[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

[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"

[newgeezer]

Thank you, Senator Chuck Grassley!

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

[OldFriend]

Heard NJ Congressman Palone bitching that a senior would have to spend $4,000 to get $5,000 worth of prescriptions.

The nerve.......LOLOL.......not fair, whine whine whine.

Too bad most are too shortsighted to see that it is better to spend on prevention than on hospitalization.......having been there it's better to medicate in time rather than hospitalize.

[what's up]

Did the Medical Savings Accounts become law. Where can I read what is included in that portion of the bill?

[RetiredArmy]

Roger that. I can just feel my taxes going up as I type this. The squeeze is on my pocket book even more.

[Republicon]

Wonderful...now I'll be getting robbed by the government to pay for my parents' drugs (they're both Baby Boomers). Social Security and Medicare are already going to be big enough problems for my generation because of the fecundity of the Greatest generation...now we get this load shoved onto our backs. Thanks a lot, Dubya.

I'm 20, by the way.

[RJCogburn]

Witholding comment for fear of getting banned.

Well, I'll take my chances.

This is just the latest in the list of Bush actions that increase the size, power, and expense of government. He is no conservative on the domestic front. He is a poor excuse for what we hoped would be a Republican.

He does not have so far as domestic policy, GRIT.

I won't vote him again.

[MrFreedom]

(Socialists What rights will you give up?

[Revel]

Yeah I like the way that seniors always get the break at the expense of the working. Seniors get back far more in social security then they ever paid in while young people working today to pay for it will probably not receive a dime. This so called benefit is not free. The younger folks who receive no benefit from this are the ones who have to pay for it. So what this does is make it even harder for younger working folks to pay for there own prescription medicine. Recently there was a tax break that only went to those with children. A single young person in America today is really getting the life sucked out of them.

[NMC EXP]

Witholding comment for fear of getting banned.

Just learn to say that republican big govt socialism is good.

It's that democrat big govt socialism which is bad.

After all, "Ignorance is strength."

Regards

J.R.

[itsahoot]

I say again this issue will jump up and bite us in the ASS, Just give the tax paying citizens the same health care that we give the illegals, or better yet the same coverage our congress Critters enjoy.

This is a bait and switch solution that takes more away than it and gives. I predict we will see a Rostankowski replay on this issue. But that is just my opinion.

[Phaedrus]

GOP Abandons Conservatives

[SierraWasp]

"Witholding comment for fear of getting banned."

Fear not. Be of good cheer, for you are still here!!!