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Ralph Nader was either intentionally lying or unintentionally being incredibly stupid when he proclaimed that there was no difference between Bush and Gore, and in fact, told the press that he would probably vote for Bush over Gore if he, himself, was not running for president. In his first five months in the White House, George has far exceeded the expectations of Democratic naysayers and has probably even shocked Saint Nader. Here are only a few of Dumbya's atrocious decisions or actions that would never have been made by Al Gore:

According to People for the American Way, Women have been angered and frightened by President Bush's budget proposal to stop requiring health insurers to provide government employees with a full range of contraceptive options. This proposal would limit access to birth control for federal female employees, as well as set a precedent for similar actions by employers in the private sector. This issue came up during the Attorney General's confirmation battle. As Ashcroft was a strong supporter of both a constitutional amendment and federal legislation banning IUD's, birth control pills as well as abortions.

It's a Bad Thing to try and limit a woman's reproductive choice. Why are "Christian" fundamentalists, particularly the men, against any kind of birth control for women? How can they countenance the rapid expansion of the population with an authoritarian control of birth control options. Maybe these men are so insecure about their ability to attract and keep a woman, that they can't allow her any reproductive freedom. If she has the ability to control her own body, she'll be able to be free to express her sexuality. If she's free to express her sexuality, she won't stay with a repressed religious right winger, will she? What woman in her right mind would want to have sex with a Pat Robertson or a Dr. Dobson? Or how about a roll in the hay with fat boy, Jerry Falwell. That's precisely why these men hated Bill Clinton. He certainly wasn't repressed, and all the women were gaga over him.

Al Gore is not interested in limiting a woman's reproductive choice because he is secure in his own sexuality.

According to ABC news, the GAO, a government watchdog agency, is losing patience with the White House's refusal to come up with details of secret meetings that produced President Bush's national energy policy and is threatening to take steps that could take the White House to court.

It's a Bad Thing for Cheney to meet only with energy producers to help draft an energy policy. Obviously, it's going to leave out any pro-environmental policies and skew the draft in favor of Bush and Cheney's friends. Of course, Cheney doesn't want to give the GAO the names of who attended the meetings. Doesn't it seem like a criminal conflict of interest? These Republicans are cutting their own throats by being so arrogant. They think they can get away with anything because they are in the White House. Wrong. It is no longer morning in Mr. Reagan's America, where a president can get away with supporting murderous dictators with alacrity as well as destroy the environment without protest from its citizens.

Gore would never have met with just energy producers to draft an energy policy. How absurb can you get, Ralph.

According to bushwatch.com "a source tells UPI the president ended a recent energy policy meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney and others by jokingly offering his own personal stores of"natural gas" to help alleviate the energy crisis."

This is crude bathroom humor for children, but do we really want silly boys in the White House? Somehow I can't see Al Gore telling this joke at a Joe Lieberman's energy policy meeting. Al may be stiff and Joe may be sincerely religious, but aren't these traits better for high officials to have than displaying the crude humor of pre-adolescent boys?

Possibility of Bush nominating White House Counsel, Alberto Gonzales for the first available vacancy on the US Supreme Court. According to Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff in his article, Funeral Case Targets White House Counsel Gonzales, Gonzales may be involved in a scandal involving the funeral industry in Texas. It's a BAD THING to add another questionable and possibly disreputable judge to the already sullied Supreme Court. This Texas funeral industry connection smells to high heaven.

It looks like that Bush will nominate John Walters as the new drug czar. This is a BAD THING because not only does Walters, a religious right winger, believe that drug addiction is indicative of a moral lapse and deserves severe punishment, he also believes that tobacco and alcohol are much less harmful than marijuana. Walters must be in league with the tobacco industry and blind to the adverse effects of alcoholism on the society. Alcoholics are generally much more destructive to their families and themselves than marijuana users. Further, in the Salon article, Bush's New Drug Czar, there is no mention of methamphetamine (aka crank, speed), which is the primary drug scourge in this country, nor any evidence that Walters discriminates between marijuana and the more dangerous drugs like meth or crack.

In Bush's budget, there are major cuts across the board in Health and Human Services. Included in the cuts are programs for rural health, disease prevention, childcare, mental health initiatives, minority health, aid to senior citizens and training for doctors at children's hospitals. Who Benefits? No one really but Bush figures he has to make cuts in these areas to make way for his tax cut for himself and his rich friends. It's a Bad Thing to cut off the majority to help a greedy minority.

No new funds are provided for The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which provides $1.8 billion in services to AIDS patients.

"I can't overstate how bad this is for people with AIDS," said Alexis Schuler of AIDS Action. [Associated Press, 4/3/01]

Has nominated to the post of Ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, a former Reagan point man for the Contras and ambassador to Honduras. Negroponte looked the other way when Honduran death squads were torturing and murdering their political adversaries. Who benefits? George Bush the elder, who wants to thank people like Negroponte for hiding his part in the Iran-Contra scandal. It's a Bad Thing to nominate a man that might turn a deaf ear to genocide, murder, and torture for this important UN position.

Nominating a anti-Castro Cuban as chief diplomat for Latin America policy. Otto Reich will support the return of all sanctions and embargoes against Cuba, reversing the unofficial trend of the last several years under Clinton to liberalize the policies. His background includes support of the drug smuggling Contras. Who does this help? Anti-Castro Cubans who want to return to the island and take up the business of organized crime. It's a Bad Thing to support these anti-Americans who bankrolled the Bush campaign and helped to manipulate the election in Florida, as well as allegedly took part in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Will refuse to sign any patient rights bill that does not lower caps on injury compensation and does not have cases tried in federal courts(where awards would be smaller), It's a Bad Thing that Bush doesn't want patients compensated fairly for their injuries. Who does this help? The HMO's, who helped fund the Bush presidential campaign.

Supports the revoking of the EPA regulation that lowered the amount of allowable arsenic in water. Bush wants to go back to the pre World War II standard of 50 parts per billion that the Clinton administration just adjusted to 10 parts per billion. It's a Bad Thing that Bush is trying to kill us with arsenic. Who does this help? The mining and chemical industries that gave Bush millions for his political campaign.

Targeting programs like child-care assistance for low-income families and funds to stop child abuse for cuts in spending. Who does this benefit? Rich people who don't want any of their taxes spent on the poor. This is a Bad Thing because these programs have helped low income mothers leave welfare and be self-supporting.

Opposes federal controls on wholesale power prices, particularly in California, where wholesale electricity costs have been proven to be severely inflated and unreasonable. Who does this help? All the power suppliers based in Texas, who invested millions in the Bush campaign for president and just earned $10.8 million in excessive profits selling to energy strapped California. Bush, himself, who wants to get even for losing so badly in California. This is a Bad Thing, because price gouging is unfair for any consumer of any product in any state, the power crisis in California could easily spread to other states, and a severe power shortage in the richest state in the Union does not bode well for America's economic health.

Decided to not support mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide on U.S. power plants, even though he said he would while campaigning for president. Who does this help? Big business, of course. This is a Bad Thing because cutting carbon dioxide emissions is imperative to reduce greenhouse gases(which cause rising sea levels, catastrophic weather patterns, etc.).

Plans to kill ergonomic regulations. Who does this benefit? Nobody. Big and small businessmen think it will benefit them, but it will actually cost them billions in worker injuries and compensation costs. How stupid can you get? This is obviously a Bad Thing for millions of workers that are potentially prone to injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome.


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	Bush's Very Bad Things or (There's No Difference Between Bush and Gore?) Ralph Nader was either intentionally lying or unintentionally being incredibly stupid when he proclaimed that there was no difference between Bush and Gore, and in fact, told the press that he would probably vote for Bush over Gore if he, himself, was not running for president. In his first five months in the White House, George has far exceeded the expectations of Democratic naysayers and has probably even shocked Saint Nader. Here are only a few of Dumbya's atrocious decisions or actions that would never have been made by Al Gore: According to People for the American Way, Women have been angered and frightened by President Bush's budget proposal to stop requiring health insurers to provide government employees with a full range of contraceptive options. This proposal would limit access to birth control for federal female employees, as well as set a precedent for similar actions by employers in the private sector. This issue came up during the Attorney General's confirmation battle. As Ashcroft was a strong supporter of both a constitutional amendment and federal legislation banning IUD's, birth control pills as well as abortions. It's a Bad Thing to try and limit a woman's reproductive choice. Why are "Christian" fundamentalists, particularly the men, against any kind of birth control for women? How can they countenance the rapid expansion of the population with an authoritarian control of birth control options. Maybe these men are so insecure about their ability to attract and keep a woman, that they can't allow her any reproductive freedom. If she has the ability to control her own body, she'll be able to be free to express her sexuality. If she's free to express her sexuality, she won't stay with a repressed religious right winger, will she? What woman in her right mind would want to have sex with a Pat Robertson or a Dr. Dobson? Or how about a roll in the hay with fat boy, Jerry Falwell. That's precisely why these men hated Bill Clinton. He certainly wasn't repressed, and all the women were gaga over him. Al Gore is not interested in limiting a woman's reproductive choice because he is secure in his own sexuality. According to ABC news, the GAO, a government watchdog agency, is losing patience with the White House's refusal to come up with details of secret meetings that produced President Bush's national energy policy and is threatening to take steps that could take the White House to court. It's a Bad Thing for Cheney to meet only with energy producers to help draft an energy policy. Obviously, it's going to leave out any pro-environmental policies and skew the draft in favor of Bush and Cheney's friends. Of course, Cheney doesn't want to give the GAO the names of who attended the meetings. Doesn't it seem like a criminal conflict of interest? These Republicans are cutting their own throats by being so arrogant. They think they can get away with anything because they are in the White House. Wrong. It is no longer morning in Mr. Reagan's America, where a president can get away with supporting murderous dictators with alacrity as well as destroy the environment without protest from its citizens. Gore would never have met with just energy producers to draft an energy policy. How absurb can you get, Ralph. According to bushwatch.com "a source tells UPI the president ended a recent energy policy meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney and others by jokingly offering his own personal stores of"natural gas" to help alleviate the energy crisis." This is crude bathroom humor for children, but do we really want silly boys in the White House? Somehow I can't see Al Gore telling this joke at a Joe Lieberman's energy policy meeting. Al may be stiff and Joe may be sincerely religious, but aren't these traits better for high officials to have than displaying the crude humor of pre-adolescent boys? Possibility of Bush nominating White House Counsel, Alberto Gonzales for the first available vacancy on the US Supreme Court. According to Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff in his article, Funeral Case Targets White House Counsel Gonzales, Gonzales may be involved in a scandal involving the funeral industry in Texas. It's a BAD THING to add another questionable and possibly disreputable judge to the already sullied Supreme Court. This Texas funeral industry connection smells to high heaven. It looks like that Bush will nominate John Walters as the new drug czar. This is a BAD THING because not only does Walters, a religious right winger, believe that drug addiction is indicative of a moral lapse and deserves severe punishment, he also believes that tobacco and alcohol are much less harmful than marijuana. Walters must be in league with the tobacco industry and blind to the adverse effects of alcoholism on the society. Alcoholics are generally much more destructive to their families and themselves than marijuana users. Further, in the Salon article, Bush's New Drug Czar, there is no mention of methamphetamine (aka crank, speed), which is the primary drug scourge in this country, nor any evidence that Walters discriminates between marijuana and the more dangerous drugs like meth or crack. In Bush's budget, there are major cuts across the board in Health and Human Services. Included in the cuts are programs for rural health, disease prevention, childcare, mental health initiatives, minority health, aid to senior citizens and training for doctors at children's hospitals. Who Benefits? No one really but Bush figures he has to make cuts in these areas to make way for his tax cut for himself and his rich friends. It's a Bad Thing to cut off the majority to help a greedy minority. No new funds are provided for The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which provides $1.8 billion in services to AIDS patients. "I can't overstate how bad this is for people with AIDS," said Alexis Schuler of AIDS Action. [Associated Press, 4/3/01] Has nominated to the post of Ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, a former Reagan point man for the Contras and ambassador to Honduras. Negroponte looked the other way when Honduran death squads were torturing and murdering their political adversaries. Who benefits? George Bush the elder, who wants to thank people like Negroponte for hiding his part in the Iran-Contra scandal. It's a Bad Thing to nominate a man that might turn a deaf ear to genocide, murder, and torture for this important UN position. Nominating a anti-Castro Cuban as chief diplomat for Latin America policy. Otto Reich will support the return of all sanctions and embargoes against Cuba, reversing the unofficial trend of the last several years under Clinton to liberalize the policies. His background includes support of the drug smuggling Contras. Who does this help? Anti-Castro Cubans who want to return to the island and take up the business of organized crime. It's a Bad Thing to support these anti-Americans who bankrolled the Bush campaign and helped to manipulate the election in Florida, as well as allegedly took part in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Will refuse to sign any patient rights bill that does not lower caps on injury compensation and does not have cases tried in federal courts(where awards would be smaller), It's a Bad Thing that Bush doesn't want patients compensated fairly for their injuries. Who does this help? The HMO's, who helped fund the Bush presidential campaign. Supports the revoking of the EPA regulation that lowered the amount of allowable arsenic in water. Bush wants to go back to the pre World War II standard of 50 parts per billion that the Clinton administration just adjusted to 10 parts per billion. It's a Bad Thing that Bush is trying to kill us with arsenic. Who does this help? The mining and chemical industries that gave Bush millions for his political campaign. Targeting programs like child-care assistance for low-income families and funds to stop child abuse for cuts in spending. Who does this benefit? Rich people who don't want any of their taxes spent on the poor. This is a Bad Thing because these programs have helped low income mothers leave welfare and be self-supporting. Opposes federal controls on wholesale power prices, particularly in California, where wholesale electricity costs have been proven to be severely inflated and unreasonable. Who does this help? All the power suppliers based in Texas, who invested millions in the Bush campaign for president and just earned $10.8 million in excessive profits selling to energy strapped California. Bush, himself, who wants to get even for losing so badly in California. This is a Bad Thing, because price gouging is unfair for any consumer of any product in any state, the power crisis in California could easily spread to other states, and a severe power shortage in the richest state in the Union does not bode well for America's economic health. Decided to not support mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide on U.S. power plants, even though he said he would while campaigning for president. Who does this help? Big business, of course. This is a Bad Thing because cutting carbon dioxide emissions is imperative to reduce greenhouse gases(which cause rising sea levels, catastrophic weather patterns, etc.). Plans to kill ergonomic regulations. Who does this benefit? Nobody. Big and small businessmen think it will benefit them, but it will actually cost them billions in worker injuries and compensation costs. How stupid can you get? This is obviously a Bad Thing for millions of workers that are potentially prone to injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome.