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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (2567)	4/16/2001 5:44:30 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

The little contretemps with China went just as it was supposed to.......

To: TigerPaw who wrote (2567)	4/16/2001 9:45:35 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

You definitely got the moron gene and its certainly not a recessive trait with you. Is there anyone in your family without a flatline brain wave?? Man it must hurt to be so dumb. JLA

To: TigerPaw who wrote (2567)	4/18/2001 1:38:03 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Earth Day is coming up so Bush and his admin are after positive environmental publicity: Bush Adopts Clinton Disclosure Rules on Lead " Environmental groups applauded the move but also said they saw it as a ploy ahead of Earth Day on Sunday to improve Bush's environmental reputation, which has been tarnished by decisions to suspend rules to reduce arsenic in drinking water and to abandon the Kyoto treaty to fight global warming." By Arshad Mohammed Tuesday April 17 6:54 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attacked by environmental groups on a string of decisions, President Bush on Tuesday upheld Clinton administration rules requiring thousands more businesses to disclose potentially toxic lead emissions. Environmental groups applauded the move but also said they saw it as a ploy ahead of Earth Day on Sunday to improve Bush's environmental reputation, which has been tarnished by decisions to suspend rules to reduce arsenic in drinking water and to abandon the Kyoto treaty to fight global warming. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman made a rare visit to the White House to announce the move, saying it imposed a ``much more stringent'' reporting requirement for companies that use and release lead. Under the rule, finalized in the last days of President Bill Clinton's administration, any plant that manufactures, processes or uses 100 pounds of lead or more a year will have to report that to the EPA. Under the previous standard, businesses had to report lead and lead compound emissions to the air, water and land if they made or processed more than 25,000 pounds of lead each year or used more than 10,000 pounds annually. Whitman said the rules would require 3,600 more businesses to report their lead storage to the EPA, which makes the information available to towns and communities. ``Information is power,'' Whitman said. ``This action reflects the president's strong commitment to protecting America's children from the damaging effects of lead poisoning.'' Lead is a highly toxic substance that can cause learning problems, brain damage and hyperactivity in children and can lead to pregnancy complications, high blood pressure and nervous disorders in adults. PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN? Environmental groups said Bush's moves on arsenic and the Kyoto treaty as well as his decision to break a campaign pledge to curb power plant emissions of carbon dioxide have proved highly unpopular and they suggested the White House had embarked on a public relations campaign to reverse the damage. On April 5, the Bush administration reversed an Agriculture Department plan to stop testing beef in school lunches for salmonella and, on Monday, it let stand a Clinton era rule designed to protect U.S. streams and wetlands. Elliott Negin of the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC, said his group worried the administration was burnishing its reputation but would not follow through when the rules were challenged in court. ``NRDC is concerned that ... the Bush administration has launched a public relations campaign to try to improve its image on environmental issues but its actual intent is to undermine these rules down the road in the courts by striking some kind of a settlement with industry,'' Negin said. The National Federation of Independent Business, a small business lobby group, said it planned to file a suit against the EPA next week arguing the agency failed to adequately take into account the needs of small businesses as required by law. ``It's going to create new burdensome paperwork requirements for small businesses,'' said Aaron Taylor, a spokesman for the group, which plans to file its suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia next week. Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, also criticized Bush for his environmental record. ``Polls show that President Bush's attacks on the environment are out of touch with American values and the administration clearly realizes that it is time to color the president's image a little more green,'' he said in a statement. ``President Bush has sunk expectations about his environmental positions so low that when he merely says he won't stand in the way, some people think it's a positive action,'' he added. The White House denied it was trying to buff Bush's environmental image. ``Every one of these decisions was made on the merits of each case,'' said White House communications adviser Dan Bartlett said. ``We're proud of this record.'' dailynews.yahoo.com