[trebb]

Had a conversation with someone when the first mention of the signs in Times Square came to light. I made the connection to overreach by the EPA and was told there is no comparison and that "if the law gives the Fed the power...."

Some folks have no concept of the import of the 10th Amendment and of how the Feds have perverted it with the Commerce Clause and by other "It's a National (insert the rest here) and we own it" crap.

[gingerbread]

If you still believe that the GOVERNMENT IS HERE TO HELP YOU, you had better think again. The only purpose of this government, any government for that matter, is to expand, protect itself from the people they have sworn to protect. Every one of those GOVERNMENT ALPHABET AGENCIES will protect itself from the people, by passing laws to hinder the people from ever getting rid of them. As it stands today, the army of BUREAUCRATS is much larger than all of our military put together. And if we ever elect politicians that wants to get rid of these bureaucrats, these bureaucrats will fight to the death.

[aquila48]

“In the case of environmental legislation, such as the Environmental Protection Act (1970), Endangered Species Act (1973), Clean Air Act (1970), Clean Water Act (1972)”

All enacted under a Republican president (Nixon) .