Bush Legacy

Cheney and Rumsfeld Rewrite History

Monday, December 7, 2009
By Mike Burns

As the war in Afghanistan moves forward under the leadership of Barack Obama, the American public heard from a couple of the military geniuses who got us in this mess to begin with. Both Cheney and Rumsfeld thought it was their duty to comment on how badly Obama was conducting the war effort and... »

Afghanistan: The Question Is Strategy, Not Troops

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
By Mike Burns
Afghanistan: The Question Is Strategy, Not Troops

For the last few years of the Bush administration, Afghanistan suffered from both the neglect and ineptitude of a President more interested in Saddam Hussein then Osama Bin Laden. While distracted in Iraq, we lost territory to a resurgent Taliban and watched our handpicked government devolve into corruption. Most importantly, we failed to eliminate... »

Voodoo Economics: The Final Report Card On Bush’s Epic Failure

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
By Mike Burns
Voodoo Economics: The Final Report Card On Bush’s Epic Failure

The annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care came out late last week and it brought only more bad news for the Bush legacy project. In every single measurable statistic, the numbers were worse after eight years of George W. Bush then at the end of the Clinton Presidency.... »

The Anniversary Of George W. Bush’s Failure

Friday, September 11, 2009
By Mike Burns
The Anniversary Of George W. Bush’s Failure

On September 11, 2001, I was woken up with a phone call from a friend who told me to turn on my TV because something terrible was happening in New York. For the next few days I was glued to my couch as I devoured every piece of detailed information that was available and... »

Deciphering Tom Ridge

Thursday, September 3, 2009
By Mike Burns
Deciphering Tom Ridge

It has been a pretty strange couple of days trying to figure out exactly what Tom Ridge believes happened during his tenure as head of the Department of Homeland Security. In his book he states pretty clearly that he felt that there were political motivations behind some of the arguments to raise the security... »

What Did George W. Bush Do All Day?

Thursday, August 27, 2009
By Mike Burns
What Did George W. Bush Do All Day?

Here is an article I had written a couple of months ago for another website but I liked it so well I thought I would reprint it for you here. The recent article in GQ magazine detailing Donald Rumsfeld’s incompetence while Secretary of Defense reads like a chapter from a bizaro version of the idiots... »

Another Bush Failure For Obama To Fix

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
By Mike Burns

Bush’s Legacy project just got a little bit more difficult this week with the announcement that the Justice Department will be investigating the use of torture by the CIA during the Bush administration. The investigation will be narrowly focused on those specific acts of torture and abuse that went beyond the legal directives put... »

Tom Ridge Confirms Bush’s Terror Tactics

Friday, August 21, 2009
By Mike Burns
Tom Ridge Confirms Bush’s Terror Tactics

Sometimes conspiracy theories really do come true. In Tom Ridge’s upcoming book he outlines several scenarios where he felt pressure to raise the terror alert levels to artificially high levels for purely political reasons. What a big surprise. Actually, as dirty deeds from the Bush administration go, this doesn’t seem to be a very... »

Dick Cheney and the Politics of Fear

Saturday, August 8, 2009
By Mike Burns

There has been much talk about Dick Cheney’s motives for continually speaking out about President Obama’s policies making us less safe. Yesterday and today, for example, Leon Panetta was quoted as saying “It is almost like he wants this country to be attacked”. Ed Shultz has taken it even farther and truly believes that... »

The Bush Administration’s Torturous Logic

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
By Mike Burns
The Bush Administration’s Torturous Logic

Getting lost in all the noise in the media over the Bush torture program is a clear analysis of the actual arguments put forth by the Bush administration for these techniques. »