This reply is probably the most brilliant I ever seen on FR! It explains the massive success of EnvironMentalistic penetration into our GovernMentalistic institutions and system of laws.
Between this legalistic trigger and the earthchanging graphics sent back from Apollo 11, with the totally isolated planet with only a barely perceptable layer of atmosphere... The court of public opinion with the force of the MSM pushing the Godless form of Pagan EnvironMentalism, enforced by GovernMentalism was spawned.
We then had "Silent Spring" and all forms of entertainment from "China Syndrome," to "Water World," to create a whole new class of Americans you could call "Born Again Pagans!!!"
The Endangered Species Act, The Clean Air Act, The Clean Water Act, in fact many Federal Agencies prior to the EPA were given what I had always considered "unconstitutional" power to regulate every pill we take and the food we eat under T.R.'s regime!
His was the first Presidency to proclaim that if the constitution was "silent," then he could go right ahead and do IT! No prior President had ever believed that entire new tac on constitutional waters!!! By the way... he was NOT an "EnvironMentalist!" He was a big game hunter/slaughterer and he had too much dirt, (part of mother earth's face) moved around to be a "Dirt Worshipper!"
I am also saving it.
At the same time a pre-existing law exempted the US Postal Service from any federal law that didn't specifically name it as being subject to that law.
Interestingly enough, the same law prohibiting everybody but DOD from filling in an estuary didn't name USPS. This meant USPS could fill in an estuary any time it pleased.
I thought this was quite ineresting and checked with the Facilities folks at USPS to see if they were aware of this. They already had a list of such projects worked up and my informant suggested they had accelerated the schedule of work before the environmentalists noticed.
Can't be. You've seen that post before. Must be an involuted recursive hyperbole. ;-)