HOW MANY FEMAs ARE OUT THERE UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION?

Let's count a few:

Environmental Protection Agency -- there have been a number of senior officials in the EPA that have left in protest over Bush's unwillingness to enforce environmental law. Hugh Kaufman, senior policy analyst in the agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response said, "The budget has been cut and inept political hacks have been put in key positions."

Federal Drug Administration -- Serious questions have been raised concerning the agency's coziness with drug companies. The agency's top official in charge of women's health issues resigned over the delay in approving Plan B, the morning-after pill, accusing the agency's head of overruling the professional staff on political grounds.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- Its republican chairman hired a consultant to identify liberal bias in its programs. The consultant saw any criticism of the administration as a sign of liberalism even from conservatives.

Here's a snapshot of Bush's environmental record since 2000:

• Percent drop in federal lawsuits for environmental violations : 75
• Percent increase in permits for oil and gas drilling on federal lands: 75
• Annual savings to industry from Bush's refusal to mandate lead-paint cleanup: $3,000,000,000
• Percent decline in federal fines against industrial polluters: 60
• Years since number of fines has been so low: 14
• Percent decline in federal Superfund cleanup of toxic waste: 52
• Acres of untouched forests opened to developers: 58,500,000
• Endangered species that live in these areas: 220
• Species added to the endangered list by Bush: 31
• Species added by Bush's father: 228
• Acres designated as wilderness by the Bush administration: 530,000

Add to this the fact that 75% of first-responders to the 9/11 catastrophe are either ill or dead due to being ill-equipped with safety equipment from environmental hazards. The same thing is going on in New Orleans and unfortunately, as we have seen, in Iraq. This administration cares nothing about us and everything about lining their pockets and the pockets of friends.

Acres designated by Ronald Reagan: 10,600,000