OT: US Green politics (was: Ada and the NMD)

[Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <3B97DDEB.F13AADC0@worldnet.att.net>, James Rogers says...
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>Ted Dennison wrote:
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>> In article <3B9795E1.54B12E70@worldnet.att.net>, James Rogers says...
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>> >The current US government cares deeply about the environment. It
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>> OK. Preben's statement seemed a bit extreme, but this one is a real howler.
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>A howler? Let's look at a few facts.

To support your statement, you will have to quote facts that come from the
current US government. None of the ones you quoted do that (and some, like
superfund, Bush wants to get rid of), except possibly this one:

>US pollution requirements are in the process of being tightened. The
>only question is how much this year.

..and if the Bush administration supports this effort, it would be actively
going back on a campaign promise made on November 3, 2000. It would also be
quite a switcheroo from when he fought that legislation as the Governor of
Texas. I doubt he'd do it, although he might be politicially forced to let it
slide through.

If you want to see Bush's environmental positions while he was running for pres
a year ago, an independent comparison is still available online at
http://www.issues2000.org/George_W__Bush_Environment.htm and at
http://www.issues2000.org/Environment.htm#Headlines (this is a non-partisan
website).

Also, the man made no secret during the campaign of being anti-Kyoto, so anyone
expressing shock at his actions this point has just been ill-informed.

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