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According to "Bush vows to change pro-preservation policies," an article by Joel Connelly from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and reprinted in the June 26, 2000 issue of the Press Democrat, George W. Bush, if elected, will cut more trees and end any talk of breaching dams in the Pacific Northwest to save the salmon. He promises big changes in the Clinton administration pro-preservation policies. "We're going to look at a reasonable amount of board feet to be harvested out of the Northwestern timberlands. It's good for America. It's good for our economy. It happens to be good for the local economy as well", Bush said.

Both Bush and Cheney have been heavily involved with the oil industry. Bush as the founder of the failed Arbusto Energy (arbusto means shrub in Spanish) and as the biggest shareholder of Spectrum 7 oil, as well as a player in the acquisition of Spectrum by Harkin Oil(involved with Middle Eastern oil producing countries during the Gulf War) and Cheney as the CEO of Halliburton Oil, are looking forward to allowing exploratory drilling on the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic Wildlife refuge. As an environmentalist, Gore, along with conservationists and Native Americans, have opposed drilling because, among other things, it will disrupt calving of the giant porcupine caribou herd.

Connelly, in his article also mentions Bush's criticism of Clinton's unilateral creation of national monuments without approval from Congress. With a anti-environmental Republican Congress, Clinton had no chance to designate pristine or environmentally threatened lands as natural monuments.

How would you like an America with the environmental policy of Texas? Molly Ivins, in her book, Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush, explores the deplorable Texas environmental record since Bush became Governor.

The tri-national North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation set up by NAFTA, says that Texas pollutes it's air and water more than any other state or Canadian province. Texas is numero uno in toxic releases including recognized carcinogens in the air, suspected carcinogens in the air, developmental toxins in the air (lethal to a child's nervous system), and cancer risk.

Bush and his cronies stifled efforts to improve The Texas Gulf Coast, which is home of the largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants in America. Thanks to Georgie boy, refineries producing 904,000 tons of air pollution a year can continue their devastation of the Gulf Coast as they have for the past thirty years.

Ivins goes on to report that Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso and Beaumont-Port Arthur have all made the list of the EPA's non-attainment zones. Non-attainment means that dirty air alerts are issued on a regular basis. Austin, Tyler, San Antonio, and Longview are now eligible for this list. Dallas-Forth Worth will move from serious to severe on the list. Death rates from air pollution and ozone levels have risen to about 430 people a year. In 1998 and 1999 Houston claimed the highest ozone levels in the country. EPA figures indicate that 59 million tons of pesticides were used in Texas in 1998.

Did Bush win two terms as Governor because Texans are brain damaged due to pollution?

Texas stopped monitoring air quality after Bush was elected Governor because he appointed foxes to watch over the hen house(Texas National Resources Conservation Commission). He appointed Baker, who is from the Texas Farm Bureau--a group that sells discount insurance and tires to farmers and ranchers. This business has resisted all attempts to regulate pesticides because it has a portfolio loaded with agricultural chemical stock. Another appointee, Ralph Marquez, worked for Monsanto for thirty years and was a lobbyist for the Texas chemical council. He actually testified in Washington that ozone was not unhealthy. A third appointee was Barry McBee, an religious right winger that preached a homily about Christian love and mercy just before voting on a landfill.

While other states have tightened regulations of fecal waste from animal farms being discharged into waterways, Texas has been cutting regulations on these agri-businesses.

I think the etiology of Bush's stupid quotes may be dyslexia(as written about in Gail Sheehy's article, "The Accidental Candidate", in Vanity Fair) ,combined with significant alcohol and drug abuse(see Brain Dead Republicans) when he was young, as well as toxic air and water in his environment or to put it bluntly, too much pig shit in his drinking water.


AQUILA Volume 6, Issue 13			*NEWS* October 2000

	Psychic Vera's Secret Diary October 11 American Wasteland I'm going to list all the reasons that a Bush Cheney victory in November would lead to an American wasteland. Nonpartisan voters may think that I'm being overly dramatic. It is true that American politics often uses the engine of exaggeration. For example, the religious right-wing believe that God will destroy us if we elect Gore-Lieberman. However, my American wasteland prediction is based on tangible factors besides my psychic senses. 1. He'll Screw up the Environment "But Bush's environmental record--you know he's running on empty." Neil Carman, Lone Star Sierra Club, May 1999 According to "Bush vows to change pro-preservation policies," an article by Joel Connelly from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and reprinted in the June 26, 2000 issue of the Press Democrat, George W. Bush, if elected, will cut more trees and end any talk of breaching dams in the Pacific Northwest to save the salmon. He promises big changes in the Clinton administration pro-preservation policies. "We're going to look at a reasonable amount of board feet to be harvested out of the Northwestern timberlands. It's good for America. It's good for our economy. It happens to be good for the local economy as well", Bush said. Both Bush and Cheney have been heavily involved with the oil industry. Bush as the founder of the failed Arbusto Energy (arbusto means shrub in Spanish) and as the biggest shareholder of Spectrum 7 oil, as well as a player in the acquisition of Spectrum by Harkin Oil(involved with Middle Eastern oil producing countries during the Gulf War) and Cheney as the CEO of Halliburton Oil, are looking forward to allowing exploratory drilling on the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic Wildlife refuge. As an environmentalist, Gore, along with conservationists and Native Americans, have opposed drilling because, among other things, it will disrupt calving of the giant porcupine caribou herd. Connelly, in his article also mentions Bush's criticism of Clinton's unilateral creation of national monuments without approval from Congress. With a anti-environmental Republican Congress, Clinton had no chance to designate pristine or environmentally threatened lands as natural monuments. How would you like an America with the environmental policy of Texas? Molly Ivins, in her book, Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush, explores the deplorable Texas environmental record since Bush became Governor. The tri-national North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation set up by NAFTA, says that Texas pollutes it's air and water more than any other state or Canadian province. Texas is numero uno in toxic releases including recognized carcinogens in the air, suspected carcinogens in the air, developmental toxins in the air (lethal to a child's nervous system), and cancer risk. Bush and his cronies stifled efforts to improve The Texas Gulf Coast, which is home of the largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants in America. Thanks to Georgie boy, refineries producing 904,000 tons of air pollution a year can continue their devastation of the Gulf Coast as they have for the past thirty years. Ivins goes on to report that Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso and Beaumont-Port Arthur have all made the list of the EPA's non-attainment zones. Non-attainment means that dirty air alerts are issued on a regular basis. Austin, Tyler, San Antonio, and Longview are now eligible for this list. Dallas-Forth Worth will move from serious to severe on the list. Death rates from air pollution and ozone levels have risen to about 430 people a year. In 1998 and 1999 Houston claimed the highest ozone levels in the country. EPA figures indicate that 59 million tons of pesticides were used in Texas in 1998. Did Bush win two terms as Governor because Texans are brain damaged due to pollution? Texas stopped monitoring air quality after Bush was elected Governor because he appointed foxes to watch over the hen house(Texas National Resources Conservation Commission). He appointed Baker, who is from the Texas Farm Bureau--a group that sells discount insurance and tires to farmers and ranchers. This business has resisted all attempts to regulate pesticides because it has a portfolio loaded with agricultural chemical stock. Another appointee, Ralph Marquez, worked for Monsanto for thirty years and was a lobbyist for the Texas chemical council. He actually testified in Washington that ozone was not unhealthy. A third appointee was Barry McBee, an religious right winger that preached a homily about Christian love and mercy just before voting on a landfill. While other states have tightened regulations of fecal waste from animal farms being discharged into waterways, Texas has been cutting regulations on these agri-businesses. I think the etiology of Bush's stupid quotes may be dyslexia(as written about in Gail Sheehy's article, "The Accidental Candidate", in Vanity Fair) ,combined with significant alcohol and drug abuse(see Brain Dead Republicans) when he was young, as well as toxic air and water in his environment or to put it bluntly, too much pig shit in his drinking water.

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