There was a time I thought you were a moderate...no longer. Your brain has been fully infested with right wing propaganda and lies. Truly sad.
I strongly suggest you investigate the Bush administration's environmental record. It is the worst record in history. His attack on every environmental law and policy will lead to the premature deaths of thousands of Americans every year and illnesses that cost American families billions of dollars in medical expenses. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney so severely disabled the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, it will be impossible to force polluters to EVER clean up their toxins and carcinogens. And polluters can dump any debris they want into our streams and tributaries by just filing for a permit from the Corp of Engineers. Something that can be done by mail.
It will take decade to repair the damage he did to environmental protection.
The only lie is that republicans didn't pass any bills they thought believe will help create jobs. I dont like when some pulls a bullshit response like your was out of their ass to toss at me instead of just bringing a legitimate counter to what I said.
If me calling you out on your bullshit makes me some partisan in your mind so be it, you look even more partisan in light of the previous response you had given me.
As a side note, we already have laws on the books stopping manufacturers whom make things that cause toxic and polluting byproducts from dumping them in waters or other places. That is a giant exxageration on your part and its also why I think you were being a partisan hack here.
I know it sounds harsh and offensive but it is true.
From the OP article:
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain cited it in a debate as a reason to eliminate the EPA.
Bush Administration Approves Most Damaging Change To Clean Water Act In Decades
Allows Waste Dumps in Streams Nationwide
Washington, DC-- The Bush administration today finalized changes to Clean Water Act regulations that would for the first time in 25 years allow the US Army Corps of Engineers to permit waste to fill and destroy the nation's waters. In an attempt to appease the coal mining industry and in a rush to avoid additional Congressional and public scrutiny, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman signed the rule change.
"It says something when an administration takes an action like this late on a Friday -- that they hope no one sees it," said Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel for Earthjustice. "This is a 'Friday Night Massacre' for our nation's waters and it's the biggest threat to our nation's waters in decades, perhaps since the Clean Water Act passed 30 years ago. Allowing masses of industrial wastes to be dumped in streams, lakes, rivers, and wetlands is contrary to the very purpose of the Clean Water Act and represents a major weakening of current clean water law."
EPA's press release states this will "enhance environmental protections" for waters. "Nothing could be further from the truth," said Mulhern. "Anyone who has ever seen what happens when a stream is buried under 900 feet of mining rubble would not conclude that this is a good thing for water quality. More than 1000 miles of streams already have been destroyed in Appalachia by the coal companies that have been flouting the Clean Water Act for years while the EPA and the Corps looked the other way."
"Now that citizens have taken state and federal agencies to court to ensure our environmental laws are enforced, coal companies have sought -and been granted - legal relief from the Bush administration. Their lavish contributions to the Bush-Cheney campaign have just been paid back," Mulhern added.
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