More destruction of America, thanks to George Bush:

President Bush has signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and privacy.

In an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Mr. Bush said that each agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee, to supervise the development of rules and documents providing guidance to regulated industries. The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency to analyze the costs and the benefits of new rules and to make sure the agencies carry out the president’s priorities.

This strengthens the hand of the White House in shaping rules that have, in the past, often been generated by civil servants and scientific experts. It suggests that the administration still has ways to exert its power after the takeover of Congress by the Democrats.

The article goes on to say how this plan is being championed by businesses. Why? Because they will have less regulation and enforcement put on them. Now think of how many miners have died in this country over the past 6 years.

The Bush Administration has made it clear which side it is on. Mine workers have faced increasingly unsafe conditions because of rollbacks of health and safety regulations, the appointment of former mining industry executives to federal mine safety agencies and the slashing of the budget and staff for safety inspection.

With this Executive Order, watch that number continue to climb, as well as other work related injuries. Watch the pollution levels emitted by factories increase. This is only a small part of what can go wrong with this plan.

Another thing I find really interesting about this is the affect it will have on the process. You now add a very heavy bureaucratic level to any policy enforcement in this country. This also adds more fat to the government. What happened to Conservatives being for “smaller government”? In a sense Bush has been. He has significantly cut the budgets of departments like the EPA and OSHA. Now those stripped down budgets will have to find space for a “political officer” (a term from the old Soviet days that really rings true today).

I know the Democrats have only had control of Congress for a little under a month now, but it is time to reign in. George Bush is destroying this country. He pushes the laws, and in many cases breaks it. When you think of the number of investigations witch hunts the Republicans had into Bill Clinton, then you need to ask the Democrats if they feel Clinton was worse than Bush.

The old meme given by Republicans that “Democrats don’t want to go after Bush or they will suffer the losses the Republicans did when they went after Clinton” is total bullshit. Yeah they suffered some losses, but they also went after a highly popular President for bullshit reasons. What is more important – the safety of American workers, the Iraq war, the rewriting of the Constitution by the President OR a blow job?

Bush it the most unpopular President ever. He does not do anything the American people want. Because of that the American people voted overwhelmingly for a Democratically controlled Congress last fall. Now the Democrats need to stand up and reign in their power against the runaway presidency, or they will face a coup in 2008.