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EPA FolliesBy Kevin Drum Mar 28, 2008 (Political Animal) EPA FOLLIES....Last year the Supreme Court ruled, contrary to the Bush administration's wishes, that greenhouse gases were a pollutant that came under the jurisdiction of the EPA. So the EPA's scientists took a look, and they concluded that, yes, greenhouse gases contributed to global warming and ought to be regulated under the Clean Air Act. The White House, of course, was not happy about this, so on Thursday EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson deep-sixed the scientific findings and opened up a "lengthy public comment period" to give corporate contributors the public a...

The Internet: to some a New "New Testament" ?

Last week, Orange County Register readers were treated to one of those small stories that says volumes about government officials, their priorities, and the way they constantly waste your tax dollars to promote their own well-being and their own agendas. Often it's the small examples that tell big stories, which is why the public yawns when the government wastes billions of dollars, but gets outraged when, say, a city council member names a park after himself, or when the Navy spends $1,000 for a toilet seat. The public appears outraged at Orange County Sanitation District General Manager Blake Anderson after...

The New York Media are all a-twitter over The Gates : a massive "art project" in Central Park,which resembles nothing so much as une homage to Le Home Depot. (Click on link for rest of nasty comments.)

Our nation’s education system continues to deteriorate in the name of political correctness. With the year ending, Young America’s Foundation has compiled a top ten list of the most shameful campus events in the U.S. education system in 2002. 10. Following a Young America’s Foundation event at Ithaca College featuring Bay Buchanan, homosexual and feminist student activists demanded that the event be declared “biased” by the school’s Bias-related Incident Committee. Although the speech was not ruled biased, committee hearings to determine whether an “incident” occurred are held behind closed doors and the accused is not informed of the committee’s decision...