more on y woodsy's motto has changed (yes, more woodsy!

[weyes]

ok, so, a while back i mentioned that the united states department of agriculture has changed woody's motto from, "give a hoot, don't pollute," to, "lend a hand, care for the land." i was discussing this with my brother, and he gave me some spiel about how this is because the bush jr. administration has not only been an enemy to the environment, but has demonstrated this particularly in his apparent friendship to polluters in general, as opposed to attacking, say, issues like recycling, or whathaveyou. i thought my brother was just full of his usual caca, but when i mentioned the motto thing to my dad, he cited the same reasons.

to give just 2 examples of how bush hasn't been a friend to the environment, he's cut back the superfund (the environmental protection agency's division for cleaning up hazardous waste sites) considerably, and then, of course, there was his battle to drill for oil in alaska.

so, even though there's just a teeny distinction between those two mottos in that they both ask for a love for the u s a, the words seem to have been chosen very carefully .

[vicman]

yup, thats true and true. i try to stay away from US politics as much as I can, but Republicans have always been more pro-business than Democrats who beleive in a bit more governmental involvement in these issues.

Not only have less $$ been appropriated to the environment but also less $$ has been dirceted to health care & health research or the increases have been way less than in other sectors of the economy.