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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (51526)	7/20/2004 5:22:33 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Wille, I thought Clinton signed Nafta. But I agree Clinton was great for the family, he taught all the little children what a blow job is.

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (51526)	7/20/2004 8:16:14 PM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

>>let's just walk along and ponder a few Bushy family impacts support job outsourcing<< - lost jobs, lost income, family strain Bush is outsourcing jobs? Missed that headline. Outsourcing by companies creates lower prices here and the ability for companies here to hire American workers. Less family strain. >>no support of jobless benefit extension - lost jobless insurance, rely on savings, family strain<< How long do those of us that want to work have to carry those who decided long ago not to get advanced degree in a usable profession or get a skill in a usable trade? Less family strain on taxes on the working. >>young soldiers sent to a fraudulent war - lost father, children grow up without a father, family strain<< 3000 killed in 911, family strain seems unimportant to the liberals here. Over 50,000 people were killed last year in traffic accidents, you liberals don't care, you can't indict Bush on that one. Lib's don't care about Family strain there. >>low pay support of soldiers, and extended service time - their wives and kids increasingly are forced out of their homes, family strain, Been that way for centuries. Your reference is probably about reservist, who signed up on their own. The payback was worth it for them at the time. >>market retaliation of Iraq-Saudi instability - higher energy costs, lower spending for family, family strain<< Huh, That's a stretch. Saudi isn't producing less because of instability. It's evident you've gone left, you'll walk into the booth and pull "democrat" regardless of the candidate. Seems you're the mindless follower. Thanks Jim

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (51526)	7/20/2004 8:30:43 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Republicans blast president on environment __________________________ Tuesday July 20, 2004 By ERIK STETSON Associated Press writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) One of the Environmental Protection Agency's earliest leaders, flanked by Republican state politicians, blasted the president's record on the environment during a news conference organized by an anti-Bush environmental group. Russell Train, a Republican, was the EPA's second chief under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. But he said Bush's record is so dismal he's casting his presidential vote for Democrat John Kerry in November. ``It's almost as if the motto of the administration in power today in Washington is not environmental protection, but polluter protection,'' he said Monday. ``I find this deeply disturbing.'' Bush supporters defended the president's record. Tom Thomson, owner of Thomson Family Tree Farm in Orford, praised the Healthy Forests Initiative as good legislation that protects loggers as well as forests. He predicted current policies would have positive long-term effects. Bush ``has made progress over the last four years giving us cleaner air, water and land,'' Thomson said in a statement. Officials with the state's Bush-Cheney campaign said sulfur dioxide emissions are down 9 percent, while nitrogen oxide emissions are down 13 percent. They added that the 2002 Farm Bill set aside more than $40 billion in conservation funding. Environment2004, the environmental group, released a report Monday titled ``Damaging the Granite State.'' It criticizes presidential policies on energy, global warming, toxic waste and air and water pollution. ``It is the worst record in modern history, unfortunately,'' said Aimee Christensen, the group's executive director. ``They are systematically weakening our keystone public health protections and undermining decades of bipartisan leadership on the environment.'' The report faults Bush's energy policy, for example, for slashing renewable energy funding. According to the report, the cuts are holding back New Hampshire, which could produce 43 percent of its energy from wind power. The report also claims the state could add 5,000 jobs by 2020 with more renewable energy and efficiency investments. The report cites such sources as federal and state agency reports as well as newspaper articles and advocacy-group studies. The two Republican state politicians who spoke Rep. Jim Pilliod, a pediatrician, and former Sen. Rick Russman, who once headed the Senate Environmental Committee, did not endorse Kerry. They said they participated to stress the importance of environmental issues. Russman said funding was cut for cleanup work at two of the state's 19 Superfund sites. He also said the administration's standards would delay mercury emissions cleanup until at least 2018. Pilliod added that mothers and children are particularly vulnerable to mercury pollution. Train also accused Bush of letting weakening the Clean Air Act. The record, he added, falls short of those set by former Republican presidents ranging from Theodore Roosevelt, who advocated creating national parks and forests, to George H.W. Bush, who supported new anti-air-pollution standards. The Bush record is ``appalling, with very, very few exceptions,'' Train said. He described presidential policies as ``geared to rolling back environmental protections.'' Environment2004 has been actively campaigning against Bush policies and has released a national report on its Web site criticizing them. cbs4boston.com