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Inhofe lies about Bush?

”The environmental extremists and their liberal friends in the press would have you believe that this President does not have a good environmental record when he has the best record of any president in history.” – James Inhofe, Republican Senator

Is Inhofe that ignorant or just a liar? mjh

NPR : Senate Democrats Clear Way for Leavitt Confirmation

Senate Democrats Clear Way for Leavitt Confirmation
»from Morning Edition, Tuesday , October 28, 2003
The full Senate is now expected to confirm Utah Republican Gov. Mike Leavitt as the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator. Senate Democrats had blocked the nomination to protest the Bush administration’s environmental record. NPR’s David Welna reports.

Contact James M. Inhofe – U.S. Senator – Oklahoma

”A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth.” – Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister for Propaganda

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Alphabetical list of Democratic Presidential Candidates

Election Countdown

The first primary is in January, 2004; the candidate will be picked a few month later; the election to unseat George Bush will be over before you know it. Find someone you can support and support them! Don’t just sit and wait until 11/2/04. mjh

  1. Gen. Wesley Clark (AR) http://www.clark04.com
  2. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (IL) http://www.carolforpresident.com
  3. Dr. Howard Dean (VT) http://www.deanforamerica.com
  4. Sen. John Edwards (NC) http://www.johnedwards2004.com
  5. Rep. Richard Gephardt (MO) http://www.DickGephardt2004.com
  6. Sen. Bob Graham (FL) http://www.graham04.com
  7. Sen. John Kerry (MA) http://www.johnkerry.com
  8. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH) http://www.kucinich.us/
  9. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (CT) http://www.joe2004.com
  10. Rev. Al Sharpton http://www.sharptonexplore2004.com

Let me know of other candidates, related sites and endorsements. Thanks!

Candidate info from congress.org:
Congress.Org — Election 2004

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A stand on Global Warming

Testing the Senate’s Mettle

There is a good test of senatorial courage coming this week. For the first time, senators will be asked whether they are prepared to do something serious about global warming. The question comes in the form of a bill by John McCain and Joseph Lieberman that would impose mandatory caps on industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases thought to be heavily responsible for warming the earth’s atmosphere. The bill is a long shot. But it will provide the first true test of the sincerity of senators who say they care about the problem and have faulted President Bush for not doing enough. …

But Washington hangs back, fearful of asking the country to make the investments in cleaner fuels, cars and power plants needed to start bringing emissions down.

This fear has been engendered in part by Mr. Bush, who remains stubbornly positioned at the rear of a parade he ought to be leading.

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More pay, fewer hours, fewer jobs

There’s a Catch: Jobs by Bob Herbert

The number of Americans living in poverty has increased by three million in the past two years. The median household income has fallen for the past two years. The number of dual-income families, particularly those with children under 18, has declined sharply. The administration can spin its “recovery” any way it wants. But working families can’t pay their bills with data about the gross domestic product. They need the income from steady employment. And when it comes to employment, the Bush administration has compiled the worst record since the Great Depression.

The jobs picture is far more harrowing than it is usually presented by the media.

Gains in Wages Expected to Give Economy a Lift

Hourly wages have already surprised most economists by growing more quickly than inflation since 2001 in spite of the worst decline in employment in 20 years.

The wage gains have not been enough to overcome the economy’s problems, however. Many families still have less income than they did a year ago because companies have reduced their workers’ hours, and health care costs have risen rapidly.