Lobbied Legacy: The Chicken Shit Administration

The smell of poultry poop and anti-family policies may be guaranteed before the 2008 elections with industry lobbyists putting on a full-court press:

Hoping to lock in policies backed by a pro-business administration, poultry farmers are seeking an exemption for the smelly fumes produced by tons of chicken manure. Businesses are lobbying the Bush administration to roll back rules that let employees take time off for family needs and medical problems. And electric power companies are pushing the government to relax pollution-control requirements.