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Our Pal George

Posted by RickySilk on Feb 08, 2002 at 10:03 AM

A list of what United States President George W. Bush has accomplished in his first 6 month's in office arrived in my inbox so I thought I would share.

What the president is doing in office
By: Dr. David A. Sprintzen Professor of Philosophy Co-Director, Institute for Sustainable Development C.W. Post College,Long Island University 720 Northern Boulevard Brookville, NY 11548-1300 (516)299-3051 fax: (516) 299-4140 dsprintz@liu.edu

The First Six Months of George W. Bush: Whatever your beliefs, know what your president is doing. Here is a list of his work in his first six months:

Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.
Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced paediatric training.
Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources.
Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic drinking water.
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.
Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii. San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001
Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks.
Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws.
OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra figure - to the post of United Nations ambassador.
Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest conservation.
Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance.
Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on Western public lands.
Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing.
Proposed to eliminate a federal program designed to help communities (and successfully used in Seattle) prepare for natural disasters.
Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work.
Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra figure-to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million.
Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
Rescinded rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.
Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2), the waste gas that contributes to global warming.
Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counselling with other independent funds.
Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach.
Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive-to post of Assistant Secretary of Labour for Mine Safety and Health.
O.K.'d Interior Secretary Gale Norton to go forth with a controversial plan to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast eastern of Florida.
Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling.
Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.
Gutted White House AIDS Office.
Renegotiating free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate safeguards for the environment and workers' rights.
Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior.
Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly bear re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can.
Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.
Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit.
Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43% will go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.
Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
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."Vice President Dick Cheney on "Meet the Press."
Appointed Diana "There is no gender gap in pay" Roth to the Council of Economic Advisers. Boston Globe, March 28, 2001
Appointed Kay Cole James - an opponent of affirmative action-to direct the Office of Personnel Management.
Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.
Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get credit cards.
Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children.
Is pushing for development of small nuclear weapons to attack deeply buried targets-weapons, which would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton-attorney responsible for the recent case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act-to federal appeals court judgeship.
Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building.
Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught schoolchildren about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship.
Appointed John Bolton - who opposes non proliferation treaties and the U.N. -to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
Nominated Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto-for the number two job at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Nominated Michael McConnell - leading critic of the separation of church and state - to a federal judgeship.
Nominated Terrence Boyle - ardent opponent of civil rights - to a federal judgeship.
Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars.
Nominated Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor-to head SEC.
Nominated John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs - for Drug Czar. Washington Post, May 16, 2001.
Nominated J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
Nominated Bennett Raley - who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act - for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
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.
Reduced by 40% the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.
Nominated Ted Olson - who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton - for Solicitor General.
Nominated Terrance Boyle - foe of civil rights - to a federal judgeship.
Proposes to ease permit process - including environmental considerations - for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. Washington Post, May 18,2001.
Proposes to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines.
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.
Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official government functions.
Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber industry lobbyist

Comments

Anonymous Coward spoke on Feb 10, 2002 at 07:45 PM

And this is the leader of our nation?! Well, maybe he DOES possess some "sublimitable" intellligence. (Note the sarcasm) Our nation is condemned by this man. God have mercy on America...

SurrealStatic spoke on Feb 14, 2002 at 10:06 AM

and if you check to see what ol' Clinton did in his 6 months, or the elder Bush, or Reagan, or Carter... ok, maybe not Carter, he was a major tree hugger, but this is not uncommon, most of these things are attached to very large bills (thank your congress for that one) and in order to accept one thing, you accept them all. Hes leading the most powerful country in the world, yeah, some shit is gonna go down. Im an avid republician, and honestly I didnt like Bush, but I liked him more then Gore. Gore would have killed this economy, much worse then it already is in my opinion. And for blowing shit up, there is no better president, I think he has videos from smart cams and watchs them in secret, thats really why he choked on his prestle. "Wait wait! Dick, rewind rewind! Look at his face! BOOM!!! HAHAHAHAHA... *CHOKE*" :)

SurrealStatic spoke on Feb 14, 2002 at 10:08 AM

His selection to run NASA SUCKS!!! I cant believe what hes doing to our space program. Talk about steps back!

Anonymous Coward spoke on Apr 06, 2002 at 03:36 PM

I dont want to register for this site, but hey, my name is Nate, and therefore I am now not an anonymous coward.

This just sickens me because you can find that many megative things to report about ANYONE. I mean, no coverage of ANY positives. Yeah, thats unbiased. Sheesh, get your head out of your butt.

RickySilk spoke on Apr 06, 2002 at 04:01 PM

You could be right. Enlighten us Nate. Don't just tell us we're biased and have our heads in our butts, back it up. Give us some positives.

Anonymous Coward spoke on Apr 17, 2002 at 12:17 AM

Im from the great land of australia and personally i think bush needs to go fuck himself. He has nothing better to do than stick his ego enlarged patriotic head into every other countries business, and what about September 11, don't get me wrong i know what the terrorists did was disgusting, but was America that stupid to think that nobody would dare attack them on their soil?? Bushes response to the attacks suprised me the most, "How dare you step into our country and cause such a terrible disaster!" Look what America has been doing for aslong as i can remember... Sticking their noses into other countries business. America didnt deserve to have done what happened on September 11, but were you all that naive to think that it would never happen, when presidents like Bush think they are king of the world. It was a bitch of an eye opener, but it was always going to happen. BUSH SUCKS

SurrealStatic spoke on Apr 17, 2002 at 10:14 AM

Maybe you should follow it yourself. As I know I should be like the great australian, and be huddled in a bomb shelter, waiting for the next bombing (I mean, Im not naive, it could come any second!!!) I was recklessly living my life normally. Boy, was I stupid. I should have realized that ANY moment we could be attacked, and lived in constant fear! Are you really that damn stupid that you can not understand why Americans were surprised? Or that Bush took a military response to it? Should we have sent a group over and hugged the Taliban and hoped it went away? Ive hear this arguement from so many other countries, that we should have expected it, and not have been so shocked. What a fucking crock. Thats like telling a grieving mother she should have expected her son to be hit by a drunk driver, with all of them out there. And we are going to stick our "enlarged patriotic head" into every other country. They attacked us. We will hunt them down. The US has played the little peacekeeper, we are everyones friend line so much that no one fears us. To add insult to injury, it has gotten so bad that we are CRITIZED for grieving over thousands of our countrymen dieing. You are an insult to humanity. Keep living in your little box, remember, they can attack at any time! And when they do, you can't be mad, just except it, and maybe send a hug to them. Idiot.

burn2shine spoke on Apr 17, 2002 at 10:51 AM

Damn Surreal, you tore that boy a new asshole! I purposely avoided this article because I knew it would be flame bait. Turns out I'm right. But just remember, violence doesn't always solve problems...it just makes us feel a whole lot better.

Anonymous Coward spoke on Sep 02, 2002 at 09:45 AM

This is to SurrealStatic- So you think Gore would have killed the economy, huh?? Well, Mr Shrub2 has done a damn good job of it, so far. And by the way, Al Gore would'nt be so eager to get us into another war in the mideast. You go right on being an avid republican and while you're at it you can watch us go down the tubes. I can't wait until 2004 so we can get that moron out of the White House!

syzygy spoke on May 07, 2004 at 11:09 AM

"and if you check to see what ol' Clinton did in his 6 months, or the elder Bush, or Reagan, or Carter... "

Be my guest, put your money where your mouth is and compile a list of what they have done. Let's compare it to Bush, see who's worse.

Hollowpoint spoke on May 07, 2004 at 11:39 AM

Of course, the co-director for the environmenal extremist group- the "Institute for Sustainable Development" would never paint a biased or misleading picture. Nope. Never happens.

Almost every one of his points is either intentionally misleading, exaggerated or tells only a fraction of the story.

You might as well be listening to PETA.

SurrealStatic spoke on May 07, 2004 at 02:27 PM

And two years later comes "Oh yeah, Prove it!" You first. I had the data 2 years ago, and it is a pain to filter out on roughly the first 6 months of a presidency. Attitude forgiven, but I don't have the time to recompile that list, its a doozy. A flurry of things are done in the first 6 months, alot of them mistakes. This is the first president to have the power of the internet data behind him, so his faults can be calculated by almost anyone. All the information is out there, its just not obvious. Try looking at Congressional bills passed by each president, the timelines, etc. Then Supreme court nomination, etc, etc. Have fun.

syzygy spoke on May 07, 2004 at 02:44 PM

Yeah I guess the '2 years later' part is kind of funny, but the point stands.

In all honesty I just wanted to reply to compliment you on your signature, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is an amazing movie!

Anonymous Coward spoke on Oct 10, 2004 at 11:08 PM

and 1 1/2 years later he has put our national debt into a deficit rather than a surplus, And not that many more jobs created too.

MajicWalrus spoke on Oct 11, 2004 at 07:34 AM

Bush cares about you as long as your in the womb and straight.

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