Poltical Stuff...

DAILY GRILL
"Claims like the one that Bush will be the first president to end a term with fewer jobs than when he started are nothing more than 'myths,' [Treasury Secretary John] Snow claimed." - Ohio Courier, 10/4/04 (http://www.thecourier.com/issues/2004/Oct/101204.htm)

VERSUS

The economy has shed 1.6 million private sector jobs and 821,000 jobs overall since the president took office in 2000.- Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/)



DAILY OUTRAGE

Pollution in the Potomac River is creating a genetically mutated strain of bass (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33850-2004Oct14.html) in which the males are producing eggs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has refused to set standards for hormones and drugs dumped in the water, saying "more research is needed to determine which contaminants are harmful and what levels are unsafe." In the past, the EPA has found "hormone disruption... cannot be considered a 'legitimate regulatory endpoint at this time' (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3733-2004Aug15.html) ."