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Here's a liberal emotional response: this is just plain embarrassing. This is what we've re-elected. I guess some politicians don't think that being healthy is merely some kind of icing or frill. Oh, well; at least the pharmaceutical companies can profit from all the inhaler sales.

Edit: some politicians ***do*** think that being healthy is merely some kind of icing or frill.

It definitely is an emotional response, versus an educated one, since Bill is just forwarding an editorial that doesn't provide any specifics at all.

Are you for states' rights or not?

It seems that when the Feds were intervening in the Terry Schiavo case, the liberals were all howling about states' rights and how the Feds don't have jurisdiction.

But when it comes to the EPA dictating to all states what their air standards should be, we all think that's fine?

Again, the devil is in the details. What are the details here? What is the current standard in Texas and what is the average in the country and what is the EPA wanting and what are the CONSEQUENCES of that new policy? We don't know that from the DMN's editorial, of course.

E85 corn ethanol was an emotional policy that has jacked up the price of food all over the world and created more starvation, while not improving air pollution one bit. Great job!

"Rick Perry wants to kill puppies!" Give me a break.

I love the "objective" line about the Bush administration and the environment with no reference to back it up.

Yes, Bush is evil, Perry is evil...no reasons, just they are. They are Republicans.

I loved how Clinton didn't have an energy policy at all and nobody cared. I loved how air pollution and homelessness weren't even problems while Clinton was president.

Clinton didn't spend a dime on Africa. Nobody cared. Bush spends billions and saves lives. Nobody cares.

Indeed, emotional, knee-jerk response that is partisan in nature.

Wow, there's enough straw men in there to tick off the fire marshall.

The Terry Schiavo soap opera is analogous to manmade climate change? Making Americans ill is a "state's right"? And this weird, vaguely misogynist rational-versus-emotional dichotomy?

Bill, I know it's your blog and all, but some pruning may be in order in these comment sections.

hmmm....

The cry for states rights is one I haven't heard since I was a wee little lad back in 1864.

You must not have read the blogs that day - the states-righter's lost the war.

Air pollution crosses state lines. The Feds can, should and do regulate emissions.

I just wish they did a better job. And I wish Perry would take the side of Texans health, not only that of his campaign contributers.

Bill

Yes, the Feds override the states, except in situations like gay marriage, right? LOL