Bush Not Doing A Good Job At Anything Says U.S. Citizens

   If Bush is doing so hot and is on the right course with Iraq, then

 why do so many Americans think that he's doing a lousy job?  

I just love some of these polls such as this one from Washington Post-ABCNews    Monday, Feb. 26, 2007

2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling (ITEM)?

2/25/07 - Summary Table
                                    Approve  Disapprove  No op.
a. The situation in Iraq              31         67        1
b. The US campaign against terrorism  46         52        1 
c. The economy                        43         55        2

 4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way (ITEM)?

2/25/07 - Summary Table*
                                    Approve   Disapprove  No op.
a. Nancy Pelosi is handling her job 
   as Speaker of the House           50          31       18
b. Condoleezza Rice is handling her 
   job as Secretary of State         58          31       10
*Each item asked of half sample. 

Trend:

a. Nancy Pelosi is handling her job as Speaker of the House

            Approve          Disapprove        No op. 
2/25/07       50              31               18
1/19/07       54              25               21

5. Who do you trust to do a better job handling (ITEM), (Bush) or (the Democrats in Congress)?

2/25/07 - Summary Table*

                                           Both    Neither No
                           Bush    Dems   (vol.)   (vol.)  op.
a. The situation in Iraq    34      54       *        9     2
b. The U.S. campaign against 
   terrorism                39      52       2        5     2
c. The economy              36      56       1        6     2 
d. The federal budget       32      59       1        6     2
e. Health care              25      62       1        9     4
*Item a asked of all; b-c asked of half sample,  

    So the next time that Dick Cheney flaps his face about what the Americans want, slap him upset his thick skinned head and show him the facts.

  Since the Democrats have the support of most of the American people, why are they acting so damned timid?

 

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Slavery And Eugenics In North Carolina

   There is an interesting movement among some North Carolina legislators to introduce a few bills which would attempt to fix  some of the social injustices of the past. The ideas are good to an extent. The eugenics victims should have their cash outlay but I'm not to sure about the new rules that the companies working for the state have to follow.

   Below are the House Bills

                                

    House Bill 298

    This bill  would require companies doing business  with the state to examine their corporate records for evidence they benefited from slavery. 

   House Bill 296

    This bill  would compensate the victims who were pretty much forced into sterilization programs between 1929 and 1974. It is estimated that some 7,600 people were sterilized in the state of North Carolina during those years.  The compensation could be up to $50,000.

Greensboro News & Record

As drafted, the slavery bill would allow a state agency to break its contract with a contractor if that company fails to complete a state-mandated affidavit. That record would attest as to whether the company or its predecessors profited from the practice of slavery in the United States.

The eugenics bill deals with a more recent part of the state's history.
    Earlier this decade, Gov. Mike Easley apologized for the practice on behalf of the state. Under what is now viewed as a completely misguided theory, eugenics proponents sought to strengthen society and cure social ills by preventing those considered "unfit" from having children.
"It was racially targeted, and to a certain degree, class targeted," Jones said.
The bill would set aside nearly $173 million to pay claims made before June 30, 2010.

 

Technorati tags: Slavery, Eugenics, North Carolina, Legislature