HOW CONSERVATIVE IS PRESIDENT BUSH?

The Cato Institute ^ | August 3, 2002 | By Veronique de Rugy

[Amelia]

Last I heard, rdf said the law existed.

I guess he was lying too?

[Satadru]

Without calling names, why don't you cite me the law. You should try not to just vomit back whatever are the talking points from the White House. You are committing a bigger fraud by being a yesman for a liberal RINO.

[Satadru]

Dont play that game with me, since I have no tolerance for it. Show me the law, and even I can get it overturned by the SC tomorrow. Every administration passes its own budget. If such a law actually existed, Amtrak would have been taken care of until 9999.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Isn't it strange that those who have pretended to be on a higher level of morality than we lowly Bush supporters end up being outed by their own doing? Sweet irony I guess.

If I remember correctly, the freeper in question here holds either an elected or appointed position in his church. I bet you they would be very proud right now.

[Republican Wildcat]

I believe the name of the law was the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993. I'll do some more checking to make sure that's the name of the law.

In any event, it's not really necessary to find the law itself, since I believe the NIH is an independent agency, like OSHA, and is therefore not subject to direct presidential control.

[Republican Wildcat]

Yes, that's the law. And it granted the NIH a lot more power than just what is being discussed on this thread (a great cause for concern, IMHO). Just put NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 into a search engine and you will see what I mean.

[Republican Wildcat]

By the way, that law is Public Law 103-43.

[Uncle Bill]

The White House actually thinks people still believe this:

President George W. Bush - Biography

SOURCE: http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html

"George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. Formerly the 46th Governor of the State of Texas, President Bush has earned a reputation as a compassionate conservative who shapes policy based on the principles of limited government,...

LOL!

"Too often, on social issues, my party has painted an image of America slouching toward Gomorrah. Too often, my party has confused the need for limited government with disdain for government itself."
George W. Bush - New York Times, p. A14 Oct 6, 1999. In a speech to the Manhattan Institute.

"I am a conservative because I believe government should be limited and efficient, that it should do a few things and do them well."
George W. Bush - Book: A Charge to Keep, William Morrow, 1999.

"My concern about the role of the federal government is that an intrusive government, a government that says, ‘Don’t worry, we will solve your problems’ is a government that tends to crowd compassion out of the marketplace, that too often in the past people said: ‘Somebody else will take care of the problem in my area. Don’t worry. The government is here.’ "
George W. Bush - Source: Remarks at Cityteam Ministries, San Jose, CA Oct 31, 2000.

The surest way to bust this economy is to increase the role and the size of the federal government."
George W. Bush - Source: Presidential debate, Boston MA Oct 3, 2000.

Gore offers an old and tired approach. He offers a new federal spending program to nearly every voting bloc. He expands entitlements, without reforms to sustain them. 285 new or expanded programs, and $2 trillion more in new spending. Spending without discipline, spending without priorities, and spending without an end. Al Gore’s massive spending would mean slower growth and higher taxes. And it could mean an end to this nation’s prosperity."
George W. Bush Source: Speech in Minneapolis, Minnesota Nov 1, 2000.

"People need more money in their pocket, as far as I’m concerned."
George W. Bush - The Tampa (FL) Tribune Oct 26, 2000.

I was deeply concerned about the drift toward a more powerful federal government. I was particularly outraged by two pieces of legislation, the Natural Gas Policy Act and the Fuel Use Act. It seemed to me that elite central planners were determining the course of our nation. Allowing the government to dictate the price of natural gas was a move toward European-style socialism. If the federal government was going to take over the natural gas business, what would it set its sights on next?"
George W. Bush - Source: “A Charge to Keep”, p.172-173 Dec 9, 1999

Small, limited government George W. Bush, playing golf somewhere near you

[Mo1]

Is this thread still going??

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Hey sweety (not being sarcastic), he really did admit that what he did was completely stupid and unacceptable. I promise.

Hey, cutie! ;) I knew you weren't being sarcastic...in spite of our many differences (PACKERS RULE :)), we are friends, as far as I'm concerned.

I saw what you're referring to days ago - I know that's true (and I just got here, but it looks like you posted it here somewhere...I am reading the thread backwards and just skimming right now). What I believe he said was that there was no excuse for what he did. He was right, and I think he should have stopped right there - but that's just me. I didn't see anything about "stupid and unacceptable", but I don't read everything over there.

I also saw some of the other stuff that was posted subsequently. Like boasting about how he had "let Freepers know" what a deadbeat, unregistered voter Howlin is (she's not - there IS an innocent explanation for her status looking that way online), and a number of people "hooting" and high-fiving him over what he did. I saw other people making it look as though he was a victim; if he corrected them, I missed it. To be fair, maybe he did not see their posts.

Then I saw this morning where he posted all the same stuff again, apparently retrieved using some information NOT available here on FreeRepublic. It seems the management there does not have the integrity to remove it, though they have protected the identity of others. I don't understand that. I know you like it there (yeah, I read your stuff :)) - so I won't put you in the awkward position of having to weigh in on that point.

Now you go and have a nice Green Bay kind of day. :) Heheh...

[Texasforever]

So, if I read this correctly, you feel that I am Jerk. Is that about right? LOL

[sleavelessinseattle]

Not at all...you're unAmerican because you choose not to show respect to people who are trying to improve Free Republic...LOL...Now I think you're illiterate.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Descriptive generalizations?

He starts by calling everyone who he doesn't agree with a Liberal, then goes on with the Bushbot thing, and closes with the old Southern stand-by of calling a man "boy", and suggesting that he's drunk.

But, hey! You don't find any of that insulting...right?

Well...mine wasn't a personal attack either then, it was an inquiry, and an attempt at understanding DeeDee's pain.

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

From the article: "In less than two years, President Bush has presided over more government expansion than took place during eight years of Bill Clinton."

Excellent post Unc. The Cato Institute nails it again. BTTT.

[Texasforever]

Remarks At The Signing Of
The Brady Gun Control Bill
by Sarah Brady
United States Gun Control Activist

November 30, 1993

Thank you, General Reno. She didn't tell you that on that courthouse step alone, fighting for the Brady Bill, there was one other woman -- the Attorney General herself. And right along the way this year since we've been fortunate enough to have her in Washington, she's been right along with us.

It's a special day for us all. I don't think it every occurred to me that I would be this emotional. And I walked in and looked at the faces here and the memories that come back over these past seven years -- every face I look at brings back a different memory.

And I want to thank a lot of people here, and I'm going to try to do it as quickly as possible. Everybody here has helped. And each of you in your own way reflects many others across the country. First of all, I want to say to have an administration, an Attorney General, a Vice President, and a President who we knew would sign this bill is of the utmost importance.

I'd like to draw attention also to another President, who we feel very close to, President Ronald Reagan, who supported it and came out for the Brady Bill, and who made it a badge of honor for Republicans -- (applause) -- and brought this bill into the arena where it was not a partisan issue.

[Texasforever]

Not at all...you're unAmerican because you choose not to show respect to people who are trying to improve Free Republic...LO

That is the dumbest sentence I have ever read. At least it was short.

[deport]

Da Law...... for the professor.

SEC. 113. NULLIFICATION OF MORATORIUM.

(a) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subsection (c), no official of the executive branch may impose a policy that the Department of Health and Human Services is prohibited from conducting or supporting any research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes. Such research shall be carried out in accordance with section 498A of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 111 of this Act), without regard to any such policy that may have been in effect prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b) Prohibition Against Withholding of Funds in Cases of Technical and Scientific Merit-

(1) IN GENERAL- Subject to subsection (b)(2) of section 492A of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 101 of this Act), in the case of any proposal for research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not withhold funds for the research if--

(A) the research has been approved for purposes of subsection (a) of such section 492A;

(B) the research will be carried out in accordance with section 498A of such Act (as added by section 111 of this Act); and

(C) there are reasonable assurances that the research will not utilize any human fetal tissue that has been obtained in violation of section 498B(a) of such Act (as added by section 112 of this Act).

(2) STANDING APPROVAL REGARDING ETHICAL STATUS- In the case of any proposal for research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes, the issuance in December 1988 of the Report of the Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research Panel shall be deemed to be a report--

(A) issued by an ethics advisory board pursuant to section 492A(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 101 of this Act); and

(B) finding, on a basis that is neither arbitrary nor capricious, that the nature of the research is such that it is not unethical to conduct or support the research.

(c) AUTHORITY FOR WITHHOLDING FUNDS FROM RESEARCH- In the case of any research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may withhold funds for the research if any of the conditions specified in any of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (b)(1) are not met with respect to the research.

(d) DEFINITION- For purposes of this section, the term `human fetal tissue' has the meaning given such term in section 498A(f) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 111 of this Act).

[terilyn]

and going and going....

[terilyn]

Now why'd you have to go mess up this nice clean thread with facts? ;)

[Mo1]

Well I gotta put the kiddies to bed ... maybe when I come back the facts will mean something ..

I can still dream .. can't I