| What do you suppose they are thinking? By they, I mean the collective GOP. The entire Bush Tree, Cheney, Rove, Rice, ET AL. As Gary Oldman said in The Professional, EVERYONE. The ‘bringing back’ of ‘honor and dignity to the White House’ list is endless, but lets just name a few ‘changes in policy’ that have a major impact. Let’s see…. So far they have said “No” to: Kyoto, CO2 emissions controls, overseas Planned Parenthood, ABM, Patients Bill Of Rights (which Smirk has been paid to veto no matter what), Ergonomics Regulations, Campaign Finance Reform, EPA Standards, Energy Price Caps, tighter gun control laws, the Anti-Germ Warfare treaty, just to name a few. Now, apart from the obvious immediate corporate monetary, political, and power benefits for the already colossal-wealthy, how else do all these things help anyone? Seriously. Have these people thought about the ramifications these policies will have in the future? What is their “Long Term Plan”? They must have one, so what on Earth could it possibly be? All of the above ‘policies’, while making the corporations they favor enormously wealthy, will also be just as costly for not only the country as a whole, but also the entire planet in the long run. For in making these obscene wealth caches, they are destroying everything in their paths to do so. Then where will they be? Will someone please explain to me exactly how having air to breath will hurt the economy? I’d gladly give my $300 windfall to cleaner air and water technology. So we get rid of fossil fuels? So? There are many alternatives, and the research alone will create numerous jobs. God forbid we all learn something new. The arrogance of this group is astounding. While Cheney refuses to pay his own utility bill in spite of having one of the highest private incomes in the world, there are millions who, in attempting to pay theirs, will lose their retirement and savings accounts, not to mention perhaps their homes, attempting to keep themselves off the street due to losing their jobs. I actually have friends who have cashed out their 401k just to pay their mortgage and feed themselves and the one child they still have living at home because, thanks to Dubya’s magical economy, have both lost their jobs due to corporate buyouts and companies moving out of state and off continent. I really don’t give a damn whether Al Gore and all of the previous VPs didn’t pay their electric bills while in the VP Mansion; none have had near Cheney’s net worth. And why isn’t he setting an example with all that “honor and dignity” that’s been thrown all over the place by picking up his own damned tab? Poor Cheney, living dividend to dividend; it’s got to be so stressful. How about every single thing that has come out of Dubya’s twisted mind, his complete denial of all facts, and his “I’m taking my toys and going home” attitude. From refusing to negotiate on the Kyoto Protocol, and the Anti-Germ Warfare treaty, to his pathetic tax-cut, he seems hell-bent on single-handedly destroying every decent thing this country has put into place since it’s inception. Does he think he is the reincarnation of Nero? Maybe he thinks that the Holocaust really was magically expunged from history just because some people said it didn’t happen, and the same thing will happen if he denies global warming. The deeper reason he refuses to negotiate on most detailed policies is that he can’t, plain and simple. The Kyoto Protocol? Come on, do you really think he understands the intricacies and long term effects of the package? Please. Bush also continually makes incoherent and insane choices for the members of his own team. Take Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton, someone with almost as bad an environmental record as Bush himself. And the latest joke, Mary Sheila Gall to head the US Product Safety Agency? Her qualifications? How about helping stop a ban on infant bath seats that has resulted in dozens of babies drowning? I guess that makes fewer consumers out there to get hurt in the first place. The way Bush selects someone for a post? Whomever is the least qualified or who has screwed up the position the most. With the exception of himself of course, he is far too busy napping. In a recent article from www.hillnews.com, Alexander Bolton writes, “Republicans fear that their Democratic colleagues would be prejudiced by knowledge of a nominee's past political activities.” Ya think???? Now why ever would they feel that way? Suppose it just might be the five United States Supreme Court CRIMINALS??? Nahhhh! They would never act politically! Would they? Seriously, have they thought about the long-term effects? It doesn’t take a JPL scientist to know that ergonomic regulations are cheaper in the long run than costly surgeries, loss of production, workforce, and training replacements. So what’s in it for them in the long run? I KNOW! The Neiman-Bush-Marcus Wish Book Holiday 2001 What to get that person who has everything? Why not buy them a position in the Bush Administration? You too can be appointed to the 9th Circuit Court bench for $20,000! Or, how about the 6th Circuit? Just a mere $7,000. You name it, every position has its price! It's the money stupid. |
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