Mullings by Rich Galen | Secret Decoder Ring for May 26, 2000

No Problem, I'll Just Sit Over Here Friday, May 26, 2000

"Maryland prosecutors have decided to drop …" It turns out the immunity deal worked out by Monica's lawyers meant she couldn't testify as to the date that the taped phone call took place. Without that testimony, the prosecutors couldn't establish one the principal elements in the case. Of course, Linda Tripp COULD have testified as to the date, but she wouldn't.

"VRWC." Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

"the fault, dear Albert …" A double-play on the phrase from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves..." - and the San Andreas Fault which runs through San Francisco.

"I hope to do MUCH better …" I know they will not rerun the old shows. It was a joke.

"Now you can order …" Propecia is a drug which encourages hair growth. Viagra is a drug which encourages … um, this is the end of today's SDR.

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Texas under Governor Bush:

1st in student improvement on test scores, especially for African-American and Hispanic students.

1st in reducing the amount of releases and disposal of toxics - more than all 49 other states combined.

1st in the nation to allow a patient to appeal an HMO's decision to deny care.

1st to create a prison ministry to help offenders reintegrate into society.

1 of only 3 states to require reductions of harmful pollution from older, unpermitted utility plants.

1 of only 10 "highly successful" states in reducing welfare rolls between 1995 and 1998.

4th in growth in total personal income.

9th in teacher pay, when adjusted for cost of living and teacher experience.

$1.8 billion investment in healthcare initiatives.

1.2 million jobs created, representing more than 10 percent of new jobs created nationwide and 48,000 new businesses.

Lowest unemployment rate in twenty years -- 4.7 percent.

Doubled the number of adoptions of abused and neglected children in Texas.

America under Clinton-Gore:

The number of uninsured Americans increased by more than 8 million.

Almost 70 percent of fourth graders in the highest poverty schools cannot read at basic level.

Teachers were victims of 1.8 million crimes at school, including 657,000 violent crimes.

Illegal drug use among high school seniors increased 78 percent.

Federal prosecutions of gun-related offenses decreased by 46 percent.

More than 12,000 U.S. soldiers are on food stamps.

Enacted a $115 billion tax increase on Social Security enefits.

Federal government is the nation's largest polluter, costing taxpayers nearly $400 billion for cleanups.

45 convictions, 72 indictments/misdemeanor charges, and 8 imprisonments related to the 1996 campaign finance scandal, improper conduct by Clinton-Gore cabinet officials, and Whitewater.

What did Arkansas look like when Al Gore joined Bill Clinton in 1992?

50th in environmental policy initiatives.

47th in per capita state spending for education.

43rd in per capita spending for higher education.

41st in citizens living in poverty.

45th in children living in poverty.

47th in children without health insurance.

45th in children living in hunger.

43rd in infants born with low birth weight.

47th in personal income. _________________________

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