Bush Hides Behind a Tiny Screech Owl

President Bush spent a crisp fall Saturday gingerly balancing a tiny screeched owl on a gloved hand at a wildlife refuge and casting for rockfish on the Chesapeake Bay.

Famous Maryland style crabcakes were served for lunch at Vice President Dick Cheney’s waterside home outside this charming Eastern Shore village.

It was all part of an effort to burnish his conservation credentials while announcing new initiatives that he said would protect migrating birds and two fish species, red drum and striped bass, prized by anglers.

But according to the League of Conservation Voters:

The Bush administration has arguably been the most anti-environmental in our nation’s history. From weakening protections for clean air and water, national forests, and wildlife, to advancing destructive energy policies this administration has shown an utter disregard for the environment and public health.

And when it comes to addressing global warming – the biggest problem we face – the administration’s approach has been an abysmal failure. Although President Bush finally acknowledged in his 2007 State of the Union that global warming is a problem, his proposed solutions are deeply flawed and completely inadequate.