Comments on: Another EPA Power Grab in the Offing

By: xxx

xxx — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:43:37 +0000

thanks for the very informative article that you tok your time to write

By: Dake

Dake — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:48:50 +0000

What an absolutely irresponsible blog post. You actually are advocating the political destruction of a current law that all parties – Republicans, Democrats, Industry, NGOs, and the public alike – all agree needs to be modernized to incorporate advancements in science and understanding.

Your argument that EPA has too much power is transparently specious and pathologically irresponsible. Your mindless pantomiming of the free market talking points (all while encouraging non-free market incentives, subsidies, tax breaks, etc. from the very government you abhor) is actually holding back American innovation, sending American jobs overseas, endangering American national security, and frankly, anti-American overall.

By: LeChat

LeChat — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:21:02 +0000

Frank Lautenberg is an embarrassment. He has no respect for the constitution and has been known to take revenge on his critics (Bob Grant at WABC). Lautenberg is way past his expiration date.

By: cornpone

cornpone — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:53:56 +0000

STARVE THE EPA BEFORE IT STARVES YOU
If Chinese made toys are loaded with arsenic & lead content wait till it shows up in your food. Remember
the baby formula? You believe that was accidental? Yes? You are an idiot. Quit worrying about EPA as
related to plastics, software,& computer components, it's problematic but not life-threatening. Focus
people, focus, get back to basics. It's about FOOD, FOOD, FOOD. When EPA bans chemicals that aid
the agricultural sector in producing food, a chunk of plastic ie. computer will not substitute. Get it? As
US farmers, we are not able to produce the quantity of food to feed all 300M without chemicals. It's a mat-
ter of measured risk vs mass starvation. Our numbers are not sufficient to have an impact politically, with-
out your support. Exampple: Californias' Central Valley, where the water was cut off. Effect, veg & fruits
will become more & more scarce, therefore more expensive, or they will be imported from China, where
we have no idea or control over chemicals used for production. We'll be able to test for toxic substances
after the produce has entered our food system. I promise you, it will NOT be organic. Think of an entire
winter without a fresh vegetable or fruit. How will this effect our overall health as a nation. It can't be good.
The progressive utopian ideal is, everything being produced locally & organically. Romantic notion but not
possible to feed 300M. Whom in your family will you choose to sacrifice, to be able to feed the children.
During the Great Depression, my mothers family took in teenage male cousins, whose parents could not
feed them. Her family being ranchers (beef) & farmers (vegs) took these young men in, although they did
not need their man-power, they had 6 sons of their own. Upon arriving at my Grandmothers' table they
gained 20 to 30 pounds each, therefor I must surmise they were already starving.
THIS CAN & WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, the difference is, in the 30's, everyone still had a direct link to the farm
or ranch. Not so now. How many starving young unemployed strangers will I be able to take in? What
will these young people do when no-one has a place for them? The government will be waiting with a
hand-out, to feed them, clothe them, train them to be the domestic force Obmao spoke of on the campaign
trail. They will be the progressives' army, put in place in every community to insure compliance & order.
How were Ukrainians prevented from pilfering enough of their own grain production to feed their children?
Very close supervision & impossibly unrealistic government imposed quotas, punishable by execution.
Do you understand what is happening? Please support the American farmer & rancher. Failure to do so
could be hazardous to your health & well being.

By: libertyshrugged

libertyshrugged — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:55:40 +0000

Hell Ya! I'm escaping as far as possible from the Blue states as I can. I like the "little rough around the edges" and I don't need the "services" that end up committing economic suicide. I've been "a red state cowboy" out east which needless to say, didn't win me many friends (GWB had my support throughout). I've even been accused of being a "right wing extremist" on occasion even though its no different from Texan common sense. I should be pretty proficient in Texan history in a year or 2. I'm already coming up to speed on Texas politics (shocked at the blue leanings in Houston though). My biggest concern by far is the damage that the EPA can do to Texas. We need to focus on opening the eyes of the Chronicle to the threat this means to Houston in particular. I hope the state legislature takes a shot at nullifying the EPA, perhaps subtly as Texas did with the mortgage business, that has spared Texas the pain of the sub-prime crisis. Simply put, States must just say no.

Thank you for your warm Texan Welcome!

By: cornpone

cornpone — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:33:42 +0000

Welcome to the Lone Star state libertyshrugged, all we ask from our new neighbors is, don't expect
to turn our state into your old home state. We like Txs the way she is, a little rough around the edges.
It can be a little inconvenient & disconcerting for those of you who are accustomed to more "services".
Purchase your weapon of choice, & begin to study Texana. It will be a journey, learning to be a Texan,
but well worth the effort. Growing your Texas attitude requires 7 to 10 years, & considerable study.
Read some basic Tx history, the place to begin, then move on to the Texas born philosophers, esp-
ecially those tomes written in the 40's & 50's. Some from the 60's are OK' if you stay away from the
LBJ crowd, actually not easy since he WAS Tx in the 60's. Txs politics should be your 3rd area of study,
& may be optional as it is a moving target & almost impossible keep up & study up on background in
unison. I told you it would require considerable effort, however when completed, you may begin to re-
fer to yourself as a true Texan, Welcome, once again.

By: cornpone

cornpone — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:59:53 +0000

The chemical industry has gone "multinational", they will be closing their US production facilities at
some point in the future, when EPA regs become prohibitive, hide & watch.