W's Second Term: If You Think The First Is Bad......
AMERICAN PROSPECT
by Robert Reich
Musings about a second Bush term typically assume another four years of the same right-wing policies we've had to date. But it'd likely be far worse. So far, the Bush administration has had to govern with the expectation of facing American voters again in 2004. But suppose George W. Bush wins a second term. The constraint of a re-election contest will be gone. Knowing that voters can no longer turn them out, and that this will be their last shot at remaking America, the radical conservatives will be unleashed. A friend who specializes in foreign policy and hobnobs with subcabinet officials in the Defense and State departments told me that the only thing that's stopped the Bushies from storming into Iran and North Korea is the upcoming election. If Bush is re-elected, "[Dick] Cheney and [Donald] Rumsfeld are out of the box," he said. "They'll take Bush's re-election as a mandate to wage the 'war on terror' everywhere and anywhere." Click on Link to Read More: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0407-12.htm

[Duchess Note ... The thought of this possibly happening is so damn scary. Those bastards in the Bush Regime are totally insane and will destroy ALL in their path. More of our sons and daughters [ie: army, marines, etc] will lose their lives and for what. Oil? Power? Destruction? Not In My Name! WE THE PEOPLE cannot let this happen to our country or what it'll do to the rest of the world. Please, I beg of you dear Americans, vote out this corrupt Imperial/Fascist regime and go Democrat. DO THE RIGHT THING IN NOVEMBER & BRING FRIENDS WITH YOU TO INCREASE THE VOTE FOR DEMOCRAT. Eventually we need to bring true democracy back to our beloved land and we're making progress. What's been happening via grassroots efforts over past year is a heart-warming sign. Keep the movement going and remove Shrub the Lesser. Do it for the sake of your childrens future or they won't have a future. Peace & Solidarity!]

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1. Abortion ban is in the courts: Protect choice
2. Keep cars and trucks out of our forests!
3. Bush packs courts with anti-environment judges
4. Doctor: Abortion ban would have broad impact

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1. Abortion ban is in the courts: Protect choice ... sign the petition: http://www.care2.com/go/z/13073

The first lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the late term abortion ban began last week. But the Bush administration has been slowly chipping away at the right to choose for the past three years. We can't keep depending on the courts to preserve our increasingly limited rights. Sign this petition to ask your Senators to support the Freedom of Choice Act - your rights depend on it!

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2. Keep cars and trucks out of our forests! Sign the Petition: http://www.care2.com/go/z/13069

We as a nation submitted over 2.5 million public comments to ensure that our last wild forests will continue to provide clean drinking water for millions of Americans, wildlife habitat, and endless recreational opportunities. These protections could be lost forever. Bush administration officials are planning to allow governors in the Lower 48 states to seek exemptions for national forests in their states, paving the way, quite literally, for opening pristine wilderness to logging and habitat fragmentation. It's already started - on Dec. 23, at the behest of powerful timber companies, the Bush administration exempted our largest national forest, Alaska's Tongass Rainforest, from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

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3. Bush packs courts with anti-environment judges ... Read Article: http://www.care2.com/go/z/13077

Litigation has become an essential tool for environmentalists, and the past 30 years have produced a number of landmark regulations and laws protecting the environment, from the Clean Air Act to the Endangered Species Act and more. That could all change. When the Bush administration took office in 2001, there were more than 100 federal court vacancies.

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4. Doctor: Abortion ban would have broad impact ... Read Article: http://www.care2.com/go/z/13079

Dr. Leroy Carhart led the fight in 2000 to strike down Nebraska's ban on a controversial late-term abortion procedure. Testifying before a U.S. District Judge this week, Dr. Carhart stated that the similar federal law being debated now would affect nearly all abortions performed after the first trimester. This ban could have a dramatic impact on genetic testing, which is mostly performed in the second trimester.