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- Feb 15, 2010 10:29 pm (#1854 of 1870)
"Unnamed" is a tad cowardly.
- Feb 15, 2010 10:40 pm (#1855 of 1870)
If the company had named itself, they would at least get some advertising out of the billboard.
- Feb 15, 2010 10:41 pm (#1856 of 1870)
Was Bush's record actually better for small businesses?
- Feb 15, 2010 10:50 pm (#1857 of 1870)
Perhaps not.
Bush May have Cheated Small Businesses Out of a Trillion Dollars in Contracts Since 2003, 15 federal investigations have uncovered the diversion of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts by Bush officials to Fortune 500 firms and thousands of other large businesses in the U.S. and Europe.
One investigation by the GAO found, "Over 10,000 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts are missing in the system [FPDS]," and "The identification numbers assigned to each contract awarded prior to FY2003 are concealed."
In 2005, the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General released report 5-15, which stated, "One of the most important challenges facing the Small Business Administration and the entire Federal government today is that large businesses are receiving small business procurement awards and agencies are receiving credit for these awards."
In another attempt to cover up the diversion of federal small business contracts to large corporations, Bush officials removed the number of employees and annual volume fields from the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. This move made it almost impossible to uncover the identities of large businesses masquerading as small businesses in the government's vendor databases.
Based on the results of the 15 federal investigations, statements of current and former government executives and dozens of investigative stories by main stream media such as the Washington Post, the Associated Press, the Miami Herald, the Wall Street Journal and ABC, CBS and CNN, the American Small Business League estimates Bush Administration officials diverted up to $100 billion a year in government small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms and other large businesses.
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- Feb 15, 2010 11:21 pm (#1858 of 1870)
Well, what's a trillion, here or there.
Zenun Luar - Feb 15, 2010 11:23 pm (#1859 of 1870)
I'd expect Bush was bad for small businesses, received widom has it he was bad for everything, couldn't spell, dumb, impolite and had a lousy sense of humor too.
- Feb 15, 2010 11:32 pm (#1860 of 1870)
So why wasn't he impeached?
- Feb 15, 2010 11:38 pm (#1861 of 1870)
Based on the results of the 15 federal investigations, statements of current and former government executives and dozens of investigative stories by main stream media such as the Washington Post, the Associated Press, the Miami Herald, the Wall Street Journal and ABC, CBS and CNN
Well, obviously its a plot between Big Gummint and the Liberal Media to smear Bush.
I mean… what else could it be?
I mean, those are the very forces who are out to keep the little guy down, thwarted only by the valiant GOP.
Zenun Luar - Feb 15, 2010 11:57 pm (#1862 of 1870)
Bush wasn't impeached because we all realized he had a disability and needed to be accomodated.
- Feb 15, 2010 11:59 pm (#1863 of 1870)
Is that how it's done in Mexico?
- Feb 16, 2010 4:46 pm (#1864 of 1870)
Wrong thread....
Zenun Luar - Feb 16, 2010 6:21 pm (#1865 of 1870)
No, in Mexico relatives take care of the handicapped. In the US, under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) idiots and assorted nuts must be accomodated and not discriminated against. The correct term for them is "differently abled", pedagogues call school kids with these problems "special" as they receive "special education".
Given that it has been established by his critics that Bush was evidently an idiot, since this is a clinical term for a mental impairment, taking into account the ADA, an obligation arose under that law to make an accomodation for Bush and not discriminate against him due to his idiocy. People who criticise Bush for his apparent mental difficulties are not respecting the ADA.
- Feb 16, 2010 6:26 pm (#1866 of 1870)
Given that you don't have idiots running the government in Mexico, why is your government screwed up?
Zenun Luar - Feb 16, 2010 6:29 pm (#1867 of 1870)
Its a cultural thing, Mexicans like a government that is like them -screwed up.
- Feb 16, 2010 6:38 pm (#1868 of 1870)
That's great. Finally, Mexicans succeed at something! 
Zenun Luar - Feb 16, 2010 6:40 pm (#1869 of 1870)
We had a Revolucion for this!
- Feb 20, 2010 2:12 pm (#1870 of 1870)
Report: Bush Lawyer Said President Could Order Civilians to Be 'Massacred'
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