Bush Signs Sweeping Medicare Bill That Includes Drug Benefit

New York Times via yahoo ^ | December 8, 2003 | CHRISTINE HAUSER The New York Times

[snopercod]

Witholding comment for fear of getting banned.

[FirstPrinciple]

"For the first time, we're giving seniors peace of mind that they will not have to face unlimited expenses for their medicine,"

How soothing to hear. Where is the necessary "Barf Alert."

[Southack]

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 34 months

 

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses

Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

 

Pushed through THREE raises for our military.

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

 

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right

Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

 

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar value tax cut in world history

Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims

Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.

Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

[Constitution Day]

BTTT

[FirstPrinciple]

I am just curious how did Bush kill the Kyoto global warming treaty. Wasn't it already rejected by the Senate
98-0. I hope Bush knows that the Senate needs to ratify any treaty. BTW, instead of using words like "talked" and "initiated" why don't you use real words, like signed and delivered CFR, Sarbanes-Oxley, the farm bill, Leave Your Child Behind, etc.

[snopercod]

He's done a few good things. This wasn't one of them.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

LOL!

[hobbes1]

Yes, It Was.

[Digger]

His dad got rid of all of Reagans people, in the 1st 2 yrs in his administration he claimed his biggest accomplishment was ADA (American Disability Act). Now Jr pushes this boondogale. Hey. I can't wait for Jebb to just nationalize everything. Since there is noone else but Klintoons & Bushes out of 300 million people to get this job I would say we have been jobbed. Thanks to the "Two-Party Cartel"

[Dog]

A newbie.....

You got those talking points down pat.....you been practicing??

[Stopislamnow]

What about cutting veterans benefits?

[Mo1]

I am just curious how did Bush kill the Kyoto global warming treaty. Wasn't it already rejected by the Senate

If I recall correctly .. Kyoto was one of Bill Clinton's late night signings right before he left office ..

He was a busy beaver with that pen of his

[NittanyLion]

I'm no newbie, and I happen to agree with the points in #5.

[Dog]

Everyone say AWWWWWWWWWWWW now .......Bush disappoint them again.....and they will never vote for him again......yada yada yada...

[Southack]

"I am just curious how did Bush kill the Kyoto global warming treaty. Wasn't it already rejected by the Senate 98-0. I hope Bush knows that the Senate needs to ratify any treaty."

Are you really, truly "just curious" or is it that you really, truly don't want to ever give credit to President Bush where it is due?

For if you are really, truly "just curious", the answer to your question is that President Clinton signed some great number of Executive Orders which compelled federal agencies to behave *as if* the Kyoto Global Warming treaty had been ratified.

Clinton signed these XO's such that each one had the effect of enacting some small part of Kyoto, with the cumulative effect being that Kyoto was very much in play in the U.S. up until President Bush began repealing those XO's with new Orders of his own.

Of course, this answer is only going to satisfy you if you were honestly being "just curious" above. No doubt you'll find some way to ignore or dismiss the truth if it turns out that you weren't being honest about your alleged curiosity above.

[AAABEST]

You're a n00b yourself....relatively speaking.

[Southack]

c#15

[newgeezer]

Thank you, Senator Chuck Grassley!

(usually mentioned as one of the most conservative members of the Senate)

[NittanyLion]

Nah, I don't have an issue with the Kyoto Treaty - we're in agreement there. I do have an issue with some of the "soft" verbs: improved, talked, initiated, etc...they aren't all that meaningful to me.

And obviously, I don't think there's a person on this site that won't stipulate to the fact that Bush has done some outstanding work (particularly in regard to foreign policy). All that does nothing to diminish the trainwreck that is this bill.

[semiarticulate]

"
Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress."

Now that's done alot of good, hasn't it.