Posted on 03/22/2016 2:09:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
That was a good one! TX
If you knew nothing else, the idiotic grin on the little dwatf’s face should be a give-away.
If Merrick Garland was not a pigressive tool the mongrel sleazeball would not have nominated him.
Except for being a big-government, anti-liberty, Death Eater ideologue, he's great.
I have been all over this forum, trying to get people to realize just how for the tentacles of the EPA reach into everyday life.
It is no secret my career has been in the oil industry, nor that the EPA has declared war on that industry just as it has declared war on coal, and any industry which extracts natural resources (other than the chosen 'winners' of ethanol, solar, and wind).
They started it.
Few seem to realize they have claimed dominion over everything from the air we exhale to low spots in your yard which accumulate water during a rainstorm, to which local government controls land, to stopping pipelines (and jobs), to polluting (yes, polluting!) the environment they claim to champion.
The line of defense to stop the EPA abuses of power has been the courts. You win some, you lose some, but ultimately, the last line of defense is the SCOTUS.
No Federal Agency has so damaged American Industry, nor our economy, nor provided such a vehicle for corruption as the EPA.
Having a judge on the SCOTUS who has a track record of ruling in favor of EPA is just another nail in the coffin of the American Economy.
That isn't even going into the anti-RKBA attitude of this nominse.
No one who has so egregiously ruled against the fundamental Rights of Americans should EVER be considered as a viable nominee for Supreme Court Justice.
Citizens on the political left place on the left side of the Bell Curve. That’s why they’re called THE LEFT.
Too early in the morning for me....I thought this was going to be about Judy Garland.
The EPA paid for my graduate school, through the Superfund program...
>>I thought this was going to be about Judy Garland.<<
She has been voting reliably democratic since 1969.
Actually, their being called the "left" has historical roots. Something about the British Houses of Parliament, IIRC. In any case, the association of the left with evil has roots going back thousands of years. The word for left in Latin is "sinister." The Latin word for right has more positive connotations: "dexter."
Someone noted elsewhere that Garland's on the record on Heller, since that case came up through the DC Appeals Court, and he's a 100% lead-pipe cinch to reverse, if it comes up again -- and that's why he's being nominated, that and his "agency deference" (Big Brother bellyfeeling).
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THE NSF paid for mine.
Oh, that explains everything!
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That, I assume was a while back. I am not saying they have never done something good, and I am sure you know that does not obligate you to find any results which are not scientifically accurate.
When the agency was created, the picture out there was different. There were serious problems with pollution, and they were comparatively widespread. Those have been dealt with, every state has regulatory agencies to deal with polluters in their jurisdiction, and the public is far more aware of potential environmental problems.
Unfortunately, along the way, we have been saddled with environmental extremism, and this is used to stymie development, even when that development is being done in such a way as to minimize any impact. (IOW, being done right).
We both know there are limits to what a human can tolerate as far as toxic agents, and lower limits below which exposure does no harm, even with a lifetime of exposure.
Extending those lower limits solely for the purpose of political and/or economic goals is an abuse of science, and an abuse of power if done to achieve political or ideological ends not supported by untainted research.
Additionally, numerous actions of the EPA which subvert normal Constitutional processes and even law have been noted.
The claim that the EPA can limit CO2 emissions, controls all water, can assign land area in an existing state to another political jurisdiction, and other egregious abuses and usurpation of power indicate an agency in search of a mission, and one which can be used to target individuals or corporations for fun and profit.
They have become a powerful and abusive agency which has morphed into an engine of economic destruction.
LOL! We used to joke “NSF=’non sufficient funds’...especially in the Carter years.
By calling Garland a moderate, the media was trying to provide a rationale by which the Republicans in the Senate could fold and confirm him. Don’t think it still won’t happen. The Republicans resolve is only for show and never endures. And they wonder why Trump is so popular.
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