Why The Lame Duck Needs To Be Shot...

... with a Tranquilizer Gun. Or Tasered.

The Washington Post reports that "The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January."

On Bush's hit-list? Lowering the standards for our drinking water, easing controls on greenhouse gases, and removing key restrictions on mountaintop coal mining.

And as the Post correctly points out, "Once such rules take effect, they typically can be undone only through a laborious new regulatory proceeding, including lengthy periods of public comment, drafting and mandated reanalysis."

I wish Bush Jr. would take a cue from his supposed role model, Ronald Reagan, who in his final days in office took the controversial step of recognizing the PLO. So that his successor, Bush Sr., wouldn't have to. That's the classy way to leave office. And leave your legacy as a President. Closing that global public-relations nightmare known as Guantanamo Bay would be a far worthier way, Bush Jr., to spend your final days in the White House.

Read the Washington Post article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103004749.html?hpid=topnews