(6/7/2005) We have all been hearing about the large numbers of American based companies that are moving their factories out of America, but George W. Bush has opened a new factory in the heart of Washington D.C., and it's called "Bush's Lie Factory", and it's turning out product (lies) at an astonishing rate.

So much has been written and said about the fact that George W. Bush lies all the time I felt compelled to add to this chorus by writing an article about some of his more significant lies and the cost of these lies to the American people.

I know that all the members of the Congress know that Bush is a shameless liar, but the members brave enough to speak out will only say that "Bush has a big creditability gap", but we all know what that really means; Bush lies a lot!

Lets face the truth, everyone tells lies. Most of our lies are considered small, inconsequential lies about someone's cooking, housekeeping, appearance, etc. These lies are just people trying to be polite, nice, or friendly. However, Bush's lies are damn lies because they cost people their life savings, freedoms, security, and even their lives.

Bush wears his Christian faith on his sleeve, but his words and actions expose him as someone who has values that can best be described as the opposite of Christian values. That makes Bush a hypocrite, and the high cost of Bush's hypocrisy on the lives of others makes him a damn hypocrite, an evil man, and a liar.

But, don't just take my words as reality, look at the facts for yourself. Following is a list of what I consider some of Bush's most significant lies, followed by the cost of these lies to our country, and finally the truth about the things he has been lying about:

Lie #1: "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction"

Cost: $350+ billion dollars, 1,650+ American boys killed, 100,000+ Iraqis killed, more thousands injured on both sides, alienation of our international allies, and it's not over yet.

Truth: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 despite what Bush continues to tell us. Saddam and Iraq were in, and had been in, a figurative box for almost ten years with sanctions and UN inspections. Just before the U.S. led invasion Iraq had agreed to allow even greater levels of inspections by the UN. Our country killed a lot of people, wasted a huge pile of money, we destroyed a culture and thousands of priceless artifacts that dated back to the beginning of human civilization. There was no compelling reason to go to war in Iraq, so why did Bush do this? Bush went into Iraq for the following reasons: 1. To satisfy the neo-cons in his administration. 2. To pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the American military-industrial complex. 3. To have an excuse to run huge budget deficits. 4. To trick the American people into believing that Iraq was a terrorist country that was a danger to the American people and he was standing up for the American people. 5. He is an evil blood lusting fascist pig that enjoys killing people.

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Lie #2: "Any deficits my administration creates will be small and short-term"

Cost: Bush turned a projected $5 trillion dollar surplus into a projected $6 trillion dollar deficit. He did this in three short years with huge tax cuts for the very rich and huge increases in military spending. The actual deficit last year (2004) was $567 billion, a new record. His daddy must be so proud for topping his old record of $290 billion in 1991. This year the budget deficit is on track to top the $600 billion dollar mark. (@ Hi, remember me, I'm the Republican's Social Security lockbox. *wink* *wink*). The final cost of Bush's eight years in office could be the bankruptcy of our federal government, which I suspect is exactly what he wants to happen.

Truth: Bush's huge tax cuts and huge spending increases have reversed the economic prospects for this country. He places the blame on other factors, like the war on terror, the economy, and the Democrats, but those reasons belie the reality and are just excuses to try and avoid accountability. Despite the growing deficits he continues to call for more tax cuts and more spending increases. And to add insult to injury he continues to claim that the budgets will be back in balance in 5 years. The budget plan that the Republicans just submitted is going to result in a doubling of the federal debt from $7.8 trillion to over $16 trillion during the next ten years, and that is assuming unrealistic and optimistic projections regarding economic growth, spending curtailments, and revenue increases. Gore warned us during the 2000 campaign that Bush's numbers didn't add up, and they still don't.

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Lie #3: "I'm a uniter not a divider"

Cost: Unknown.

Truth: The Congress and the American people are every bit as divided on legislation and issues as they were when Bush was appointed into office. His go-it-alone actions in Iraq has driven a wedge between America and her allies. His lies, arrogant attitude, and refusal to cooperate with investigations have proven to be very divisive. His economic polices are widening the gap between the super rich and everyone else. His trade policies are great for giant corporations, but they are forcing huge numbers of American workers into lower paying jobs. His court nominees are so far to the ideological right, and his constant push to insist that they are all approved, has been very counter productive. Clearly, Bush is the great divider and not a uniter as he claimed he would be when he ran for office.

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Lie #4: "I will tear down the toll roads to the middle class"

Cost: Unknown

Truth: I guess you could say that he has torn down the toll roads for people leaving the middle class to the lower classes, but not for people wanting to go in the other direction. In fact, he has erected toll roads, stumbling blocks, and walls that are going to deny people opportunities to move up the economic ladder. His tax cuts are designed to benefit the people who already have great wealthy, despite his claims of who would benefit. He wants to expand NAFTA to a bunch of other poor countries with his CAFTA agreement, thus putting even greater downward pressure on American worker's wages. He has not addressed the skyrocketing cost of a college education and he has under funded other education programs that he claimed that he would support. We are all starting to see that Bush's toll roads are very costly, probably because they are being build by Halliburton based on a non-bid contract. *wink*.

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Those lies are just the tip of the iceberg of lies coming from Bush's mouth. Following are a few other lies Bush has told:

• He will protect the money in the Social Security "Lockbox".

• His Medicare reform legislation will allow seniors greater access to cheaper drugs.

• He will continue to pay down the federal debt.

• His tax cuts will increase revenues to the federal government.

• Repealing the estate tax will benefit small business owners and farmers the most.

• He will restore honor and integrity to the White House.

• Most of his $1.7 trillion dollar tax cut goes to the taxpayers in the middle class.

• The current recession was started by Clinton.

• His policies will not be led by poll numbers.

• He supports a Palestinian state.

• His dividend tax cut is affordable.

• He will limit the growth of government spending.

• "I have been very candid about my past."

• "We must uncover every detail and learn every lesson of September the 11th."

• "I first got to know Ken [Lay in 1994]."

• “Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.”

• “[Saddam Hussein is] a threat because he is dealing with Al Qaeda.”

• “We found the weapons of mass destruction.”

• Bush Misrepresents Reagan's Record

• Bush EPA Lied About Post-9/11 Air Safety

• Bush Misleads About the Taliban

• There is no official National Guard record for George W. Bush’s service in Alabama.

• Bush denied that strings were pulled to get him in the Texas Air National Guard.

• Allowing people to invest a portion of their payroll taxes in private accounts will strengthen the Social Security system and give people more money for their retirement.

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If you don't believe me just look at what other more creditable people have been saying about Bush. Following are just a few of the new books about Bush and his problem with lying:

• The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq - Christopher Scheer, Lakshmi Chaudhry & Robert Scheer

• Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: - A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right - Al Franken

• Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth - Joe Conason

• Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country, And Its Time to Take It Back - Jim Hightower

• The Lies of George W. Bush - Mastering The Politics of Deception - David Corn

• Against All Enemies - Inside America's War on Terror - Richard A. Clarke

• Worse Than Watergate - The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush - John Dean

• House of Bush, House of Saud - Craig Unger 

• The Price Of Loyalty - Ron Suskind

• Bush's War for Re-Election - James Moore

• American Dynasty - Kevin Phillips

• Dude, Where's My Country - Michael Moore

• Fraud - The Strategy Behind The Bush Lies And Why The Media Didn't Tell You - Paul Waldman

• The Great Unraveling - Losing Our Way in The New Century - Paul Krugman

• Bushwhacked - Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

• Weapons of Mass Deception - The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq - Sheldon Ramption & John C. Stauber

• Warrior King - The Case For Impeaching George W. Bush - Francis Boyle

• How Much Money Did You Make on The War, Daddy? - A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration - William D. Hartung

• Forbidden Truth - U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and the Failed Search for Bin Laden - Jean-Charles Brisard & Guillaume Dasquie

• The New Nuclear Danger - George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex - Helen Caldicott

• The Bubble of American Supremacy - Correcting the Misuse of American Power - George Soros

• The New Pearl Harbor - Disturbing Questions about the Bush administration and 9/11 - David Griffin

• The Sorrows of Empire - Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic - Chalmers Johnson

• The Bush Dyslexicon - Observations on a National Disorder - Mark Crispin Miller

• The Best Democracy Money Can Buy - Greg Palast

• Had Enough? - James Carville

• What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News - Eric Alterman

• Shrub - Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

• Media Control - Noam Chomsky

• The Bush-Hater's Handbook - A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years - Jack Huberman

Good thing for Bush more people don't read books!

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Clearly, George W. Bush is a huge liar, but he's also a thief, a cheat, a con-man, and a killer. All his qualities add up to one thing, impeachment.

If Bush had one ounce of integrity he would publicly admit he told some lies. If he had two ounces of integrity he would admit he lied and apologize for the harm his lies have done. If he had three ounces of integrity he would admit he lied, apologize, and then immediately resign from office.

However, Bush has no such integrity, intelligence, or moral compass, and therefore it's up to the American people to recognize him for what he is in reality. He is a evil little lying con-man that is helping a few mega wealthy families rob our government and undermine our democracy. He should be removed from office with an overwhelming vote of dismissal and a kick in his pants as he is leaving, and we should make these few families give back what they have taken from us.