Parting "Gifts"

[Celandine]

Parting "Gifts"

While President-elect Obama is busy putting together an administration, George W. Bush is on his way out, and you can almost hear a game show host directing his sidekick to "tell them what they won, Bob."

As parting gifts, President Bush is leaving us with his determination to deregulate everything he possibly can in his closing days in the White House. The Eagles once wrote a song called "The Last Resort" which prophetically laid out those policies which Bush is espousing: "Some rich men came and raped the land. Nobody caught 'em."

The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.

The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some would ease or lift constraints on private industry, including power plants, mines and farms.

Those and other regulations would help clear obstacles to some commercial ocean-fishing activities, ease controls on emissions of pollutants that contribute to global warming, relax drinking-water standards and lift a key restriction on mountaintop coal mining.

Since the days of Ronald Reagan, the Republican party has worshipped at the altar of big business. Bush's only consideration in enacting these measures to deregulate anything and everything is the pursuit of the Almighty Dollar to pad the corporate bottom line. This is a blatant attempt to further line the pockets of corporate cronies at the expense of public safety.

How would you like uranium mining, just 5 miles from the Grand Canyon?

But WAIT... it gets even Better:

[semiferger]

If anyone disagrees with or dislikes any person who is not a caucasion male, immediately activate the race card.

This is part of what is wrong with this country. People like the original poster are unable to have a dialogue and debate on issues and philosophies. Instead, they attack.

[Michael-Adams]

What?

[Clarke]

Hello,
The current president is making the decisions to overcome any policy effects set by mr.bush before leaving the white house .
the new decisions may be taken on very hot topics of bush govt and those were opposed by the people at that too . it will include some projects .