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100 Facts and 1 Opinion: The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration
"The very core of liberty has been freedom from indefinite imprisonment at the will of the executive." - Antonin Scalia

20 Lies About the War
"Don't spread patriotism too thin." - Theodore Roosevelt

$87,000,000,000.00
"The history of liberty is the history of resistance... of the limitation of governmental power." - Woodrow Wilson

American Civil Liberties Union
"The only thing that has ever distinguished America among the nations is that she has shown that all men are entitled to the benefits of law." - Woodrow Wilson

Amnesty International's Tear Down Guantanamo Bay Page
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante

Bring them Home Now
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Brooke's Story: He Just Doesn't Get It
"On April 29th, I watched President Bush make a joke looking around for weapons of mass destruction. My brother died looking for weapons of mass destruction." - Brooke Campbell

Bush 2004 Bumper Stickers | Tips From Ghosts of Past Presidents | Bush's Brain Scan
"As [freedom] was gained by vigilance and struggle, so it may be lost in indifference and supineness." - Harry F. Byrd

Bush's Obsession!
"Violence is the final refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov

Bush and Dry Drunk Syndrome
"Of the many things... done to to democracy in the past, the worst has been... taking it for granted." - Max Lerner

Bush in 30 Seconds Videos
"It always makes sense to tell the truth." - Vaclav Havel

Bush Campaign Lies
"The Republican candidate and the Republican Congress do not trust the people. They just work along at their old problem of trying to fool the people into voting for the interests of the few." - Harry Truman, 1948

Bush Quotes about Bin Laden
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority... I am truly not that concerned about him." - George W. Bush, 3/13/2002
"Gosh, I just don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin Laden. It's kind of one of those exaggerations." - George W. Bush, 10/13/2004

Bush Watch
"What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" - Thomas Jefferson

Bush's True Colors
"In this country, it is not only permissible to question our leaders, it's our responsibility." - Aaron Sorkin

Bush's Words Versus Deeds
"I am worried about over-committing our military around the world... I don't think nation-building missions are worthwhile." - George W. Bush, 10/11/2000
"My message today to those in Iraq is: We'll stay the course; we'll complete the job." - George W. Bush, 4/13/2004

Buying the War (Watch Online)
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers examines how the Bush Administration conned the American public and Congress in supporting his invasion of Iraq -- and why the press went along with it.

California Peace Action
"Peace is the climate of freedom." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Cheney Versus Himself (Lies in the Vice Presidential Debate)
"Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto Von Bismarck

Condoleeza Rice Must Go
"And as we are going to enforce the law, we must do first by example." - "The Untouchables "

Flip-Flopper in Chief
"If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation but strong, they'll welcome us." - George W. Bush, 10/11/2000
"Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict, commenced at a time of our choosing." - George W. Bush, 3/17/2003

Frontline: Bush's War (Watch Online)
A PBS documentary detailing exactly what Bush, Cheney and their administration have been up to in the last seven years. A few details not mentioned in the program to keep in mind while watching: (1) Ahmed Chalabi is a convicted embezzler, and the Pentagon dropped support for him when evidence surfaced that he had been an Iranian spy all along. (2) There was no UN resolution approving the American invasion of Iraq; the only other "coalition" troops present were British and Australian. (3) When he left Iraq, L. Paul Bremer turned over power to Iyad Allawi, a former anti-Saddam car bomber.

Frontline: Cheney's Law (Watch Online)
A PBS documentary exploring how Dick Cheney, David Addington, Alberto Gonzales and John Yoo conspired to commit war crimes under the cover of fighting terrorists.

Frontline: The Dark Side (Watch Online)
"The officials charged with protecting us set off so many false alarms that they ignored all the real ones." - Maureen Dowd

George W. Bush and the 14 Points of Fascism
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." - Thomas Jefferson

George W. Bush's Resume
"Bush Loses Election, Claims Victory" - Ficticious Headline, November 2000

Greg Palast
"No nation, ancient or modern, ever lost the liberty of speaking freely, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves." - John Peter Zenger

Gold Star Families for Peace
"The evidence is overwhelming, compelling, and alarming that George and his indecent bandits traitorously had intelligence fabricated to fit their goal of invading Iraq." - Cindy Sheehan

Halliburton Watch
"A leader who has the political power to pretend that he's infallible, and uses that power to avoid ever admitting mistakes, eventually makes mistakes so large that they can't be covered up." - Paul Krugman

An Inconvenient Truth
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
"My purpose in drawing a comparison between the warnings unheeded in New Orleans and the warnings unheeded prior to 9/11 is to point toward other warnings that are right now being given to us and that are also being unheeded. " - Former President-Elect Al Gore

Iraq Body Count
"War is delightful - to the inexperienced." - Henry III

Iraq Coalition Casualties | U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Leo Tolstoy

Iraq Facts
"The best government rests on the people and not on the few... on the free development of public opinion and not on on authority." - George Bancroft

Iraqi Veterans Against the War
"You can support the troops and still be against the war." - Mike Hoffman

Last Left Turn Before Hooterville
"You make men love their government and their country by giving them the kind of government and the kind of country that inspire respect and love." - Zechariah Chafee, Jr.

Liberation News Service
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it." - Thomas Jefferson

'The Lies of George W. Bush' by David Corn
"Thou shalt not bear false witness." - Exodus 20:16

Lie Patrol: Dick Cheney debates John Edwards
"His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists." - Dick Cheney, 12/2/02
"I have not suggested there is a connection between Iraq and 9/11." - Dick Cheney, 10/5/04

Media Protect Bush On 9/11 Security Failure
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911"
"The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." - John Adams

Military Families Speak Out
"There is no power on earth equal to the power of free men and women united in... human brotherhood." - Walter P. Reuther

MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action
"When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail." - Pearl S. Buck

Poets Against War
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Questioning the War on Terrorism
"You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory." - Helen G. Douglas

Review of Richard Clarke's "Against All Enemies" by Justin Raimondo
"Far from addressing the popular appeal of the enemy that attacked us, Bush handed that enemy precisely what it wanted and needed, proof that America was at war with Islam... Nothing America could have done would have provided al-Qaeda [with] a better recruitment device than our unprovoked invasion of an oil-rich Arab country." - R. A. Clarke
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Not only does it explain Al-Qaeda's origins, appeal, and goals, it details how the US battled terrorism in the past and what we need to do better. What's more, it reads like a fast-paced spy thriller! - C.C.

Special Comment on Waterboarding
"Study after study for generation after generation... has confirmed that torture gets people to talk, torture gets people to plead, torture gets people to break, but torture does not get them to tell the truth." - Keith Olbermann

TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime
"When men fight for freedom, they must be victorious." - Joseph Hopkinson

Thank You Lt. Ehren Watada
"One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law." - Martin Luither King, Jr.

TOMPAINE.com - A Public Interest Journal
"The last hope of human liberty in the world rests on us. Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press." - Thomas Jefferson

United for Peace:United for Peace Events
"God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it." - Daniel Webster

Veterans for Common Sense
"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else." - Clarence Darrow

Video of Dick Cheney Contradicting Himself
"Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto Von Bismarck

VoteNoWar - Bring the Troops Home Now
"I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

War Record (by MoveOn.org)
"Peace is a blessing, and like most blessings, it must be earned." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

World Can't Wait
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must... undergo the fatigues of supporting it." - Thomas Paine

BuckFush
"America is great because America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." - Alexis de Tocqueville

Was the 2000 election rigged?
See a collection of articles at Democrats.com and a summary at alternet.org

Was the 2004 election rigged?
See an article by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; another article at TruthOut

Links Added Since Bush Left Office

I'm Still Tortured By What I Saw In Iraq
"I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large majority of suicide bombings in Iraq are still carried out by these foreigners." - Matthew Alexander, Nov. 2008

The Truth About Richard B. Cheney
"More Americans were killed by terrorists on Cheney's watch than on any other leader's watch in US history." - Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson
"The Bush administration wanted to use 9/11 as a pretext to invade Iraq, even though Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. So it tortured people to make them 'confess' to the nonexistent link." - Paul Krugman

Nothing Sacred
"Why would the Bush administration rely on such ineffective techniques to keep America safe? If the true intent was connecting Saddam Hussein to al Qaeda and September 11, then it is clear that the Bush administration was less interested in veracity and more interested in hearing the right words. They were seeking false confessions." - Clayton Whitt

Cheney Wrong on Interrogations
"What do the newly-released CIA documents show? [Did] coerced interrogations really lead to any substantive plots against the American homeland being averted? The short answer is no." - Peter Bergen

Fear Was No Excuse to Condone Torture
"We now see that the best intelligence, which led to the capture of Saddam Hussein and the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was produced by professional interrogations using non-coercive techniques. When the abuse began, prisoners told interrogators whatever they thought would make it stop. Torture is as likely to produce lies as the truth. And it did." - Gen. Charles C. Krulak and Gen. Joseph P. Hoar

A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story
"The U.S. government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth." - Andy Worthington

How a Torture Process Killed a Career
"Normally the reason you torture people is to get them to admit to things that aren't actually true." - Ambassador Craig Murray

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
"If we're not going to forget the thousands of young American soldiers in their graves whom Bush deceived into thinking they were fighting for America against an enemy who had attacked us, then I say we have no choice than to bring murder charges against the son of privilege from Crawford, Texas." - Vincent Bugliosi

Human Rights First: Liz Cheney Versus the Facts (PDF)
"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." - Hermann Goering, Hitler's second-in-command

Innocent Guantanamo Torture Victim Released
"...Until al-Rabiah's case was examined, the existence of a clear chain of torture and threats inflicted to produce false confessions at Guantánamo had never been revealed with such alarming clarity." - Andy Worthington

Cheney Admits War Crimes, Media Yawns
""I was a big supporter of waterboarding." - Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney's Taunting
"There is no reasonable debate possible regarding the criminality of waterboarding under U.S. and international law... [Cheney] knows there will never be any repercussions, that he will never be prosecuted no matter how blatantly he admits to these serious crimes." - Glenn Greenwald

Bush's Delusion - a Psychiatrist's Perspective
"George W. Bush is a Narcissistic Personality Disorder." - Paul Minot

Bush's Culture of Narcissism
"Narcissists are generally trapped inside their own worldview, one that has taken his or her entire life to develop and which serves as a giant mirror from which they cannot escape." - Darin Murphy

Narcissism, the Public, and the President
Bush's "apparent messianic mission to bring "democracy" to the Middle East, an area where wiser heads... have feared to tread, along with his reported comments suggesting that God speaks to him directly, suggest that Bush does indeed harbor grandiose fantasies of virtually unlimited success." - Stephen Ssoldz

Bush's Glib Waterboarding Admission Sparks Outrage
"As a nation, we have historically prosecuted [waterboarding] as [torture], going back to the time of the Spanish-American War." - Brigadier General David R. Irvine

Reagan Prosecuted a Texas Sheriff for Waterboarding Prisoners
"The jury... didn't buy the 'didn't know it was illegal' defense, convicting the deputy on three counts of civil rights and constitutional violations related to the waterboarding." - Jason Leopold

Family of Secrets vs. Deception Points
In his memoir, Bush claimed that he didn't decide to invade Iraq until 2003. The truth: researcher Russ Baker discovered that Bush had already decided to attack Iraq -- during his presidential campaign in 1999.

The Two Most Abhorrent Lies of George W. Bush's Memoir
"...The two most essential lies... in his new memoir are that he had a legitimate reason to invade Iraq, and that he had a legitimate reason to torture detainees. Neither is remotely true. But Bush must figure that if he keeps making the case for himself -- particularly if it goes largely unrebutted by the traditional media, as it has thus far -- then perhaps he can blunt history's verdict." - Dan Froomkin

Bush Directly Authorized Waterboarding
In his memoir, George W. Bush says he's proud of ordering torture, and would do it again to save lives. What Bush fails to realize is that torture isn't an interrogation tool: its purpose is to force people to confess to things they didn't do. Those tortured will say anything to make the pain stop. That's why it's illegal -- it can't save lives.

Bush administration broke law in '06 races
The Associated Press reports that the Bush administration repeatedly broke campaign financing laws in 2006 by using taxpayer money to aid the Congressional campaigns of pro-Bush candidates.

Muslims and Jesus
Christian blogger John Shore explains how Muslims love Jesus and hate terrorism, but we'll never see this on television -- because the media doesn't consider it newsworthy.

Al-Jazeera Journalist Held at Guantanamo
Cameraman Sami al-Hajj was captured in Pakistan and sent to Guantanamo as an "enemy combatant." The authorities soon learned he knew nothing about terrorism, but kept him in prison for six years so they could question him about an Arab-language news channel.

Nancy Pelosi: Soft On Crime?
In this telling article, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells a laughing group of reporters that she had ample grounds to arrest Bush aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress -- but decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

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