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Unscrambling Bush's huevos rancheros

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The "Mexico City Policy" was introduced in 1984 by the Reagan administration and stated that the United States would not fund any organization that performed abortions or counseled women about abortions.

On January 22nd, 1993 Bill Clinton overturned the "Mexico City Policy".

On January 19th, 2001George W. Bush ordered closed the White House Women's Initiatives and Outreach office.

On January 22nd, 2001 George W. Bush re-instated the "Mexico City Policy".

The image will take you to the just released 2004 World Population Data Sheet, which just happens to mention that nearly 99% of all population increase takes place in poor countries. Something to think about in the shower, neh?

But what comes after January 22nd? What should be filling the Kerry-Edwards Transition Team binders? There is a whole laundry list of EOs to void, the apparatus of political appointees to replace, and, unique to this transition, a whole W-and-his-Party-insisted department of non-civil service jobs (Homeland Security) to fill.

This is an activity that the whole blogosphere could participate in. Erasing Bush is not a small job, and the sooner it is "in the can", the sooner a legitimate government can start thinking about its own policies.

Posted by EBW at August 22, 2004 07:13 AM | TrackBack