http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20110212/LETTERS/110219851/1031/opinion?Title=Republicans-have-gone-crazy
Republicans have gone crazy Published: Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 11, 2011 at 9:31 p.m . Have the Republicans lost their minds? Their latest fiasco involves barring the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. I guess the Clean Air Act is a problem to Republicans and their ultra-wealthy constituents. Let’s see, so far the Republicans have convinced their supporters to love insurance for their cars and homes and hate it for their bodies. They have tricked their supporters into believing global warming doesn’t exist. They denied the country was in a recession. When asked if we were in a recession, President George W. Bush said, “We don’t like to use that word.” As soon as the Republicans lost the presidential election, the word recession was used twice in every sentence uttered by conservatives. Now Republicans are saying the EPA shouldn’t have the authority to do its job, which includes enforcing the Clean Air Act. The last time I checked, EPA was an acronym for Environmental Protection Agency. It is a governmental agency whose sole purpose is to protect human health and the environment. Republicans want everyone to ignore the many scientific findings that prove carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping pollutants contribute to global warming and attempts at regulating them is a major priority. They would rather we take the word of the very corporations destroying the environment. We know that cigarette smoke is toxic, and we regulate its use in buildings for health purposes. The EPA does the same thing but on a larger scale. The EPA regulates the toxins put into the environment by corporations. Some people don’t want to eat in a smoke-filled environment. I donR 17;t want to live on a planet with a toxic environment. Republicans are fond of deregulation, essentially allowing corporations the freedom to do what they want. Getting rid of the EPA would do just that. What continues to amaze me is the support Republicans manage to get from their supporters even though the Republican policies are hurting those supporters. The president has accommodated the concerns of businesses small and large by issuing an executive order to weed out proposed new regulations that would hurt job growth. In closing, we should consider the long-term effects of allowing businesses to destroy our environment. Businesses should never have the right to freely pollute the planet no more than a cigarette smoker should have the right to pollute the air inside a big business building. Barry McGuire Houma More: http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20110212/LETTERS/110219851/1031/opinion?Title=Republicans-have-gone-crazy -- Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. Have a great day, Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
