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- that1girlondigg, on 11/07/2008, -5/+105Oh, Bush. I see what you're doing!
If the planet is uninhabitable in 50 years, there will be no one around to remember you as an awful president.
Good idea. - built2spill, on 11/07/2008, -9/+60Hurry up George, your bull-in-the-china shop days are almost over.
- aurevoir, on 11/08/2008, -2/+43Bush's legacy is already so horrible. How can he even consider making it even worse? Does he WANT to be regarded as the worst president this country has ever had; as the man who launched the worst assault on the environment in US history?
- satanatnmtedu, on 11/08/2008, -3/+39I would rather have a competent President than laugh at him.
- algaeturd, on 11/08/2008, -8/+31Let's be honest: Obama has 8 years of ***** ups, gaffes and mistakes to clean up before he can move forward with his own agenda. It's unfortunate because I think what he's inheriting is a failed nation at this point. That's what blew my mind about the election.
Can you imagine being an full-grown, educated, responsible adult, seeing the past 8 years and wanting MORE of this failed *****? I'm not trying to kick the dead horse but the idea should be offensive to anyone who has spent any amount of time educating themselves beyond the 8th grade.
And as much as I look forward to the changes Obama might bring, I realize he has months upon months of walking into a total mess and trying to make some rational sense of the ***** of the past 8 years.
One thing that will be very telling is how far Obama will go to step on Bush's tail and roll back a lot of the injustices of his administration. It's safe to say that he can't do much but I think it's also safe to say that he has enough sense to clean up at least some of the ***** and failures. - omegared, on 11/08/2008, -4/+25yep only the left cares about pollution, water quality, and the survival of endangered animals. The right cares about war, ending abortions, while at the same time supporting wars that kill thousands.
- xero8472, on 11/08/2008, -1/+20I've been wondering that too... I can see The Daily Show and The Colbert Report getting a little stale without bumbling retards in the spotlight to poke fun at. satanatnmtedu does have a point though.
- aurevoir, on 11/08/2008, -5/+20It's funny how you people on the far right always cry about the media and how "left" it is when they actually report the facts without any neocon Fox News-style spin. If telling the truth = being "left of the left," then so be it — better than being a lying sack of stupid like Bush and his idiotic followers.
- darienphoenix, on 11/08/2008, -0/+15What, Kansas?
- Akairenn, on 11/08/2008, -1/+16You guys are missing the obvious target.
Congress.
Colbert and the rest will have no shortage of material, believe me. - SawButter, on 11/08/2008, -6/+20First thing President Obama should do when he'll get to his office is to put on trial and jail that War Criminal and all his henchmen responsible of so many crimes around the world.
- ryogahibiki, on 11/08/2008, -2/+16There's always Faux news to make fun of.
- avataros, on 11/08/2008, -2/+15Heh, wait until you see the list of presidential pardons his last day in office. You ain't seen nothin' yet! A big, protracted "screw you" to America - real classy, Junior.
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -2/+14Reality has a liberal agenda.
- roxgod666, on 11/08/2008, -0/+12Got to give props to Dick for that one.
- blakkat31, on 11/08/2008, -6/+18THIS IS TRULY FRIGHTENING!! Like his legacy needed to get worse??
WHAT A LOSER!!!!! - darkfate, on 11/08/2008, -1/+13Obama will no doubt make mistakes. The press is on him 24/7 so eventually it will happen. Plus, Washington is still filled with plenty of people to make fun of.
- nyx210, on 11/08/2008, -4/+15Congratulations Bush. You will be forever known as the Worst President of the United States of America.
- Rikushix, on 11/08/2008, -3/+14Here's the summary of the major changes from the article, if anyone's interested:
Power Plant Pollution: Under the current regulations, every time a power plant is upgraded, the Environmental Protection Agency examines whether the modifications increase the plant's annual emission of pollutants, such as particulates and smog-causing nitrogen oxide. If they do, the plant is required to take action to control the pollutants. But the Bush Administration wants to change the rule to focus instead on the hourly emission rate of pollution, instead of the total amount of emitted pollutants. That means that plant modifications that keep the hourly rate of emissions steady while increasing the overall amount of pollutants released would not trigger a review.
With the U.S. set for a wave of power plant construction and extensions to meet a coming increase in electricity demand, the change could potentially allow millions of tons of additional pollutants. "It's fair to say that what the Bush Administration is trying to do could have a substantial impact on not just the environment, but public health and safety," says Celia Wexler, Washington representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Endangered Species Act (ESA): Every time the federal government approves a development project — such as a new road or a mine — it must consult with scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to see if the project has the potential to impact an endangered species. This expert scientific review is the heart of the ESA — and the Bush Administration proposes to all but eliminate it. Instead, Bush would allow the federal agency in charge of the project itself to determine its potential impact on endangered species.
The White House calls the changes "narrow," but greens say the effect on one of the most significant environmental laws in U.S. history would be enormous. "I've been working on this act for 15 years, and this is by far the most serious threat that I have ever seen," says John Kostyack, director of wildlife conservation and global warming for the National Wildlife Federation. As required under law, the Administration opened the proposed change to a 10-day period of public comment — and received some 300,000 comments, which greens say indicates just how unpopular the proposal would be.
The Administration is also trying to de-list the gray wolf of the northern Rockies — which conservationists say is still in danger.
Water Quality: The Bush Administration is proposing to weaken one rule that dates back to President Ronald Reagan, no friend of regulation himself. Currently there is a 100-foot buffer zone around streams, designed to protect them from the polluting byproducts of mining operations. The White House would extend that protection to other bodies of water, like lakes and wetlands, but tweak the regulation in way that could allow significantly more water pollution overall, by effectively reclassifying valley fills and other waste from mining as non-pollutants. That's damaging to mountaintop areas, especially in the coal-rich Appalachians. "It really takes the buffer out of the buffer zone," says Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel for Earthjustice.
The Bush Administration has also ruled that the more than 15,000 factory farms across the nation can avoid oversight by the Clean Water Act as long as they claim they don't discharge animal waste into streams or rivers. Environmentalists say that self-regulation will lead to worsening nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, which can poison drinking water and worsen dead zones in coastal areas.
With Obama headed for the White House, many of these changes could have a short shelf life. The true environmental legacy of George W. Bush will be in what he didn't do — address climate change. Since Bush took office, EDF's Patton notes, the U.S. has released more than 50 billion tons of greenhouse gases. "This is a sobering legacy for the nation," she says. "It's time for America to move forward." That job will fall to Bush's successor, Barack Obama. - colonelpanic, on 11/08/2008, -2/+13You should watch more mythbusters.
kidding. - minnepinne, on 11/08/2008, -1/+12George... you're doing it wrong.
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -0/+11The only way Republicans don't like to kill things is abortion.
- Dweller99, on 11/08/2008, -0/+11sorry for crapping on your lawn all those times, but look! I brought you a flower!
- whahaa, on 11/08/2008, -2/+13that's what she said.
- xenuxenuts, on 11/08/2008, -1/+11Well, opening ANWR won't end our dependence on foreign oil, so start wishing for a solution that will actually accomplish that goal.
- ieee, on 11/08/2008, -0/+10" Obama may need to clean up the legacy of his predecessor, George W. Bush."
The understatement of the decade - richardparker01, on 11/08/2008, -0/+9This guy is like the renter who trashes the house right before he moves out.
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -0/+9Indeed... If only...
*stares whistfully into the middle distance* - Swil, on 11/08/2008, -0/+8Daily Show & Colbert will be fine.
What we'll probably see is a purge of comedy dead weight. There's been a lot of so called 'political comedy' in the past 8 years that has simply relied on Dubya and his administration doing funny and stupid things. That crutch is (almost) gone.
Political comedians will now have to lift their game, and that can only be a good thing. We've all got high hopes for Obama, but there'll still be plenty to make fun of - for good comedians anyway. - toshimonkey, on 11/08/2008, -0/+8No. It is still the Bush presidency. Still a couple of months to endure.
- toshimonkey, on 11/08/2008, -1/+9Will one of you right-wing morons please attempt to provide me with a compelling argument justifying such reckless policy? I don't understand what would make you people think short term gain is worth long term devastation of your own (and your children's) ***** home.
- toshimonkey, on 11/08/2008, -2/+10Ahhhh.... delicious republican tears. I look forward to 8 years of it. YUM!
- toshimonkey, on 11/08/2008, -0/+7Let me guess, you tossed away your vote for a 3rd party candidate. Obama isn't the Messiah, but at least he's not McCain/Palin.
- junkwheel, on 11/08/2008, -0/+7"Goodbye from the worlds greatest polluter" - George Bush, G8 Summit (overheard on leaving)
- Narcowski, on 11/08/2008, -0/+7Until Palin runs again anyways.
- Murdats, on 11/08/2008, -0/+7if you become a manager of a company who has filed a chapter 11 after decades of being a market leader you have plenty of reason to bitch about the previous manager, as no doubt anyone who works there or interacts with that company.
- cschmitz, on 11/08/2008, -2/+8Seriously, ***** george bush for everything he's done to our country and to our environment. I don't care if I get dugg down or flagged as spam or if my profile gets deleted for saying it but it has to be said.
- regression, on 11/08/2008, -1/+7what do you wanna bet that he attacks Iran before jan 20?
- toshimonkey, on 11/08/2008, -2/+8"Why are people such sheep?"
I don't know, I too was shocked when Bush got a second term. - Lewie, on 11/08/2008, -2/+8What are the developed democracies that are to the right of the US? Most are to the left of us (most European nations, AU/NZ, Canada). So wouldn't that makes us the right of the right, and any "leftist" news source more inline with the rest of the developed world?
You can keep your 'right of the right' sentiments and take them to Singapore or Saudi Arabia where you belong. - mattbelanger, on 11/08/2008, -0/+6Fact: A bull a in a China shop is quite careful... (Mythbusters)
- linagee, on 11/08/2008, -0/+6Your punishment: To be in the meat grinder, I mean front lines, of the army you put in force!
- Roland1232, on 11/08/2008, -0/+6Absolutely true, no argument here. But jme77 has a point IMO.
And imagine a president you can look UP to? I don't even know if my neck bends that way anymore. - inactive, on 11/08/2008, -0/+6His last environmental stand? Wait when did he stand previously?
- BlindDefender, on 11/08/2008, -1/+7Actually, it is more than just Time reporting these last minute changes:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/11/ ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27466701/
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/bushs ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la- ...
There are many other examples - Dweller99, on 11/08/2008, -1/+7As usual, you are talking out your ass.
Oil - consumption: 20.8 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world ...
Projected ANWR peak production rates range from 650,000 to 1.9 million barrels per day across the 6 cases.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&c ...
Google is a wonderful thing. Rather than taking some blog at face value, try looking some of this crap up on your own next time. - TheHappyToaster, on 11/08/2008, -0/+6Every president has a long list of pardons that people question, but considering some of the borderline treasonous stuff that's happened, from the talk about WMDs we never found, to the war profiteering of Bush and Cheney's friends (and companies still giving them a paycheck), to the straight-up ignoring of SEC regulations that most certainly contributed to the existing economic state in America, I'm more than a little curious about the pardons he's going to give out during his last grasp at power.
- JoeVet, on 11/08/2008, -1/+7Unlike Clinton, Bush will have to issue preemptive pardons for himself and his immediate cabinet. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Barack ...
- broncfan23, on 11/08/2008, -0/+5what do you want to bet Israel attacks Iran before Jan 20. We won't start it, we'll just let it happen.
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