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somewhere in this excerpt from a raw story article, there is a statement that is, on its face, completely untrue... see if you can spot it...
didja find it...? here's a clue... separation of powers... got it yet...? exonerating bush for any blame in this travesty ignores that congress has done nothing but the bidding of republican leadership since bush's ascendancy to imperial power on 20 january 2001... there has been no substantive difference between the republicans in the executive branch, those in congress, their media sycophants, and the super-rich clientele which keeps them in power and to whom they are beholden... certainly, the blame can be laid at the door of congress, but letting the bush administration off the hook is either naivete or flat-out disingenuousness... Submit To Propeller
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Senator James Inhofe, R-OK, calls climate change a hoax, voted against stem cell research, and since the 2002 election has taken more than $500,000 in campaign contributions from the oil, gas and electric industries. He's also the chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
"Inhofe is really horrific when it comes to the environment. He's continuing to perpetuate misinformation," says Tirenan Sittenfeld, legislative director of the independent organization, the League of Conservation Voters. She says he's not the only one.
Rep. Joe Barton, R-TX, is a skeptic on global warming and sponsored the House version of the Clear Skies Act, which would actually increase the amount of pollution permitted, according to the Sierra Club. He's also the chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Barton is the primary House author of the Bush Administration's Energy Policy Act of 2005, which was passed by Congress in July. Among other things, it encourages increases in nuclear and coal use. (However, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was removed from the Act.) Between 1997 and 2004, Barton received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the energy industry, the Washington Post reported.
This year he received more than $383,000 from oil, gas and electric companies.
But don't blame President Bush, Sittenfeld said. It's not the Administration that selects the chairmen; it's Congress. That doesn't make it any less unfortunate, she added.
didja find it...? here's a clue... separation of powers... got it yet...? exonerating bush for any blame in this travesty ignores that congress has done nothing but the bidding of republican leadership since bush's ascendancy to imperial power on 20 january 2001... there has been no substantive difference between the republicans in the executive branch, those in congress, their media sycophants, and the super-rich clientele which keeps them in power and to whom they are beholden... certainly, the blame can be laid at the door of congress, but letting the bush administration off the hook is either naivete or flat-out disingenuousness... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
11/02/2006
