Fuck George Bush and good riddance to his filth

Bush administration memos claimed vast war powers

2009-03-03T05:04:00.001-08:00

Bush administration memos claimed vast war powers - International Herald Tribune

The secret legal opinions issued by Bush administration lawyers after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks included assertions that the president could use the nation's military within the United States to combat people deemed as terrorists and to conduct raids without obtaining a search warrant.

YouTube Video - Bush ducks two shoes thrown at him

2008-12-16T04:35:00.001-08:00

U.S. Two States Away from Constitutional Convention

2008-12-14T21:39:00.001-08:00

APC: Action Central > Sledgehammer

This is the most urgent, most important action alert the American Policy Center has ever issued! The Ohio state legislature is expected to vote today, Wednesday, Dec. 10th, to call for a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). If Ohio calls for a Con Con only one more state need do so and Congress will have no choice but to convene a Convention, throwing our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights up for grabs. Ohio's vote today poses a grave threat to the U.S. Constitution. Please immediately call the Ohio lawmakers listed below. ACT FAST - time is of the essence!

George Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq gets attacked by man with shoe

2008-12-14T10:11:00.000-08:00

George Bush made a secret trip to Iraq in order to celebrate the new agreement that basically says Americans have to leave Iraq ASAP and was attacked by a man who threw his size 10 shoe at the lame duck President attempting to shape his legacy.

It shows how sick of this man and his lies the average Iraqi is and to what extent one will go to show it. I suppose every person who sits with the President will have to have their shoes removed for security purposes.

I don't have any pics of this yet but I just heard it on CNN> The whole world is waiting for the images or video to appear somewhere. I'll spend the day watching this and as soon as I find it I'll post it here.

The Associated Press: Bush: Work in Iraq has been hard; needed for peace

BAGHDAD (AP) — A man threw his shoes at President George W. Bush and was dragged away by security officials during the president's farewell trip to Iraq.

The incident occurred as Bush was appearing Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Bush ducked and wasn't hit by either shoe. Bush joked, saying that all he can report was that it was a size 10 shoe. then calmly took questions.

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Bush fucks the American people one more time

2008-12-05T16:26:00.001-08:00

I quit blogging about George Bush a long time ago. I figured he was done fucking us and I was kinda tired of some of the shit anyway.

Now he's fucking with me again. George Bush is fucking up the American economy and it's costing me. I guess I need to start writing shit about George again so I can sell more advertising on this website. George Bush may not be personally responsible for this in the eyes of many but I blame it on his administration and by default him. The crooks are fleecing the American people once more before they run ut the door and leave a mess for Obama.

U.S. economy sheds an 'alarming' 533,000 jobs in November - MarketWatch

U.S. nonfarm payrolls plunged by an astonishing 533,000 in November -- the worst job loss in 34 years -- the Labor Department reported Friday.
It was only the fourth time in the past 58 years that payrolls had fallen by more than 500,000 in a month. Since the recession began 11 months ago, a total of 1.9 million jobs have been lost. Job losses in September and October were revised much lower.

Fuck George Bush says the G20

2008-11-21T05:48:00.001-08:00

Bush angers environmentalists with last-minute rule changes

2008-11-21T04:12:00.001-08:00

Bush angers environmentalists with last-minute rule changes - Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Washington -- As the hour grows late, President Bush, like many chief executives before him, seems to hear the call of the wild.

Honoring a tradition that dates at least to the Reagan administration, Bush is pushing through a bundle of controversial last-minute changes in federal rules -- many of them involving the environment, national parks and public lands in the West.

Moving Companies

2008-11-18T19:54:00.000-08:00

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Not so odd lies of Sarah Palin

2008-10-18T09:04:00.001-07:00

Here is the first post in a series on the not so odd lies of Sarah Palin that looks like it will be a great read. The Bush lie machine is in full force this Silly Side

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (October 18, 2008) - The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan

This has been the pattern from the start of her career: a denial of reality combined with an almost unhinged and unlimited ambition. Since the press is barred from questioning her thoroughly, since we will never know how she responds to the long list of untruths she has told - from the smallest biographical detail to the biggest policy - all I can do is remind my readers of the record one more time before November. There are nineteen assertions of factual untruths that I've been able to document.

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REX 84 in 2009?

2008-09-30T18:00:00.001-07:00

To quote my boy Lil Wayne. It's going down!

$Rex 84 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rex 84, short for Readiness Exercise 1984, was a plan by the United States federal government to test their ability to detain large numbers of American citizens in case of civil unrest or national emergency.

The Revolution Will Not Be Organized

2008-09-30T16:14:00.001-07:00

The Revolution Will Not Be Organized

The Revolution Will Not Be Organized

The revolution will not be organized,
the revolution will not be organized.com,
the revolution will not be Yahoo Grouped, Meetuped,
downloaded, uploaded, QWERTY'd, or blogged.

The revolution will not be handled by webmasters,
think-tankers, authors of policy position papers,
authors of anti-policy position papers,
secretaries, executives, executive assistants,
insiders, whistle-blowers, informants, counter-informants,
committees or sub-committees.

Your neighbor with excellent leadership qualities
will not lead you into, through, or out of the revolution.
The revolution will not be inspired, instigated, managed
or controlled by him, her, or them.
The revolution will not be organized.

No matter if you eat at McDonald's and can barely walk,
no matter if you drive an S.U.V. and rarely walk,
no matter if you were public school indoctrinated,
vaccinated, humiliated, ostracized, terrorized, minimized,
no matter if you live in a house owned by BofA,
no matter if you eat cat food, dog food,
Puppy Chow for your inner child,
no matter if you shop at Salvation Army, Saks, TJ Maxx,
when the Cold Hand of Power touches you,
it touches revolution.

They will come to chip you, rape you,
tell you you are theirs, imprison you in FEMA camps
because you spoke out,
because you doubted the official story,
because you looked with your own eyes,
spoke from your own heart.
They will come for you in black uniforms, black helmets,
swinging black batons, symbols of the New Authority,
and you will say,
"No, my children and I will not come with you."

You will say no -- not because Charlie Sheen
inspired you one night on FOX News
to look more closely at falling towers.
You will say no -- not because Alex Jones
led you through the darkness with a bullhorn.
You will say no -- not because Howard Zinn
handed you the Book of Truth on a silver platter.
You will say no because you are your own
star of truth shining the way.

At your unique hour, in the dark,
beneath a burning paper currency moon,
the Cold Hand of Power will touch you and revolt you.

At your unique hour,
when they come for you because you asked questions,
because you did not lower your eyes,
because you did not bow down,
at your unique hour,
in your unique circumstance,
you will find yourself in the grip of a courage
you have not known but which you are.
You will stand in front of black helmets with invisible faces,
and you will say,
"No, my children and I will not come with you."

Daughters and sons of revolutionaries,
blood burning for freedom,
eyes set toward tomorrow,
each of you alone in the darkness,
beneath tender constellations burning gold and silver,
each of you will remember the path to take
when the Cold Hand of Power comes for you,
each of you will make your way without direction or encouragement,
as those before you made their way without direction or encouragement,
forging history, embracing destiny.

You will not march in file.
You will not march.
The revolution will not be organized.

In your darkest hour,
beneath the burning moon,
you will pledge allegiance to the truth,
as those before you pledged allegiance to the truth.

The truth cannot be organized.

"The Revolution Will Not Be Organized"
written by Jock Doubleday
September 24, 2008

Bush raids Pakistan. Who is surprised?

2008-09-11T14:24:00.001-07:00

Official: Bush OK'd raids into Pakistan - CNN.com

President Bush authorized U.S. special forces to conduct ground assaults inside Pakistan without seeking Islamabad's permission first, a senior American intelligence official said Thursday.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said better U.S.-Pakistan cooperation is needed to fight terror.

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said better U.S.-Pakistan cooperation is needed to fight terror.

"We have had the president's OK for months," said the official, who declined to be identified because the order is classified. "It is my understanding that the Pakistanis are well-aware of the change."

The official would not elaborate on the exact nature of the order.

The official says Pakistan's leaders will be notified during an assault or after the fact, depending on the situation but "most definitely after a decision has been made and things set in motion."

National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe declined to comment on the report.

Thursday's report comes after a statement from Pakistan's armed forces chief on Wednesday that no foreign forces will be allowed to operate inside Pakistan.

Sarah Palin with an assault weapon

2008-09-03T21:32:00.001-07:00

they had to have a photo of her totin a gun right?

Sarah Palin through the years -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Cheney takes a trip to start some shit with Russia

2008-09-03T07:02:00.001-07:00

Dick went to Georgia for another hunting trip. This time he's hunting our old old war buddies in Russia. He's over in Georgia starting some shit with Putin and his cronies so we can worry about the big bad USSR and the ever powerful communist machine.

It's all about McCain. Ask Putin!!!

Cheney in Azerbaijan for talks on Georgia, energy - CNN.com

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku Wednesday , the first stop of an overseas trip that will also take him to three former Soviet republics -- less than a month after the conflict between Georgia and Russia began.

Bomb Iran? What's to Stop Bush?

2008-06-21T18:01:00.001-07:00

Bomb Iran? What's to Stop Bush? | AlterNet

In 2005, before John Conyers became chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, he introduced a bill to explore impeaching the president and was asked by Lewis Lapham of Harpers why he was for impeachment then. He replied:

"To take away the excuse that we didn't know. So that two, or four, or ten years from now, if somebody should ask, 'Where were you, Conyers, and where was the U.S. Congress?' when the Bush administration declared the Constitution inoperative ... none of the company here present can plead ignorance or temporary insanity [or] say that 'somehow it escaped our notice.'"

In the three years since then, the train of abuses and usurpations has gotten longer and Conyers has become chair of the committee. Yet he has dawdled and dawdled, and has shown no appetite for impeachment.

On July 23, 2007, Conyers told Cindy Sheehan, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and me that he would need 218 votes in the House and they were not there.

A week ago, 251 members of the House voted to refer to Conyers' committee the 35 Articles of Impeachment proposed by Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, who sat on Judiciary with Conyers when it voted out three articles of impeachment on President Richard Nixon, spoke out immediately: "The House should commence an impeachment inquiry forthwith."

Much of the work has been done. As Holtzman noted, Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment, together with the Senate report that on Iraq we were led to war based on false pretenses -- arguably the most serious charge -- go a long way toward jump-starting any additional investigative work Congress needs to do.

And seldom mentioned is the voluminous book published by Conyers himself, Constitution in Crisis, containing a wealth of relevant detail on the crimes of the current executive.

Conyers' complaint that there is not enough time is a dog that won't hunt, as Lyndon Johnson would say.

How can Conyers say this one day, and on the next say that if Bush attacks Iran, well then, the House may move toward impeachment.

US lawmakers have passed a bill to shield telephone companies who helped in the White House's controversial warrantless wiretaps programme.

2008-06-21T07:21:00.001-07:00

BBC NEWS | Americas | US lawmakers pass wiretaps bill

US lawmakers have passed a bill to shield telephone companies who helped in the White House's controversial warrantless wiretaps programme.

The bill also grants the US government the power to continue with its warrantless surveillance scheme.

The Bush administration faced criticism when details emerged of its programme to monitor the phone calls of foreign targets in the US without warrants.

President Bush said the scheme was needed to prevent attacks on the US.

Telephone companies were facing as many as 40 lawsuits for their involvement in the scheme.

Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir

2008-06-17T07:52:00.001-07:00

Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir - NYTimes.com

Army auditors had determined that KBR lacked credible data or records for more than $1 billion in spending, so Mr. Smith refused to sign off on the payments to the company. “They had a gigantic amount of costs they couldn’t justify,” he said in an interview. “Ultimately, the money that was going to KBR was money being taken away from the troops, and I wasn’t going to do that.”

But he was suddenly replaced, he said, and his successors — after taking the unusual step of hiring an outside contractor to consider KBR’s claims — approved most of the payments he had tried to block.

Army officials denied that Mr. Smith had been removed because of the dispute, but confirmed that they had reversed his decision, arguing that blocking the payments to KBR would have eroded basic services to troops. They said that KBR had warned that if it was not paid, it would reduce payments to subcontractors, which in turn would cut back on services.

“You have to understand the circumstances at the time,” said Jeffrey P. Parsons, executive director of the Army Contracting Command. “We could not let operational support suffer because of some other things.”

Mr. Smith’s account fills in important gaps about the Pentagon’s handling of the KBR contract, which has cost more than $20 billion so far and has come under fierce criticism from lawmakers.

While it was previously reported that the Army had held up large payments to the company and then switched course, Mr. Smith has provided a glimpse of what happened inside the Army during the biggest showdown between the government and KBR. He is giving his account just as the Pentagon has recently awarded KBR part of a 10-year, $150 billion contract in Iraq.

Heather Browne, a spokeswoman for KBR, said in a statement that the company “conducts its operations in a manner that is compliant with the terms of the contract.” She added that it had not engaged in any improper behavior.

Ever since KBR emerged as the dominant contractor in Iraq, critics have questioned whether the company has benefited from its political connections to the Bush administration. Until last year, KBR was known as Kellogg, Brown and Root and was a subsidiary of Halliburton, the Texas oil services giant, where Vice President Dick Cheney previously served as chief executive.

When told of Mr. Smith’s account, Representative Henry A. Waxman, the California Democrat who is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said it “is startling, and it confirms the committee’s worst fears. KBR has repeatedly gouged the taxpayer, and the Bush administration has looked the other way every time.”

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

2008-06-14T06:19:00.001-07:00

Congressman Dennis Kucinich

Washington, Jun 10 - Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio
In the United States House of Representatives
Monday, June 9th, 2008
A Resolution

INDEX

Article I
Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.

Article II
Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.

Article III
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.

Article IV
Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.

Article V
Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.

Article VI
Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of H. J. Res114.

Article VII
Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.

Article VIII
Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.

Article IX
Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor.

Article X
Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes.

Article XI
Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq.

Article XII
Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources.

Article XIIII
Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries.

Article XIV
Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Article XV
Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq.

Article XVI
Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors.

Article XVII
Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives.

Article XVIII
Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy.

Article XIX
Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture.

Article XX
Imprisoning Children.

Article XXI
Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government.

Article XXII
Creating Secret Laws.

Article XXIII
Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.

Article XXIV
Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment.

Article XXV
Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens.

Article XXVI
Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements.

Article XXVII
Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply.

Article XXVIII
Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice.

Article XXIX
Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Article XXX
Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare.

Article XXXI
Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency.

Article XXXII
Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.

Article XXXIII
Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.

Article XXXIV
Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001.

Article XXXV
Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders.

____________

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Resolved, that President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:

Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.

In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed the following abuses of power.

Constitutional scholar on impeachment: 'It's time to pony up'

2008-06-12T14:03:00.001-07:00

The Raw Story | Constitutional scholar on impeachment: 'It's time to pony up'

Law professor and constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley says that America's founders "would have been astonished by the absolute passivity, if not the collusion, of the Democrats in protecting President Bush from impeachment."

Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution

2008-06-11T08:16:00.000-07:00

This is a noble piece of work but sadly it will never go anywhere. How could Pelosi be the only block to this?

Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution - CNN.com

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential candidate from Ohio, introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush into the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio has introduced a resolution to impeach President Bush.

Kucinich announced his intention to seek Bush's impeachment Monday night, when he read the lengthy document into the record.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly said she would not support a resolution calling for Bush's impeachment, saying such a move was unlikely to succeed and would be divisive.

Most of the congressman's resolution deals with the Iraq war, contending that the president manufactured a false case for the war, violated U.S. and international law to invade Iraq, failed to provide troops with proper equipment and falsified casualty reports for political purposes.

Kucinich also charges that Bush has illegally detained without charge both U.S. citizens and "foreign captives" and violated numerous U.S. laws through the use of "signing statements" declaring his intention to do so.

Other articles address global warming, voting rights, Medicare, the response to Hurricane Katrina and failure to comply with congressional subpoenas.

Bush says he has no regrets over Iraq invasion

2008-06-11T08:11:00.001-07:00

Of course he has no regrets. He has no remorse, no sense of morality or responsibility and of course no heart whatsoever. He has no regret because he got what he wanted from his two stolen terms as President of the United States of America Inc.

George Bush has no regrets because he was a success as far as the warmonger power hungry are concerned. his base as he calls them are ecstatic over the bountiful gains made under George W Bush. Sadly a majority of the US and in fact the World are in worse shape because of W.

Bush: No regrets over Iraq invasion - CNN.com

U.S. President George W. Bush claimed Wednesday that he had no regrets about the decision to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein in 2003 and reiterated his determination to force Iran to halt its nuclear program.

Jack Abramoff "influenced some White House actions

2008-06-09T16:37:00.001-07:00

More proof George is crooked and sold the Whitehouse through lobbyists like Abramoff.

Imprisoned former GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff "influenced some White House actions," and the Bush administration "conducted an inadequate and incomplete internal review before making public representations minimizing Mr. Abramoff's access to White House officials," says a new report released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)

Waxman: Abramoff Influenced White House, Had Photo Taken With Bush Six Times, By John Bresnahan - CBS News

Bush slamming kids with charges at Gitmo after we raped them

2008-05-21T14:49:00.001-07:00

It's just one more chance to rape some innocent children. You cannot believe these kids were in a war against anyone but their own people. Children are not evil and someone taught them to hate and fight. It's those people that should be tried and brought to justice.

The crimes against children committed by the Bush Regime are some of the most heinous acts against a person there are. George Bush is guilty of war crimes against children.

If any more proof is needed that Bush has no case against any of the Gitmo detainees, the following AP News report of Feb. 14, 2008, should suffice: "The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to limit judges' authority to scrutinize evidence against detainees at Guantanamo Bay."

The reason Bush doesn't want judges to see the evidence is that there is no evidence except a few confessions obtained by torture. In the American system of justice, confession obtained by torture is self-incrimination and is impermissible evidence under the U.S. Constitution.

George Washington's Blog: Who Are the Gitmo Defendants?

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FBI keeps their hands clean in torture case

2008-05-20T09:39:00.001-07:00

The FBI was simply smart enough to keep their hands clean. They knew what was happening, they knew they could shjare the data retrieved so they let "someone else" do the dirty work for them.

The FBI and the CIA are accomplices in this torture debacle and the primary reason for this all is to create more hatred towards Americans in general. We tortured these prisoners for information on weapons of mass destruction that have never been found and even the President now acknowledges were never present. Bush and the American people started a war over this crap and we went as far as to violate the Geneva Conventions and tortured what are most likely innocent people in search of something that did not exist. If they did find any it would have been what was sold to them by Bush Sr and Donald Rumsfeld in the 80's anyway.

The Bush administration's National Security Council ignored concerns raised by the FBI over the abusive treatment of terrorism suspects, a four-year Justice Department probe found.

The report released on Tuesday also found that the FBI, alarmed by interrogation techniques such as the use of snarling dogs and forced nudity, clashed with the Defense Department over their use. It instructed its agents not to participate in coercive techniques, but gave little guidance in whether such abuse should be reported for further investigation.

FBI concerns on prisoner abuse unheeded: probe | U.S. | Reuters

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George Bush hates nature and Californias state rights

2008-05-20T09:28:00.001-07:00

George Bush and his war mongering enviro haters influenced the head of the EPA and denied California the right to enact stricter tailpipe emissions in one of the dirtiest States in the Union.

It's probably more about stealing a States rights and enforcing the false premise that the Fed rules every6thing it wants. What exactly would the Fed do if Califoirnia went forward with their rights to Clean Air? Would the Fed kick them outr of the Union? Would they cut more funding for education and other programs in retalation? Why does California even bother to ask for permission in the first place?

House panel: White House swayed EPA 'no' on air rules - San Jose Mercury News

Jason Burnett, a Johnson deputy, told the House Oversight Committee in a deposition Thursday that Johnson was "very interested" in granting California a full or partial waiver from the Clean Air Act. But after Johnson talked with White House officials, "he ultimately decided to deny the waiver" and used "White House input" in his rationale, Burnett said.

The battle over the California emissions standards - which 13 other states are ready to adopt - has become a major environmental showdown. California has sued in federal court to reverse the EPA decision, and on Wednesday the Senate Environment Committee will consider a bill by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., to allow the states to enact their own standard.

All three presidential candidates - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain - have said they would grant the waiver.

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