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To whom it may concern,
This is a petition against the war in Iraq. THIS MUST STOP. We do not have a justifyable reason for going to war with this country. Based on my observations, Bush is starting this war to:
-Finish his daddy's job
-Attempt to gain more support for the upcoming 2004 election
-Divert attention away from the Bush administration failing many areas, including a failing economy and a losing war ono terror.
-OIL
These are just of the few main reasons.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Mr. George W. Bush is a fool, a liar, and a hypocrite. How can you belive this man? Let's review what he has done in his 2 year stint as President so far, shall we?
*Cut $39 million from federal spending on libraries
• Cut $35 million in funding for advanced pediatric training for doctors
• Cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50 percent
• Delayed rules that would reduce "acceptable" levels of arsenic in drinking water
• Cut funding for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks by 28 percent
• Revoked rules strengthening the power of the government to deny contracts to companies that violate federal laws, environmental laws, and workplace safety standards
*Allowed Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton to request suggestions for opening up national monuments for foresting, coal mining, and oil and gas drilling
*Broken your campaign promise to invest $100 million per year in rain forest conservation
*Reduced by 86 percent the Community Access Program, which coordinated care for people without health insurance among public hospitals, clinics, and other health care providers
*Nullified a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential ramifications of chemical plant accidents
*Cut funding for the Girls and Boys Clubs of America programs in public housing by $60 million
*Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol agreement on global warming, ultimately signed by 178 other countries
*Rejected an international accord to enforce the 1972 treaty banning germ warfare
*Cut $200 million from workforce training programs for dislocated workers
*Cut $200 million from the Childcare and Development grant, a program that provides child care to low?income families as they are forced from welfare to work
*Eliminated prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though Viagra is still covered)
*Cut $700 million in funds for public housing repairs
*Cut half a billion dollars from the Environmental Protection Agency's budget
*Overturned workplace ergonomic rules designed to protect workers' health and safety
*Abandoned your campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, a major contributor to global warming
*Prohibited any federal aid from going to international family planning organizations that provide abortion counseling, referrals, or services with their own funds
*Nominated former mining company executive Dan Lauriski as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health
*Appointed Lynn Scarlett, a global warming skeptic and an opponent of stricter standards on air pollution, as Undersecretary of the Interior
*Approved Interior Secretary Gale Norton's controversial plan to auction off areas close to Florida's eastern shore for oil and gas development
*Announced your plans to allow oil drilling in Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest
*Threatened to shut down the White House AIDS office
*Decided no longer to seek guidance from the American Bar Association on federal judicial appointments
*Denied college financial aid to students convicted of misdemeanor drug charges (though convicted murderers are still eligible for financial aid)
*Allocated only 3 percent of the amount requested by Justice Department lawyers in the government's continued litigation against tobacco companies
*Pushed through your tax cut, 43 percent of which goes to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans
*Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle?class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even when facing overwhelming medical bills
*Appointed affirmative action opponent Kay Cole James to direct the Office of Personnel Management
*Cut $15.7 million from programs dealing with child abuse and neglect
*Proposed elimination of the "Reading Is Fundamental" program, which gives free books to poor children
*Pushed for development of "mini?nukes," designed to attack deeply buried targets??a violation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
*Tried to reverse regulation protecting sixty million acres of national forest from logging and road building
*Appointed John Bolton, an opponent of nonproliferation treaties and the United Nations, as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
*Made Monsanto executive Linda Fisher deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
*Nominated Michael McConnell, a leading critic of the separation of church and state, to a federal judgeship
*Nominated civil rights opponent Terrence, Boyle to a federal judgeship
*Canceled the 2004 deadline for auto makers to develop prototype high?mileage cars
*Named John Walters, an ardent opponent of prison drug treatment programs, as drug czar
*Appointed oil and coal lobbyist J. Steven Giles as Deputy Secretary of the Interior
*Named Bennett Raley, who has called for the repeal of the Endangered Species Act, as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science
*Sought the dismissal of a class?action lawsuit filed in the United States against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves in World War II
*Appointed as solicitor general Ted Olson, your chief lawyer in the Florida voting debacle
*Proposed to ease the permit process for constructing refineries and nuclear and hydroelectric dams, including lowering environmental standards
*Proposed the selling of oil and gas tracts in the Alaska Wildlife Preserve
After reading this, ask yourself this. Can I trust this man with my life? Can I trust this man with millions of people's lives, not just in America, but around the world (like the innocent civilians in Iraq who are soon going to be slaughtered). WE CANNOT FOLLOW THIS MAN.
The people who sign this petition ARE 100% AGAINST WAR AND THE MASS MURDERING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME OR THE MOVIES. THIS IS REAL LIFE, PEOPLE.
Too all petitioners: Please fill in the required fields twice (I don't know why), so it will read:
John
John
Doe
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