Index. Since I’m already gearing up for inauguration day tomorrow, it seemed like a good time to recall the fuckedupedness of the past eight years. You should read the whole list, but here are a few that jumped out at me, for various reasons:
Number of news stories from 1998 to Election Day 2000 containing “George W. Bush” and “aura of inevitability”: 206
Date on which the GAO sued Dick Cheney to force the release of documents related to current U.S. energy policy: 2/22/02
Number of other officials the GAO has sued over access to federal records: 0
Percentage of Americans in 2006 who believed that U.S. Muslims should have to carry special I.D.: 39
Percentage of the amendments in the Bill of Rights that are violated by the USA PATRIOT Act, according to the ACLU: 50
Minimum number of laws that Bush signing statements have exempted his administration from following: 1,069
Portion of Baghdad residents in 2007 who had a family member or friend wounded or killed since 2003: 3/4
Portion of [Bush's] presidency he has spent at or en route to vacation spots: 1/3
Minimum number of times that Frederick Douglass was beaten in what is now Donald Rumsfeld’s vacation home: 25
Number of states John Kerry would have won in 2004 if votes by poor Americans were the only ones counted: 40
Number if votes by rich Americans were the only ones counted: 4
Increase since 2000 in the number of Americans living at less than half the federal poverty level: 3,500,000
Number of U.S. cities and towns that have passed resolutions calling for the impeachment of President Bush: 92
Percentage change since 2001 in U.S. government spending on paper shredding: +466
Amount by which the federal government has underfunded its estimated cost to implement No Child Left Behind: $71,000,000,000
Rank of Bush among U.S. presidents with the highest disapproval rating: 1
Don’t let the White House door hit you on the way out.
PS Also in the spirit of the retrospective, here's a video from the Daily Show. From last week, but still fresh.
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