Bush's Poll Position Is Worst on Record

President Bush:"First 100 days of President Bush's second term have been no slam-dunk. How rough has it been? Bush has the lowest approval rating of any president at this point in his term, according to Gallup polls going back to World War II. Bush will need a higher approval rating if he hopes to avoid the "Sixth Year Itch." By the time Bush took the nation to war in March 2003, he had been building his case, piece-by-piece, for months. But during his re-election campaign, he said little about Social Security. Had he made it a major issue, Kerry might be sitting in the White House today. Bush declined to cut short his vacation after the southeast Asian Tsunami disaster, even as it became clear that it would be of epic proportions. Most polls have shown widespread disapproval of the president's handling of the issue, even among Republicans. Whatever the case, the public remains dissatisfied about the president's handling of Iraq. Republicans are even feuding even among themselves about the president's agenda, disagreeing on whether to push for a new round of tax cuts or to focus on tackling a massive federal budget deficit that clearly now is more than just a short-term problem. He passed a bill that would make it much more difficult for people to declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy, another corporate top priority. In one sense, this matters little because Bush will never run for another election. But it could be an early sign of trouble for his party, especially when you consider that the Republican-run Congress's approval rating has dropped to its lowest point in nearly a decade.Well every one knows I voted for Kerry. My Pumber and I were talking yesterday. He said, Bush works for the Rich, not the poor. The public was hood-winked to made think he was for the little guy."

Women & Minorities Payed less at Energy Department

GAO Finds:" Women were paid between 2 percent- 4 percent less than men at five of six Energy Department laboratories, and minorities were paid about 2 percent less than whites. According to a review by the Government Accountability Office. For fiscal 2001 - 2004. Significant differences in salaries and merit pay raises for managerial and professional women and minorities when compared with men and whites, the congressional watchdog agency said. The six labs in the GAO review were:Argonne, Brookhaven, Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest and Idaho. About 21,000 people work at the labs, which perform scientific and environmental remediation work. In interviews with employee groups and in reviews of staff surveys,GAO said, it found women and minorities expressed concerns in three areas: under-representation in science and management positions, lack of career development opportunities and a laboratory work environment that needs improvement. Come on...Women have known this for years. We have to work harder just to prove ourselves, not only in the work force but also in school-years."

Cat Hunting

Voting on bill:" Update: 4/13/05- This bill was passed in Wisconsin, now going to the next step to make it a Law!! -The Wisconsin Conservation Congress says hunters will be voting on whether stray cats should be designated as prey. Mark Smith, a firefighters and hunter from La Crosse, suggested free-roaming domestic cats be made an unprotected species that could be shot by anyone with a small-game hunting license. His suggestion will be voted on by hunters on April 11. Smith said any cat spotted without a collar should be considered fair game. Cat lovers have spoken out against proposal. "We're opening up a whole can of worms here, where they could be shot by anyone anytime," said Dr. Susan Krebsbach a veterinarian I pray this bill don't pass as we have a cat, he is always getting his collar off. As we have one of those kind that is a quick-release collar on him. Because I worry what if he got caught on something because of his collar, when he goes outside. Well then he is with out a collar if this happens. We usually find it on the ground outside but what happens if he left our yard and this bill was passed. I think is a cruel ideal and only a cat-hater would want this."