April 2001
April 2001
Let's start with domestic policy, and we'll lead off with
his accomplishments in Texas.
He's in bed with so many industrial polluters, he probably pours
toxic run-off onto his Cheerios every morning. Texas has the worst
environmental record in the nation at this time. Texas
had a $6 billion surplus, and Gee Dub turned it into a $700 million
shortfall. His little brother is similarly destroying Florida, turning
a $3 billion surplus into a $1 billion shortfall. These states are
now heavily in debt thanks to irresponsible tax cuts.
Now let's pan forward to the present day. In his first 100 days he's
cut funding for the environment and energy conservation. He
rescinded arsenic standards, rolled back mining regulations, ignored
his promises to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and is proposing
opening national forests to highway projects, logging, and drilling.
Then there's the budget surplus that he's busy plundering. After
watching Dear Ole Daddy Bush get roasted for going back on his "No New Taxes"
promise, Gee Dub is determined to cut taxes and utterly kill the surplus
that Clinton managed to create. Eight years of fiscal responsibility
wiped out in less than one year by a monkey faced frat boy.
More later, I'm sure....
If the popular vote had been used, we'd have a Democrat in office right now. The electoral college was created at a time when the average American has illiterate and news spread poorly if at all. Electoral college members were educated, well read, well informed, and acted as representatives of their states. Obviously these reasons no longer apply, and the electoral system is open to making mistakes. I would say Gee Dub, or as I affectionately refer to him, MFFB (Monkey Faced Frat Boy), is clearly a serious mistake. It's time to pass an amendment to do away with a dated and error prone system. |
A U.S. spy plane flying in international waters is accidentally rammed by a Chinese fighter escort plane. The fighter pilot dies, the spy plane is heavily damaged and has to land without permission at a Chinese air base. Everyone's familiar with the story by now. Is everyone familiar with how Bush handled it? Let's just say he let it lie while he entertained some old oil company buddies of his. When it was clearly out of hand, he did a limp-wristed "Oh My!" and began consulting his advisors on how Daddy would have handled it. But what gripes me is that his dinner party was more important than the U.S. servicemen being held like common criminals in a foreign land. I didn't vote for him, so you can't blame me... Bush lost California in a big way. I'm sure Californians think his latest round of legistlation is some kind of punishment, but it's not. It's just that California was right about him. He drastically cut funding for renewable energy sources and research, cut environmental programs across the board, and cut federal reimbursement for state costs incurred by illegal immigration. It's no news that California is wallowing about in the worst power crunch they've experienced since the first electric light burned in this state. Bush cut funding for renewable energy programs by $70 million in spite of that crunch. But he didn't just cut it -- he cut it with a provision, that the funding would be restored if Congress approved oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The technical term for this is "blackmail." Bush is holding those programs hostage on the part of his Big Oil buddies. National columnist James Goldborough asked the question, "Why is Bush hostile to all forms of engergy except oil?" Why, Mr. Goldborough, that's so simple: because George is still in bed with Big Oil. As for immigration, federal law controls immigration policy. One third to one half of all immigrants head straight for California. The cost to California for this human tide has been estimated at $2.3 billion annually. After much fighting, California and other immigrant-targeted states won restitution from the federal government for criminal costs of illegal immigration. Bush has decided that California should stop its whining and just shoulder the burden. I didn't vote for the moron. Neither did California. In fact, the majority of U.S. citizens didn't vote for him, and it would appear they had the right idea. Now what do you think of the electoral college? |
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