George Bush reminds me a lot of our kitten, Vixen. She's kind of a teenage kitten now, and extremely determined to do anything we don't want her to do. She leaps to the countertop - I can gently but firmly take her down, tell her no no no, and two seconds later she's right back there. She jumps onto the dining room table where Gail and I both keep our Work In Progress for our classes and school activities - I give her a squirt with the spray bottle and say no no no. She jumps down, but as soon as she thinks I'm not looking, she's right back up there throwing crayons and pens on the floor. Where, by the way, Honey (dog) then eats them. It's a team act.
Anyway, George Bush. He is trying to get William Myers approved for the Federal Bench AGAIN. I have written about this guy a couple of times before here in this blog, and I'm going to see if I can find those links. The Judiciary Committee turned him down once before. Even if I don't find the links, believe me this is not someone we want as a federal judge, with the ability to influence environmental policy now or ever. Please read this action alert from the League of Conservation Voters, and take action by sending your name on one of these emails to the Judiciary Committee.
Bush is doing the same thing with the ANWR, and I intend to pass along some information about that soon, too. He just like my wilful kitten, determined to wreak havoc wherever he can. Telling him no ONCE is just not enough.
February 28, 2005 
Dear Mary Ellen,
President Bush is trying to dismantle our environmental protections by resubmitting activist judges with extremist records for lifetime appointments to the Federal Bench.
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on the nomination of William Myers -- a nominee with such an extreme record that he failed to be approved in the last session of Congress. Your action is urgently needed -- if he's confirmed, he'll be undermining environmental laws for decades.
Myers's nomination failed the first time because of his radical record -- tell the Judiciary Committee to turn him down again!
- Myers's professional credentials consist primarily of his service as an advocate for mining, grazing, and other special interests opposed to federal environmental laws that are critically important.
- His lack of sufficient legal credentials caused the American Bar Association to give Myers its lowest passing grade for a nominee.
- He argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that Congress lacks the authority under the U.S. Constitution to extend Clean Water Act protections to certain wetlands and other waters -- a position that is even at odds with the Bush Administration's own Department of Justice.
- His call to elevate property rights to the level of "a fundamental right" under the Constitution would result in striking down many of our nation's important environmental laws as well as many other health and safety regulations.
- As Solicitor at the Department of Interior, Myers showed a disturbing pattern of improper procedures that were rebuked and overturned bycourts and the Interior Department itself.
Write to the Judiciary Committee today and tell them to vote NO on the Myers nomination.
Sincerely,
LCV Policy Team
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6 comments:
You are awfully generous to compare him to a sweet little kitty.
I am so glad that you write. judi
Can't think of anything this President has done that meets with my full approval and a multitude of things which meet with my full disapproval. Environmental concerns are one of the biggies, along with the destruction of the USA's reputation in the world, setting civil liberties on their heels and turning our courtrooms into right-wing tribunals. Thanks for the links. Paulette
An article in THE GUARDIAN describes his personality thus:
Authoritarian personalities are organised around rabid hostility to "legitimate" targets, often ones nominated by their parents' prejudices. Intensely moralistic, they direct it towards despised social groups. As people, they avoid introspection or loving displays, preferring toughness and cynicism. They regard others with suspicion, attributing ulterior motives to the most innocent behaviour. They are liable to be superstitious. All these traits have been described in Bush many times, by friends or colleagues.
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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1033771,00.html
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I also once heard a well-known psychologist describe him as having the mentality of a teenager, seeing the world rigidly, in blacks and whites.
More analysis of Bush:
http://www.squadron13.com/JackDresser/psychoanalysis.htm
Violating a principle common to all human societies, Bush entitles himself to lie without guilt. He has misled, misrepresented, and lied outright and continuously throughout his public life. This has been witnessed and described by many observers. There are volumes of documentation by writers of impeccable reliability recounting the Bush practice of saying anything to control the perceptions of others and get what he wants.
Bush’s Orwellian descriptions that totally misrepresent known facts reveal his perceived exemption even from the laws of reality, suggesting disordered thinking. He also claims exemption from the laws of personal and public accountability. “I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation,” he told journalist Bob Woodward.
Aggression and Cruelty
This is a lifelong pattern. As a child, little George blew up frogs with firecrackers inserted into their bodies. Lacking scholastic and athletic abilities, he used unkind teasing in school. In college, he hazed new fraternity pledges with branding irons on the buttocks. As Governor he mocked death-row inmates and smirked at their executions. As a political campaigner, he relies heavily on smug ridicule and mockery of opponents.
Naw, Vixen is nothing like Bush, unless she fools you into thinking she's harmless and after you feed her turns around and bites you in the butt.
Or unless Vixen brings you dead mice over and over again. Or unless Vixen lords it over all the other cats and bullies them to get her way.
Anyway, you get the picture.
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