Bush Fakery Exposed: "Made in U.S.A." Boxes Used in Photo-Op on Economy Were Made in China -- And the White House Staff Covered It Up. An Apt Metaphor for the Politics of Deception Practiced by the Bush Cartel

1/23/03 7:54am

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