Posted on 07/18/2004 6:16:18 AM PDT by yoe
This is a re-post - lest we forget and what must be told about our President Bush - read it carefully and see why the Democrats are fighting back so hard to regain power - from unions to the environmentalists to the United Nations President Bush has acted for America and Americans. Please pass this on.
Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 35 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)
· The capture of Saddam Hussian
· 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
· 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. br> · 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.
· President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003. It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.
ok, that rule shall be added to the RKBA SOP
centurion.
However threads upon which a troll simply appears should be dealt with by the VK's or the mods. Our showing up could be considered disruptive.
Guess what I just found out!!!! Go ahead...guess!!!
Oh, alright...I'll tell you!
My local movie theatre is NOT going to be showing F- 9/11!! I am so happy with them that when I get a FT Permanent job, I am going to take my kids to the movies at least twice a month!!! WooHoo!!!!
that's it, then. thanks.
LOLOL! :^D
Dangit, ah done missed anuther 'un!
Set Ping Master Toggle to "ON"
I thought we had a theme song .....Viking Kittens - Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
But I'm open for another one if we must. :^)
T - H - I - M - K .....
not a typo. i remember that from a book i read when i was about 10-12 yrs. old or so .....
..... WooHoo!!!!Very cool !!!
:^D
Rats I missed it. I've still got daylight left, so back to the yard!
Where. Zot City would be a good theme.
Just go to http://www.churchsigngenerator.com/ and follow the instructions. When your sign is created, right-click on the image and choose "Save Picture as", or take a screenshot and crop it with MS Paint.
Here I am again, late to the party!
Thanks for watching for the Trolls!
Thanks. I've added you. :^D
I love the smell of ZOT In the morning!
Me too!! Zots are the perfect start to a perfectly fun day!!
ValKyries?
Viking Kitties?
Hmmmm? Hmmmm? </Judge Smails>
I would say that RKBA forces should only be deployed when the Mods have included the revered word ZOT in the title. They only do that when the thread is officially troll-infested.
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