Holiday Chopping
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- December
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Lost in the deafening noise of the economy and hiding somewhere below the vortex of The Obama pre-Presidency is the current President of The United States himself – who is still very much “the decider.” One would have thought that in a noble act of contrition and humility, and in an actual bona-fide nod to the wishes of the people who live in the country he is supposed to lead, he would hang up his perverse anti-environment/pro-industry agenda. But instead (according to a Congressional energy committee report released on Friday) he is quietly spending the last few months of his reign attempting to loosen regulations on power plants’ greenhouse gas emissions, weaken the endangered species act, open up more than two million acres of protected public land for oil shale development and ease rules on mountaintop removal mining & factory-farm livestock pollution. Almost two dozen hard-fought environmental regulations are being weakened in all. All without debate or input from congress. Just the stroke of his unwelcome Bic.
And to think, I was actually starting to feel sorry for him.
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on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 11:47 am by Matt Davies.
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George W. Bush is an inept, egotistical asshole, and always will be. The sooner he and Cheney are fertilizing the Earth, the better (which is about the only use they are for this planet).
Banana Boy also snuck through approval of the mountain top removal method of mining, permitting mining companies to push rubble and waste material into the nearest river or valley, REGARDLESS if it is a watershed or sensitive environment.
The damage will already be done by the time Obama gets into office, and I have no idea if Americans affected by this underhanded decision and the ensuing toxic aftermath will have any from of recourse.
Friends don’t let friends kill spotted owl habitats.
ha! amazing.