The approved use of torture has never been a part of American history until Bush authorized its use against detainees in violation of U.S. and international law. If you want to know the last time a government of ours has used torture, you will have to go back over 500 years to the Star Chamber in Britain.
Here are some figures on Bush's spending:
The result of deficit spending is debt. When President Bush took office, the national debt was $5.7 trillion. Now it is $10.6 trillion -- and Congress voted in October to raise the debt ceiling to $11.3 trillion, the seventh such hike since President Bush to office and the second since last July. If, as is quite likely, we reach the new ceiling by January 20, the outgoing President will have managed to amass more debt than all of his predecessors combined.
Is there any acceptable excuse for either? Total and complete government failure.
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