Bad Deeds for 2-5-2009

Amendment to Stimulus Bill Attempts to Waive America’s Core Environmental Law – If it passes, the Barrasso amendment would waive America’s core environmental law, the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), for all projects funded by the economic stimulus. NEPA is the law that ensures that individuals and communities that may be harmed by major federal actions have advance notice of the project, an opportunity to comment, and information about the impacts of the proposed project and alternatives to it.

The vote could come any moment.

Please act now to oppose the Barrasso amendment to the stimulus bill.

Republicans [conservatives without conscience] Are Out of Touch – An October 24, 2008, poll conducted by the Democratic research firm Greenberg-Quinlan-Rosner shows that Republicans are disconnected from the reality seen by voters as a whole. For example, Republicans see the GOP as not conservative enough; but all voters say too they are too conservative. Also, three-fourths of Republicans say Palin was a good choice, but the majority of voters say she was not good. And while Republicans blame the media for their loss; all voters blame Palin and McCain wanting to contimue Bush’s policy. The poll shows that Republicans love Rush Limbaugh, but Limbaugh has a public-approval rating of just 21 percent among all likely voters, while 58 percent have “cold” feelings toward the right-wing radio-talk-show host.

Regards,

Jim