If you're looking for reactionary behavior, the Bush appointees provide some

fascinating examples. They are invariably drawn from corporate/ legal life-

and have long histories fighting progressive issues.

 Gale Norton at the Interior Department  wants to open national monuments to

 drilling coal mining, and foresting

 John Negroponte, "your" representative at the UN, tied to death squads in

 the Guatemalan military. Supervised American Contra operations and was

 involved in Iran Contra. Long history of stone walling Congressional

 committees.

 Otto Reich, assistant Secretary of State for inter American affairs with a

 long Iran Contra history. He remains unindicted, despite evidence that he

 misled Congressional committees.

 David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive , who has fought mine safety

 improvements, was nominated for the post of  Assistant Secretary of Labor

 for Mine Safety and Health.

 Recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior.

 She proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43% will go to the wealthiest

 1% of Americans.

 Vice President and millionaire oil exec Dick Cheney says:"If you want to do

 something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build

  nuclear power plants." ("Meet the  Press.")

 Diana  Roth insists there is no gender gap in pay for women: to the Council

 of Economic Advisers.

 Kay Cole James - an opponent of affirmative action - to direct the Office of

 Personnel Management, which considers "affirmative action questions."

 Jeffrey Sutton - attorney responsible for weakening the Americans with

 Disabilities Act- to the Federal Appeals Court bench

 John Bolton - who opposes nonproliferation treaties and the U.N. - to

 Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and  International Security.

 Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto - for the  number-two job at the

 Environmental Protection Agency. Monsanto is a legendary opponent of

 government regulation and anti pollution legislation.

 Michael McConnell - critic of the separation of church and state - to the

 Federal bench.

 Terrence Boyle - opponent of civil rights - to the Federal bench.

 Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor to head SEC.

 John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs - for Drug

 Czar.

 J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy  Secretary of the

 Interior.

 Bennett Raley -wants to repeal the Endangered Species Act - for Assistant

 Secretary for Water and Science.

 Ted Olson- who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the

 reactionary millionaire Scaiffe-who funded the "Arkansas Project" to bring

 down Clinton.   For Solicitor General.

 Bush canned Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber

 industry lobbyist.

Warren Leming