WSJ yesterday

While glancing over the Wall Street Journal yesterday I noticed an article that was talking about how, in the waning days of the presidency of George W Bush, his administration is force-feeding a bunch of legislation - fast-tracking it in order to cement the legacy. The article did mention that this is truly nothing new, as Clinton did the same thing in the last days of the 20th Century.

In fact, everybody does it, the article said.

The difference though, is in the people that they upset, what with their racing legislation through so fast it has no time to be reviewed, critiqued, discussed, or amended.

Clinton's speedy end-of-term legislation pissed off the Logging Industry, the Coal Industry, the Oil and Gas Industry, and the Construction Industry.

Bush's speedy end-of-term legislation is pissing off Animal Rights Activists, Wildlife Protection Activists, the Forest Preservation Lobby, and almost every single Environmentalist there is.

Regardless of what side you fall on who you like and who you don't, you MUST admit this:

One group wants to tear down in order to build up, and the other group wants to preserve.

You can always tell what side you're really on by the kind of people that someone hacks off. Me,
I side with the people who want to protect living things, not those who want to rape the earth in order to make a greasy buck.

Call me Mr Tree Hugger, and I'll lay down in front of your bulldozer.


(Where are the good protest singers these days, anyway?)


VG