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The Case for Ending the EPA
The New American ^ | Friday, 23 September | Selwyn Duke

Posted on 09/23/2011 10:24:07 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer

In the Republican presidential debate last evening, some of the candidates passionately stated that the Environmental Protection Agency should be eliminated. It’s a position that sounds strange to some ears. As a respondent in a Fox News focus group said after the debate, and this is a paraphrase, “This all sounds good when you fixate on the minutia, but we can’t just end the EPA.”

This attitude is no surprise. The one exception to the law that it’s easier to destroy than create is big government programs and bureaucracies. Once they’re the status quo and people become accustomed to their existence, folks just cannot imagine how they could live without them. But is it really true that we’d get a visit from the Smog Monster if the EPA went extinct? And does it really advance the good on balance? Let’s examine the matter.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: debate; eliminate; epa; government
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The EPA has got to go - along with a lot of other fed bureaucracies.
1 posted on 09/23/2011 10:24:11 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
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Lisa Jackson speaks at a press conference. | AP Photo

EPA chief Lisa Jackson   .... the affirmative action dummkopf who does her best to ruin US industry and US energy production

Nuke the EPA. Fire every last tax eating parasite then dynamite and bulldoze the buildings so they can't bring it back

2 posted on 09/23/2011 10:29:09 AM PDT by dennisw (nzt - works better if you're already smart)
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To: Paladins Prayer

Have you seen the new EPA propaganda ad put out by the Lung Association.

Has a Baby buggy sitting in various scenes at the Capitol.
The sounds of a baby with whooping cough. Then the voice over says, (para)Don’t let Congress cut funding for CLEAN AIR.

END THE EPA ....NOW!!!!!


3 posted on 09/23/2011 10:31:48 AM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: Paladins Prayer; golux; tubebender; Fractal Trader; Genesis defender; 4horses+amule; Carlucci; ...
 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

4 posted on 09/23/2011 10:34:45 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap !!!)
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To: Paladins Prayer

If we can win the White House and 60 in the Senate we have to hit the ground running with a plan to shut down at least half of all Federal agencies in the first 30 days.


5 posted on 09/23/2011 10:40:07 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Paladins Prayer

End that, and also the Department of Education and the - - - wait! Lets’s start at the beginning.

Access Board
Administration for Native Americans
Administration on Aging (AoA)
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
Administrative Conference of the United States
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
African Development Foundation
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Agency for International Development
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Research Service
Agriculture Department
Air and Radiation Hotline
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (Treasury)
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau (Justice)
American Battle Monuments Commission
AmeriCorps Recruiting
AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Antitrust Division
Appalachian Regional Commission
Architect of the Capitol
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
Archives (National Archives and Records Administration)
Arctic Research Commission
Arms Control and International Security
Army
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee

And that’s just the As!

Bonneville Power Administration
Botanic Garden
Broadcasting Board of Governors (Voice of America, Radio|TV Marti and more)
Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade (Treasury)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (Justice)
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Bureau of Industry and Security
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Bureau of Public Debt
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of the Engraving and Printing
Bureau of the Public Debt
Bureau of Transportation Statistics

I won’t go on with this.


6 posted on 09/23/2011 10:47:09 AM PDT by RoadTest (Organized religion is no substitute for the relationship the living God wants with you.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

From the link;

“Also in April, the EPA announced that automakers would be prohibited from using non-round letters on any badge, nameplate, or other signifier placed on vehicles. No joke. It’s supposed to improve fuel efficiency, and the feds perhaps justify the move with the well-known Car Letter Limitation provision in the Constitution.”


7 posted on 09/23/2011 10:51:30 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: RoadTest

President Reagan once said that the closest thing to eternal life on earth was a government program. They grow like mushrooms in a dark place.


8 posted on 09/23/2011 10:58:24 AM PDT by bopdowah ("Unlike King Midas, whatever the Gubmint touches sure don't turn to Gold!')
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To: dennisw

She looks like a “business agent” from the Teamsters Union.


9 posted on 09/23/2011 10:59:36 AM PDT by Argus
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To: RoadTest

“Administration on Developmental Disabilities”

Anyone else find it ironic that this one abbreviates to ADD?


10 posted on 09/23/2011 11:00:49 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I've tried to think like a liberal, but I can't get my head far enough up my behind...)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Well, that’s the kind of sloppy writing/research that, unfortunately, may discredit the entire article. If you read the source article, the date of the article is April 1, and the text is so loony that it is rather obviously an April Fool’s Joke. For example, it says that BMW has already decided to comply by just labelling all it’s vehicles with just a “B”.


11 posted on 09/23/2011 11:01:41 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Argus

That’s a man, baby!


12 posted on 09/23/2011 11:01:55 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I've tried to think like a liberal, but I can't get my head far enough up my behind...)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Guess that’s what I get for quickly skimming the article.


13 posted on 09/23/2011 11:11:46 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: dennisw

**shudder** reminds me of Rosie O’Donuts and Janetalia Incompetano.


14 posted on 09/23/2011 11:12:11 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Paladins Prayer

TO HELL WITH THE EPA!


15 posted on 09/23/2011 11:18:47 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: RoadTest
I won’t go on with this.

Millions of people doing nothing except getting in the way of American citizens that just want to live, love and be left alone.

We could balance the budget in a heartbeat, but you need 61 senators, 218 congress critters and Sarah Palin.

The unemployment rate would drop by 3 points between November 2012 and January 2013 just waiting on the arrival of Sarah and the Saviors.

However, if they were to fail us this time, the arrival of the 12th imam would approach.

16 posted on 09/23/2011 11:54:26 AM PDT by USS Alaska
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To: Buckeye McFrog
If we can win the White House and 60 in the Senate we have to hit the ground running with a plan to shut down at least half of all Federal agencies in the first 30 days.

I agree totally. But I do not trust the GOP. A good part of those so called Republicans are RINO's and are not constitutionalists. Washington needs a total clean out of the garbage.

17 posted on 09/23/2011 11:55:43 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: Argus

She looks like a “business agent” from the Teamsters Union.>>>>>

lol lol You can tell dose guys by their no necks


18 posted on 09/23/2011 11:56:10 AM PDT by dennisw (nzt - works better if you're already smart)
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To: Paladins Prayer

How about replacing their power to make laws with just the power to make suggestions. The states could then accept or reject these reccommendations.


19 posted on 09/23/2011 12:30:19 PM PDT by eccentric (a.k.a. baldwidow)
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To: Paladins Prayer

We need to wrestle the EPA to the ground and drive a stake through its heart. Then turn around and look for the Dept of Education.


20 posted on 09/23/2011 12:49:03 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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