Jim Inhofe rips EPA’s ‘crucify’ approach

[Teatownclown]

Another Jimminy thread.

Talk about turning the issue around for political purposes.... why'd you wait 2 years, Jimminy?

It would seem to me, when going after bullies one would go after a few to hold them up to the many that the time has come to stop that behavior.

The irony here is Jimminy is singling out the EPA as "the bully" when in fact it is those in the industry putting our health at risk with disregard for the rules.

So typical! Looks like our Senaturd likes to create wars....there is no war on fracking but just the public's desire to insure it does no harm.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75640.html


Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) on Thursday blasted an Environmental Protection Agency official's claim that the agency was using a "crucify them" strategy against oil and gas companies, calling it a part of President Barack Obama's "war on domestic energy."
"Let's keep in mind, this is all a part of Obama's war on domestic energy," Inhofe said on "Fox & Friends." "He's the one who said that we have good natural gas and it's plentiful and all of that but we've got to stop hydraulic fracturing. This is the war on hydraulic fracturing."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75640.html#ixzz1tBgBNEOg
Inhofe, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, had announced on Wednesday that he was launching an investigation into an EPA official's comments from 2010 that were caught on tape, in which he compared the agency's enforcement policies to how the Romans used to "crucify" people.
"I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the meeting but I'll go ahead and tell you what I said," EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz says in the video.
He continues, "It was kind of like how the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean. They'd go into a little Turkish town somewhere, they'd find the first five guys they saw and they would crucify them. And then you know that town was really easy to manage for the next few years ... So, that's our general philosophy."
Inhofe said Thursday that the Obama administration was trying to put an end to hydraulic fracturing — a technique that he argued was critical for obtaining natural gas — by using "intimidation" and "threats." The Oklahoma Republican also accused the president of trying to appease both the left and the right.
"What he's doing is saying — trying to make the public believe he is for domestic energy and specifically natural gas and oil and coal, but at the same time, he says that they're going to take over the regulation of the process called hydraulic," Inhofe said. "So it's an attempt to try to satisfy both sides. He's whispering to the left ... then he's saying to the public at the same time that we are for natural gas and all that."
Armendariz, the EPA official in the 2010 video who is taking heat for the "crucify" comments, has since offered an apology for his remarks. "I apologize to those I have offended and regret my poor choice of words," he said.

[guido911]

Seriously? Memos have to be sent?

http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2014/06/epa-employees-told-stop-pooping-hallway/87223/

This cannot be true.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Seriously? Memos have to be sent?

http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2014/06/epa-employees-told-stop-pooping-hallway/87223/

This cannot be true.

You wouldn't think a neocon guy's magazine would be so prevalent in the Federal government, would you?  (David Bradley)

Especially with all the rantings and ravings by the right about how 'left wing' the working part of the government has become.... it must be those long-term residual effects of right wing in power for 20 of the last 34 years.

[guido911]

Looks like the environmentalists have found a useful and closely-resembling ally....

http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/264342/speedreads-whale-poop-could-mitigate-global-warming

[heironymouspasparagus]

Looks like the environmentalists have found a useful and closely-resembling ally....

http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/264342/speedreads-whale-poop-could-mitigate-global-warming

If Inhofe used it liberally, it might reduce the stench of just about everything he says/does!