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12-14-2003, 12:56 AM
Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 34 months
Banned Partial Birth Abortion
Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico
Policy
Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty
Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court
Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the
electricity surplus to California.
Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to
implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.
Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from
deploying our ABM defenses
Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska so
that America has a defense against North Korean nukes
Pushed through THREE raises for our military.
Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the
previous 8 years
Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.
Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals
Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental
consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act
Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the
cockpit
Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national
gun manufacturers
Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme
Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is
that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined
*collective* right
Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for
gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)
Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million
people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom
Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track
funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured
or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)
Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any
bribes or bloodshed
Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced
withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.
Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with
Russia
Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed
just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was
critical.
Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to
the Presidency
Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping
agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of
Homeland Security.
Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual
investment accounts.
Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for
bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based
promotions/raises only.
Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND
the Senate.
Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for
Congress.
GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck
decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against
individual's wishes)
Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.
Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a
result of corporate scandals.
Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar
value tax cut in world history
Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains
In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.
Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new
people
Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the
most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft
bigotry of low expectations)
Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and
ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of
accountability.
Signed trade promotion authority
Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and
women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa
Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for
preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a
ten year Privatization option)
Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits
Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that
more settlement money goes to victims
Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action
(works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at
home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve
national grid, etc.)
Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate
society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the
decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that
has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody
else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she
are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for
loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're
responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your
children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you
live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you
would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave
out)
Started the USA Freedom Corps
Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate
federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of
federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.
Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for
Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"
Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities
and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely
irrelevant)
Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.
Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary
clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.
As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted
judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other
challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact
Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically
engineered crops.
President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent
hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by
President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility
authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs
from the original five states to all 50 states.
Banned Partial Birth Abortion
Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico
Policy
Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty
Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court
Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the
electricity surplus to California.
Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to
implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.
Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from
deploying our ABM defenses
Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska so
that America has a defense against North Korean nukes
Pushed through THREE raises for our military.
Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the
previous 8 years
Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.
Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals
Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental
consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act
Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the
cockpit
Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national
gun manufacturers
Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme
Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is
that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined
*collective* right
Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for
gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)
Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million
people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom
Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track
funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured
or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)
Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any
bribes or bloodshed
Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced
withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.
Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with
Russia
Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed
just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was
critical.
Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to
the Presidency
Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping
agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of
Homeland Security.
Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual
investment accounts.
Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for
bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based
promotions/raises only.
Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND
the Senate.
Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for
Congress.
GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck
decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against
individual's wishes)
Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.
Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a
result of corporate scandals.
Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar
value tax cut in world history
Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains
In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.
Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new
people
Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the
most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft
bigotry of low expectations)
Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and
ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of
accountability.
Signed trade promotion authority
Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and
women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa
Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for
preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a
ten year Privatization option)
Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits
Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that
more settlement money goes to victims
Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action
(works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at
home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve
national grid, etc.)
Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate
society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the
decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that
has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody
else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she
are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for
loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're
responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your
children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you
live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you
would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave
out)
Started the USA Freedom Corps
Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate
federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of
federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.
Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for
Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"
Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities
and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely
irrelevant)
Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.
Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary
clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.
As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted
judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other
challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact
Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically
engineered crops.
President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent
hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by
President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility
authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs
from the original five states to all 50 states.
