not only the most gay friendly president, but the most environmentally conscious, as well! [rquoter]A Bush Legacy: Preserving The Oceans? WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2009 (CBS) Rare birds and fish as well as unique geological formations are now under federal protection. President Bush designated three areas in the Pacific Ocean as national Marine Monuments - the largest marine conservation project in history, CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod reports. "For seabirds and marine life, they will be sanctuaries to grow and thrive," Mr. Bush said. Nearly 200,000 square miles are covered: The Mariana Trench near Guam and waters surrounding a string of islands far south and west of Hawaii. And Rose Atoll, an Island east of Samoa. The area is home to colorful deep-water fish, sharks, whales and dolphins. The Mariana Trench is deeper than Mount Everest is tall, with gasses from the earth's core bubbling through. And the only bird known to incubate its eggs with heat from a volcano. Mr. Bush had already set aside 140 square miles of Hawaiian Ocean in 2006. "Long after this president is gone and after many of the edicts of his presidency are long forgotten, these places and the life they contain will still be there," said Josh Reichart of the Pew Environmental Group. And so as George Bush leaves office, the president many environmentalists loathe will have protected more ocean than any other person in history.[/rquoter]
Good. I'd be more impressed if he had shown the same concern for the national treasures we already have and if he hadn't waited until the last minutes of his presidency to d a major conservation thing. And your "most environmentally conscious" tag is laughable.
I would have hoped a President of the United States was above this sort of petty and facetious self-aggrandizement.
His legacy will go down as one of the greatest in the US history for sure. Not sure if he will be ranked #1 but definately a top 5 ranking. If you count from the bottom that is.
more evidence of Bush's stellar environmental legacy. [rquoter]The U.S. surpassed Germany as the biggest producer of wind power in 2008, I guess proving that its alternative energy efforts haven't just been a load of hot air. New wind projects made up 42% of the U.S.'s total new power-producing capacity added last year, adding 8.4GW of new facilities into the grid. That brought the U.S. total up to 25GW, one more than Germany's 24GW. These figures are coming in from even before the “Obama bounce” expected from the new president's vows for more clean energy initiatives. Last week, the Senate Finance Committee approved $31 billion in tax breaks to boost alternative energy supplies and efficiency.[/rquoter]
The gay friendly President who pushed state gay marriage amendments to bring out his homophobic base in order to win re-election. The most environmentally conscious President who continually butchered real science and completely blew off Kyoto. How funny.
The fact we were below Germany, a country 1/5th of our side and 1/4 of our population, is more indicative than the fact we finally passed them...
I understand your intention was to make a light hearted jab and have some fun with this statement, but it misses the mark so badly, that it just doesn't work. Obama ends don't ask don't tell, and Bush supported a would-be constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. Of course you've refused to acknowledge that there is even a difference between someone who opposes such an amendment and someone who is for such an amendment, so you have shown that you aren't really qualified to speak as to what's gay friendly and what's not.
Credit FPL and the other entrepreneurs for this development, not the Bush Admin that hasn't done a whole lot to help out.
Not that he has but that he will. He ends it during this term. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479952,00.html
