Posted on 01/13/2014 12:00:09 PM PST by John Semmens
The Environmental Protection Agency voided a law passed by Congress in 1905 and awarded the town of Riverton, Wyoming to the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead (R) questioned the legitimacy of the move asking “since when can a federal agency override an Act of Congress? I mean, if the EPA has objections to an existing law shouldn’t they be asking Congress to revise it? I see nothing in the Constitution granting the EPA the authority they’ve assumed.”
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson brushed aside Mead’s concerns as “excessively formalistic. The president has stressed that we take a broader view of the concept of environmental justice in our actions. When adherence to an out-of-date statute conflicts with this it is right that we put it aside. Voters elected the President to transform America. That takes precedence over complying with laws passed by white males who are long since dead.”
Jackson says that “the transfer of Riverton to tribal jurisdiction is expected to improve air quality and reduce global warming, as the normal, depressed economic conditions prevalent on Indian reservations are usually associated with fewer vehicle emissions. When more of a town’s businesses shut down and workers are laid off there’s less need to drive. Remember, driving is a major cause of society’s ills.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2014/01/10/gop-bill-on-obamacare-id-theft-irks-white-house/
Stop posting satire that is so very believable. I can’t tell the difference any more.
The Indians - er - native Americans, may well have deserved that town, but a ruling by the EPA?
The EPA is probably the largest collection of folks who were so completely bereft of cognitive ability that they couldn’t become “public servants” or even public school teachers.
Following CW-II, EPA employees will be subjected to even greater torture before they are guillotined than do members of congress.
In a graph of slime, EPA vermin rank even below the Obamadork and his West Wing Clown Show of Cretin/Felons.
And, yes, the article was satire, but let’s face it, folks...given the idiocies and odors eminating from DC, this one is asymptotically approaching truth. Not?
What part of this is satire? I can’t tell anymore...
This might end up as a convenient way to seceed. Buy land and donate it to a tribe.
how does the EPA have power to void a law and override Congress??
Any GOPers screaming about this yet??
He said we can do it.
They'll never impeach him, nor put ANY skids on any agency.
It's up to us.
Ya friggin; GOT me ....
It ain't funny when the news and satire are so close.
Semmons, you got me again.
Your link is labeled “Semi-News/Semi-Satire” but it takes you to “The Arizona Conservative”
What are you trying to pull?
The EPA is now in charge of Casinos?
The EPA can void laws now? cool...
I used to think only congress could make or change law
Correction:
the EPA VIOLATED The Federal Law.
Someone should always post a factual story on which these pieces are based. It’s hard to sort the satire with facts anymore.
which part is news and which part is satire?
“The Arizona Conservative” is semi-news semi-satire
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