Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The EPA is Choking Democracy? Really?

Jonah Goldberg has a thought provoking article on Townhall.com entitled The EPA is Choking Democracy. What's that? The EPA?

Well, yes. The EPA has long sought to regulate CO2 emissions as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act (1970). But there was no authority under this act to do such a thing. Then comes Massachusetts vs. EPA I am sure EPA put up a heroic fight here where the Supreme Court ruled, by some magic that only a lawyer could figure out, that indeed, EPA had an obligation to regulate CO2. So, without a vote, or a debate or discussion, the EPA is set to regulate potentially everything. All of this without our representatives having to put their names on a hard choice they so badly want.

As I noted yesterday, Goofball Warming is not really a threat. It is the product of a religion that worships the creation, not the Creator. It assumes, against all evidence to the contrary, that man has to "do" something or we are all doomed to burn up. But the problem is not the pagans who practice this religion, but our Congressmen, who shirk their responsibility by handing over their jobs to the Executive. So here's my proposal: First, any regulation that has not been voted on, is hereby null and void. Then require that Congress vote on, and pass each and every regulation. All of the thousands upon thousands of pages of the Federal Register. And, no, they can not put a bunch together into an omnibus bill. Instead, they must pass each and every one separately with a roll call vote. That way everyone knows where everyone stands on things that are very unpopular. The only job the Executive agencies should have is the job of enforcing those regulations passed by Congress. As a side benefit, this should keep them busy for a while, off the streets and out of trouble. You have to watch those Congressman like you would a 3 year old.

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