Posted on 03/25/2002 10:14:09 AM PST by LarryLied
In George W. Bush's first year in office he:
1. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.
2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training.
4. Cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50%.
5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water.
6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters.
7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (please see San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001).
8. Cut funding for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks by 28%
9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws.
10. Approved the sending of letters by Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
11. Appointed John Negroponte -- an unindicted high-level Iran Contra figure to the post of United Nations Ambassador.
12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rainforest conservation.
13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance.
14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
15. Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on public lands.
16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing.
17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters.
18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement. 19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work.
22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
24. Appointed Otto Reich -- an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure -- to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
25. Cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by $500 million.
26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.
29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming.
30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds.
31. Closed the White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach.
32. Nominated David Lauriski -- an ex-mining company executive --- to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
33. Approved a controversial plan by Interior Secretary Gale Norton to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast of eastern Florida.
34. Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling.
35. Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.
36. Gutted the White House AIDS Office.
37. Renegotiated a free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers's rights and safeguards for the environment.
38. Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
39. Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior.
40. Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
41. Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
42. Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly bear re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
43. Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
44. Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can.
45. Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.
46. Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit.
47. Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, 43% of which will go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.
48. Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
49. Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants." (Meet the Press.")
50. Appointed Diana Roth to the Council of Economic Advisers. ("There is no gender gap in pay", Boston Globe, March 28, 2001.)
51. Appointed Kay Cole James, an opponent of affirmative action, to direct the Office of Personnel Management.
52. Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.
53. Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get credit cards.
54. Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children.
55. Is pushing for development of small nuclear arms to attack deeply buried targets and weapons. This would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
56. Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton, the attorney responsible for a recent case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act, to federal appeals court judgeship.
57. Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building.
58. Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught school children about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship.
59. Appointed John Bolton, who opposes nonproliferation treaties and the UN, to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
60. Nominated Linda Fisher, an executive with Monsanto, for the number-two job at the Environmental Protection Agency.
61. Nominated Michael McConnell, leading critic of the separation of church and state, to a federal judgeship.
62. Nominated Terrence Boyle, an ardent opponent of civil rights, to a federal judgeship.
63. Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars.
64. Nominated Harvey Pitts, a lawyer for a teen sex video distributor, to head SEC.
65. Nominated John Walters, a strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs, to be Drug Tsar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001.)
66. Nominated J. Steven Giles, an oil and coal lobbyist, for Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
67. Nominated Bennett Raley, who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act, for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
68. Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the US against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
69. Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents.
70. Reduced the Low Income Home Assistance Program by 40%; it aided low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.
71. Nominated Ted Olson, who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton, for Solicitor General.
72. Nominated Terrance Boyle, a foe of civil rights, to a federal judgeship.
73. Proposes to ease permit process, including environmental considerations, for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington Post, May 18, 2001.)
74. Proposes to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines.
75. Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve.
76. Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official government functions.
77. Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber industry lobbyist.
Q: What, exactly, is Constitutional about funding for libraries?
A: Nothing.
Q: Shouldn't library funding be left at the local, not the Federal, level?
A: Yes.
You must be a librarian. Library's are dens of liberality. Our library has no gun magazines but you can find child beastiality in them. My wife recieves dirty looks from the lezbo workers there when she takes our 8 kids there. Have you not seen the FR threads about dildo art at libraries or libraries defending internet porn?
What is so admirable about naming an ex-mining company executive to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety? You don't see a small conflict of interest here? Like perhaps this guy does not give a damn about the miners and ONLY cares about how much money the company can make?
Maybe you would rather see a librarian or a tree hugger get this position.
What is admirable about allowing arsenic in drinking water? Do you WANT to drink water that contains arsenic? Do you WANT your children to consume this?
OK you've just given your position away as a non Rush fan. He laughs at this one just about every day. Welcome to FR. How have your first 2 weeks been?
What is admirable about NOT exploring alternative energy resources? Do you WANT to continue raping the environment? Do you WANT to continue depending on the resources in other countries?
You are talking to mr windpower. No one on the entire FR is more into Wind power than me. Look at how much wind power is being generated in Texas now. If you asked my opinion there should be a 1 dollar per gallon tax on gas and it should all go straight into the PTC for wind power. But that wouldn't be very politically expedient would it.
What is admirable about cutting funding to doctors' education? Don't you care about the education level of your children's physician?
Could you be more of a liberal? It's for the chillllldren you know. You are a big fan of government spending aren't you.
What is admirable about supporting genetically engineered foods? I guess you just want to shovel the money right into Monsanto's bank account. I guess you don't care what kind of food you or your children eat. I guess it is of no concern to you what you eat!
This is getting funny. I home school my children. Do you even have any children? Most liberals, like yourself don't or they have 1 child in daycare.
What is admirable about denying contracts to companies that violate workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws? Do you truly believe that people who suffer from carpel tunnel syndrome are making it up? Do you truly believe that companies have the right to abuse workers however they chose and not be held accountable? I challenge you to walk in the shoes of anyone who has been injured on the job and then and ONLY THEN do you have the right to say that upholding these laws is wrong.
Carpel tunnel is yet another invention from AMA to extract money from insurance companies.
I could go on and on about this list. There is NOTHING admirable about this. These so-called accomplishments are abominable and and not worthy of admiration!
I can tell that you could go on and on about this. What is your SN at the Democratic Underground?
Q: have democrats no shame, and no concept of truth?
A: no, they have not. they are devious idiots, pure and simple.
Message to DU: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG IN REMEDIAL EDUCATION.
Wrong. I just don't bark like a dog every time I read something that says that W is a horrible president. There are extremely few sources I would trust to tell me that. Even Rush stands to better himself now by turning on Bush. It's great for his show. You would do well not to join in the very easily manipulated crowd. You might even do well to watch your fellow liberal Peter Jennings fleecing of America and consider how many 'services' are not services at all.
This list of "accomplishments" are no accomplishments - they are a disgrace and an abomination!!!!!
Read the bible once and get a feel for the definition of the word abomination.
I posted the link to the FEC reports so that people could judge for themselves. It bothers me personally that so many debts are going unpaid with no apparent attempt to even pay part. IMHO, that isn't honest and it doesn't agree with the moral stance Dr. Keyes portrays.
your comment about running to get a marketing profile . I dont agree with politico's doing that but it is a long standing tradition amomg that crowd .
I don't agree with it either, but it certainly does seem to be prevalent among certain people.
Which is the reason Bush and Ashcroft should investigate and prosecute those in the Clinton administration and DNC who committed serious crimes the last 9 years. Right now Ashcroft is ignoring those crimes ... not even investigating them. In doing this, he is EMPOWERING the criminals within the democRAT party making it all the more likely that they will STEAL the next election like they stole 92 and 96, and almost stole 2000. And unless you get those criminals out of the democRAT party and out of our government ... the next time democRATS get the Whitehouse it is going to be 10 times worse. If Bush and Ashcroft ignore election tampering (the Riady non-refund), blackmail of Republicans (Filegate), the killing of people who threaten the DNC (Ron Brown) and all the other crimes the democRATS committed, all the accomplishments in the world won't matter come election day.
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