Citizens

Toxic Texan

 

I feel at the halfway point of Ws. first term it would be nice to chronicle his " achievements". I also feel like starting a war with the conservatives. Bush has:
 

1. Cut 39 million from federal spending on libraries.

2. Cut 35 million in funding for advanced pediatric training for doctors.

3. Cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50%.

4. Delayed rules that would reduce "acceptable" levels of arsenic in drinking water.

5. Cut funding for research into cleaner more efficient cars and trucks by 28%.

6. Revoked rules strengthening the power of the government to deny contracts to companies that violate federal laws, environmental laws, and workplace safety standards.

7. Allowed Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton to request suggestions for the opening up national monuments for foresting, coal mining, and oil anf gas drilling.

8. Broken his campaign promise to invest $100 million per year in rain forest conservation.

9. Reduced by 86% The Community Access Program, which coordinated care for people without health insurance among public hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers.

10. Nullified a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential ramifications of chemical plant accidents.

11. Cut funding for the Girls and Boys  Clubs of America programs in public housing by $60 million.

12. Pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol agreement on global warming , ultimately signed by 178 other countries.

13. Rejected an international accord to enforce the 1972 treaty banning germ warfare.

14. Cut $200 million from workforce training programs for dislocated workers.

15. Cut $200 million from the Childcare and Development grant, a program that provides child care to low- income families as they are forced from welfare to work.

16. Eliminated prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though Viagra is still covered).

17. Cut $700 million in funds for public housing repairs.

18. Overturned workplace ergonomic rules designed to protect worker's health and safety.

19. Abandoned his campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, a major contributor to global warming.

20. Approved Gail Norton's proposal to auction off areas close to Florida's eastern shore for oil and gas development.

21. Announced plans to allow oil drilling in Montana's Lewis and Clark national Forest.

22. Denied college financial aid to students convicted of misdemeanor drug charges (though convicted murderers are still eligible).

23. Pushed through his tax cut, 43% of which goes to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.

25. Cut 15.7 million from programs dealing with child abuse and neglect.

26. Proposed the elimination of the Reading is Fundamental program, which gives free books to poor children.

27. Tried to reverse regulation that protected 60 million acres of national forests from logging and road building.

28. Canceled the 2004 deadline for auto makers to develop prototype high-mileage cars.

29. Proposed the selling of oil and gas tracts in the Alaskan Wildlife Preserve.

30. Developed a "Bite my ass" foreign policy that has alienated everyone but Tony Blair.

 

It is a mystery to me why he has so much trouble getting votes from minorities and environmentally conscious people.