-Caveat Lector- Friday April 13 5:40 PM ET Greenpeace Dubs Bush 'Toxic Texan' in Hometown By Deborah Charles CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - In a first for President Bush (news - web sites)'s tiny hometown, protesters scaled Crawford's 80-foot water tower on Friday to unfurl a banner declaring him ``The Toxic Texan'' for his environmental record. The Greenpeace vigil unleashed a furor in the central Texas town of less than 700, blocking traffic and drawing a firetruck, sheriffs from surrounding McClennan County, the Secret Service, a knot of local residents and its chief politician. Mayor Robert Campbell interrupted his lawn mowing to hurry to the tower and shout up to the three activists that they were trespassing. ``They don't have any permit,'' said Campbell, who has lived in Crawford for 21 years. ``Nothing like this has ever happened to us before.'' Bush missed it all -- his ranch is several miles away -- as he spent the day with his family, taking a long walk and then clearing brush on the 1600-acre property, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer (news - web sites) said. But national television networks caught the drama across the street from a media center set up at the Crawford Elementary School for reporters traveling with the president on his Easter break. ``Greenpeace is here to dub Bush the 'Toxic President,''' said Andrea Durbin, campaigns director for Greenpeace USA. As she spoke, the three activists who had climbed the water tower unfurled a yellow-and-black banner that said, ``Bush The Toxic Texan Don't Mess With The Earth.'' ``In less than 100 days, (Bush) has undermined the efforts to stop global warming, improve our drinking water and protect public lands from oil development,'' Durbin said. The Bush administration has been criticized for a series of decisions to suspend or ease environmental protection rules unpopular with the mining, oil, timber and other industries. Peaceful Surrender Environmentalists were most angry about Bush's reversal of a campaign pledge to limit carbon dioxide emissions by electric power plants, and his abandonment of the 1997 Kyoto treaty aimed at fighting global warming. After about two hours, the protesters surrendered, climbing down the tower to be arrested. Durbin said the protest was the first of a series leading up to Earth Day on April 22. Some of the protesters have been following Bush around in Washington. A group of Texas environmental groups joined Greenpeace in sending a letter to Bush protesting his record, especially his decision to pull out of the Kyoto agreement. Late last month, Bush said the 1997 pact was not in the best interests of the United States. The treaty calls for major industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. In his fiscal 2002 budget proposal, Bush also cut federal funding for environmental programs by about $2.3 billion. ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
