It's too early.

I am a morning person, but it is too early to be enraged. What gives the EPA the right to do something catering to the exact opposite to what they stand for? Is the EPA not the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency? What gives them the right to deny an individual state of trying to get ahead with the green revolution? The prick-head in the oval office, that is who.

The Clean Air Act in fact gives the government on the federal level the right to deny any state legislation it feels like. Yesterday a number of states, including my own, wanted to get a jump start by improving fuel standards earlier than goals previously set at the federal level. One of those regulations would have been on cars getting at least 33 miles/gallon. Guess who put the stop on that? Stephen L. Johnson, an EPA administrator, said "The Bush administration is moving forward with a clear national solution -- not a confusing patchwork of state rules." That is humorous, I wonder where the Bush administration has taken us over the past 7 years, besides to an inescapable war over oil and an absolute destruction of our sound economy. Do I have confidence or the patience for a federal law maker to give us permission to breathe? Not really. I want results now. And finally when I see state law makers doing their jobs, I can be happy. This is injustice on so many levels. I am sure the leaders of oil companies and auto makers are dancing their fat-asses in their executive chairs high above eye level, watching the proles with condescending eyes.

Johnson's excuse was invalid. He cited the legislation called the supposed Clean Air Act which set an industry-wide standard of 35 miles/gallon by 2020. Tell me it's a bad thing, Johnson, that states who pride the outdoors, such as New York and California, want to expedite this retarded goal. Politics and capitalism should never get in the way of human kind attempting to progress to a sound environment. Money will have to be sacrificed, not lungs. After the last carbon molecule is emitted, people will realize they can't breathe in money.

"This federal agency blunder is bad policy and worse law," Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. "We will take the EPA to court if necessary and once again demonstrate that no one is above the law. If the EPA won't obey the law or take the lead, at least it should get out of the way so states can protect our environment."

I hope my state's officials can be this aggressive. I don't want states to compromise. I want states to realize they have power. Vote for Ron Paul; there won't be an EPA or a federal government that gets in the way of states making conscious decisions for their citizens. Hell with the federal government, and hell with the EPA. Give the people back their rights and freedoms.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/19/california.epa.ap/index.html?eref=rss_politics