Olbermann: Bush's 8 in 8

While Bush is scrambling around trying to find his "legacy," some have accused him of being an incompetent idiot. The fact is that he succeeded rather well in his goal of shredding the Constitution and making Congress irrelevant.

For someone who didn't spend much time in the White House, preferring to whack innocent shrubbery at his Texas "ranch," he managed to get a lot done, even if every single bit of it was damaging to the nation.

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann sums up Bush's 8 years of accomplishment in 8 minutes. It's quite a list.





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US misses Al-Qaida, kills cows instead

Tomahawk TLAM missiles (as seen here in a submarine launch)
cost about $600,000 each.

This is pretty sick:

US fails a fourth time to hit al-Qa'ida suspect in Somalia

Independent.co.uk / Web
By Steve Bloomfield in Nairobi
Sunday, 9 March 2008

A US missile strike in Somalia, aimed at a man described by the Pentagon as a "known al-Qa'ida terrorist", succeeded only in hurting six civilians and killing three cows and a calf, the IoS has learned.

The rest of the story: UK Independent


Edited 3/11/08
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Charting the Bush legacy of lies

Here's a handy little chart graphically showing just how badly the Shrub and his minions have screwed this country since they stole the reins of government.

Click on image for larger view.

Tip o'the hat to ThinkProgress.org


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