Bush's puppets
EPA administrator Stephen Johnson neglects his federal oath 6
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Posted 1:48 AM on 26 Jul 2008
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Joseph Romm is the editor of Climate Progress and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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Tasermons Partner Posted 1:50 am
26 Jul 2008
Not that optimistic...
Some of us had high hopes for Stephen Johnson when President Bush appointed him in March 2005 as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Really? Geez, I kinda guessed from the start he would be a doll.
But then again, I'm not known for bein' the most optimistic person in these parts...
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Wolverine Posted 8:05 am
26 Jul 2008
Rigged Political System
Let's get to the root of the problem. Results like these are the only logical outcome in a political system where the executive branch has too much power. The Hamiltonians insisted that the executive branch be powerful in order to maintain power in the hands of those with the most money and power already. A much more representative system would have Congress appoint department heads and have those departments be under the legislative branch, not the executive one. Presidents are the least representative of all politicians elected to federal office, and should thus have the least amount of power. Instead, they have had the most.
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GreenMom Posted 3:16 am
27 Jul 2008
He's always been a hack
Here in the depths of the EPA trenches, it bacame clear pretty quickly that Johnson would be an Adminstration tool.
There's been lots of evidence that he thinks it's really cool that he gets to hobnob with the big boys. So of course he's going to do what they tell him. He wants to stay in with the in crowd.
Don't you know it's REALLY fun to ride up to the White House in a big black limo?
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Max8806 Posted 5:38 am
27 Jul 2008
He better enjoy it for the next few months then
because he's out of a job when (God/Florida willing) Obama gets elected. He's tethered himself to a sinking ship.
-Max Epstein
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Nick Berning Posted 1:32 am
28 Jul 2008
JohnsonMustGo.org
http://johnsonmustgo.org/
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josullivan58 Posted 6:51 am
30 Jul 2008
Maybe the senators are reading gristmill
Three senators call for EPA chief to resign
http://www.enn.com/climate/article/37796
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