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Bush State of the Union Dictionary

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1

American Justice: What happens to those who disagree with the Administration.

3.90 Stars | 10 ratings

2

Economic stimulus: Tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans.

3.89 Stars | 9 ratings

3

Imminent threat: A nation or regime which does not pose a serious danger to the United States but has resources that America desires.

4.29 Stars | 7 ratings

4

Economic recovery: Profits are up and who cares about jobs anyway.

3.14 Stars | 7 ratings

5

Bush Doctrine: “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists” – unless you are the Saudi government, in which case you can be with both.

3.00 Stars | 12 ratings

6

Space exploration: A necessary investment of billions of dollars (that doesn't go to education, that doesn't go to health care, and that doesn't go to our troops).

3.57 Stars | 7 ratings

7

Economic success: Economy loses 2.5 million jobs: could have lost 3 million.

3.44 Stars | 9 ratings

8

United Nations: A multilateral organization that is only relevant when it agrees with American policy.

3.00 Stars | 7 ratings

9

Bipartisan Support: All Republicans, plus Zell Miller (D-GA).

4.00 Stars | 5 ratings

10

Healthy forests: Saving the trees in our national forests by cutting them down and giving them to timber companies for safekeeping.

3.50 Stars | 6 ratings

11

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Things that Saddam Hussein wanted but didn’t have.

3.50 Stars | 6 ratings

12

Coalition of the willing: 160,000 U.S. troops, "symbolic" support from the South Pacific archipelago of Palau, and 2,000 Moroccan monkeys to defuse mines.

3.14 Stars | 7 ratings

13

Intelligence: Data that is collected and analyzed by the government, then publicized with varying degrees of accuracy.

3.14 Stars | 7 ratings

14

Energy bill: A gigantic, $50 billion payback to the Administration’s most loyal campaign contributors.

5.00 Stars | 2 ratings

15

Affordable Healthcare: (1) Healthcare for the healthy and wealthy. (2) More taxpayer money for private health insurers.

3.00 Stars | 4 ratings

16

Clear Skies Initiative: A gift to polluters that reverses 30 years of progress on clean air and ignores global warming and the growing asthma epidemic.

2.80 Stars | 5 ratings

17

Corporate accountability: Bush fundraising strategy to milk every dime out of corporations who benefit from tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks.

5.00 Stars | 1 ratings

18

Education reform: To set expensive new standards, but fail to offer sufficient funds to meet said standards. See ‘Accountability’.

3.50 Stars | 2 ratings

19

Reconstruction: (1) Nation-building. (2) The new mission of the U.S. Military.

3.00 Stars | 2 ratings

20

War on Terror: Tough-sounding phrase that fails to specify a strategy for actually protecting Americans.

2.25 Stars | 4 ratings

21

Energy independence: (1) A decision made all by ourselves to rely on other countries for our power needs. (2) A reason to drill in Alaska. (3) A jobs program for Halliburton.

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

22

No Child Left Behind: Two-year old legislation that guarantees the possibility that your child could be left behind.

2.00 Stars | 1 ratings

23

Accountability: The stick that dangles the carrot of federal funding.

1.00 Stars | 1 ratings

24

Evidence: What is not needed to justify a war.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

25

Incentives to work: Welfare recipients need a few dollars less, otherwise they won’t show up for work; CEOs need a few million more, otherwise they won’t show up for work.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

26

Medicare advantage: A renamed Medicare program providing HMOs the advantage of billions of dollars in excess payments.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

27

Medicare prescription drug legislation: Legislation that provides seniors with benefit gaps, increased out of pocket spending, restricted access to drugs, and enables insurers to establish which drugs are covered and how much they cost.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

28

Prescription Drug Discount Card: Something that gives a discount to the pharmaceutical industry and gives seniors another card for their wallet (to replace their shredded AARP cards).

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

29

School choice: The occasional option that some parents have to make sure that their child is not left behind.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

30

Temporary Worker Program: In lieu of real immigration reform, an election-year initiative that provides businesses with a temporary and cheap workforce without ensuring protections for immigrant workers.

0.00 Stars | 0 ratings

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