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Bush and his Wacky Ways

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I have been completely amazed each day as new reports come out on what Bush is up to in his newly appointed office. I thought I would share some of the low-lights of the past month or so.

As I mentioned this in my previous article, President* Bush wants to start drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. And this is with the complete sanction of Alaska’s senator, a Republican of course. On March 29 Bush stated he didn’t think he would get the support he needs from the Senate to pass legislation in order to allow drilling in this pristine area. I certainly hope not. Maybe the agitation from environmentalists played a part in this. I’m looking on the bright side on this one. But in case you still want to agitate some more, here is a place to pledge your dislike.

W. Bush didn’t stop with the Alaskan wilderness. He decided that National monumental land would be a good place to go looking for oil. I’m not sure how he’ll slip this one past the Senate, but you can’t blame him for trying can you? (I just can’t keep my sarcasm in check today.) Here’s what Bush is saying about the national lands, “There are some monuments where the land is so widespread, they just encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of the—the precious part, so to speak—I guess all land is precious, but the part that the people uniformly would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But there are parts of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting the overall environment.”—from the Media round table, Washington, D.C. March 13, 2001

Unfortunately President* Bush has not quit yet. He decided that the Kyoto treaty signed by Clinton, which would decrease our carbon dioxide emissions to the 1990 levels, would not be financially sound for our economy. At one point he said the CO2 emissions aren’t harmful, since we expel them from breathing. The other nations that have signed onto the treaty, European countries and Japan, are very upset with this turn of events. I hope that the international pressure that is building will force this country to abide by the treaty that was faithfully signed. On the down side, Clinton did not take the treaty to the Senate for ratification. Thus, Bush may have a way around the enacting of the treaty, since it isn’t fully into law. I’ll be watching this issue closely. The Kyoto treaty was a good start in cutting back harmful greenhouse gasses and ensured that the signing countries would take the Earth’s environmental status serious.

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