Bush rejects pleas for more agents to investigate economic meltdown

So in many ways, he was a success.  At the expense of the rest of the world.

That's one of the most frustrating points to realize.  If you look at Bush as serving the interests of his fellow Bonesmen, there is no one who has done more to deliver the best rewards any President ever has.  Friendsters on Wall Street bailed out, crimes retroactively erased and more rollbacks for petrochemicals to carry through the new administration.

Here's a classic example, there's $700 billion for a bail out but not $8 million for protecting human health from exposure to toxins in our foods.  That's putting values n the table!

WASHINGTON—The Bush administration has abruptly halted a government program that tests the levels of pesticides in fruits, vegetables and field crops, arguing that the $8 million-a-year program is too expensive—a decision critics say could make it harder to protect consumers from toxins in their food.

Data from the 18-year-old Agricultural Chemical Usage Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture were collected until this year, and the Environmental Protection Agency used the data to set safe levels of pesticides in food.

The information was also widely used by university and food industry researchers, including a University of Illinois program to help farmers reduce the amount of pesticides they use.

The program was launched in 1990 to answer congressional concerns over the use of the chemical daminozide, or Alar, on apples. But now USDA contends the program is too expensive.

On occasion I write about the covert crime ring of Skull & Bones and the policies where they win as the public loses.  The Bonesmen never get much play beyond cyberspace.  It's a little disheartening once you realize that crime doe pay in American politics, or it has for over a century.  Maybe democratization of information will shift that, so we'll keep reporting it!!