The Show-Me State Shows Us All
Typically I don’t pay much attention to what goes on in Missouri, outside of the occasional snake-handling god-botherer getting his chance to meet the Big Guy, or Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin recanting his apologies for mansplaining gynecology to the nation, but now and again someone in the Show Me state, well, shows us something. Today’s case in point: seven-term Rep. Sam Graves.
The Honorable Mr. Graves has introduced a very straight-forward bill with a very straight-forward name: Stop the EPA Act. Usually Wingnuttia gives us an Orwellian double-plus good name straight from MiniTrue, so it is refreshing to see something named that actually describes its goal.
The bill “would halt all EPA rules that are currently in the works and prompt a review of all previous EPA regulations. H.R. 5034, titled the Stop the EPA Act, would also require Congress to approve all previous and new regulations that cost $50 million or more. Under the bill, any that aren’t approved by Congress won’t become law.”
Because? Let’s hear it in Mr. Graves’ own words:
“My legislation will give the American people a voice in the regulator’s room when the President and the EPA try and go around Congress,” Graves said in a statement. “EPA aggression has reached an all-time high, and now it must be stopped.”
For those of you who don’t speak fluent Wingnuttian: If it is legitimate regulation, the Congressional body has a way to try shut that whole thing down.
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R.J. Carter July 11th, 2014 at 13:52
Snake handlers in Missouri? I don’t like to brag, but I wouldn’t say it’s a snake. Other than that, you’re too eagerly tripping right out the doorstep — those churches are in Appalachia (which, for the flyover country uninformed, does not run through MO at all).
But they are definitely tired of EPA regs out here.
Carla Akins July 11th, 2014 at 15:08
RJ, we’re in Missouri – we have nothing to brag about, except that we’re not Kansas.
R.J. Carter July 11th, 2014 at 15:27
Hey, we’re not Mississippi either! That’s always something!
Tengrain July 11th, 2014 at 15:23
My former next door neighbor was from an old family in Misourri, and they knew the former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s family. Let’s just say that there are indeed some snake handlers in MO.
One could even say that he made a career of it.
Regards,
Tengrain
Shades July 11th, 2014 at 17:43
Two words. Ozark mountains.
R.J. Carter July 11th, 2014 at 13:52
Snake handlers in Missouri? I don’t like to brag, but I wouldn’t say it’s a snake. Other than that, you’re too eagerly tripping right out the doorstep — those churches are in Appalachia (which, for the flyover country uninformed, does not run through MO at all).
But they are definitely tired of EPA regs out here.
Carla Akins July 11th, 2014 at 15:08
RJ, we’re in Missouri – we have nothing to brag about, except that we’re not Kansas.
R.J. Carter July 11th, 2014 at 15:27
Hey, we’re not Mississippi either! That’s always something!
Tengrain July 11th, 2014 at 15:23
My former next door neighbor was from an old family in Misourri, and they knew the former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s family. Let’s just say that there are indeed some snake handlers in MO.
One could even say that he made a career of it.
Regards,
Tengrain
Shades July 11th, 2014 at 17:43
Two words. Ozark mountains.
arc99 July 11th, 2014 at 14:29
Sure let’s get rid of the EPA altogether. Remove all environmental concerns in the name of profit. Permit any and all profit-making activity regardless of environmental impact. What could possibly go wrong?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-10/air-water-soil-chinas-environment-gets-worse
China’s Environment Goes From Bad to Worse
……
Polluted irrigation water and deposition of evaporated heavy metals (mercury, for instance, vaporizes at high temperatures in coal-fired power plants) also taint cropland in China. According to a report released in April by the government, 16 percent of China’s total land area—and 19 of its agricultural land—is polluted.
Heavy metals deposited in the soil can be absorbed by crops. Last May, the provincial government of Guangzhou revealed that 44 percent of rice samples it tested in local restaurants contained elevated levels of cadmium, which has been linked to the bone-weakening itai-itai disease in Japan.
tiredoftea July 11th, 2014 at 23:16
But, but, those are communists!
arc99 July 11th, 2014 at 14:29
Sure let’s get rid of the EPA altogether. Remove all environmental concerns in the name of profit. Permit any and all profit-making activity regardless of environmental impact. What could possibly go wrong?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-10/air-water-soil-chinas-environment-gets-worse
China’s Environment Goes From Bad to Worse
……
Polluted irrigation water and deposition of evaporated heavy metals (mercury, for instance, vaporizes at high temperatures in coal-fired power plants) also taint cropland in China. According to a report released in April by the government, 16 percent of China’s total land area—and 19 of its agricultural land—is polluted.
Heavy metals deposited in the soil can be absorbed by crops. Last May, the provincial government of Guangzhou revealed that 44 percent of rice samples it tested in local restaurants contained elevated levels of cadmium, which has been linked to the bone-weakening itai-itai disease in Japan.
tiredoftea July 11th, 2014 at 23:16
But, but, those are communists!
Bob Waas July 11th, 2014 at 19:16
We need reasonable regulations; but when a government agency gets too heavy handed they need to have a strong non-partisan over site. We have seen what happens when these agencies go rogue. The IRS and the NLRB are two good examples.
During a safety inspection in my office I was written up for storing dishwasher powder next to the coffee pots. They claimed that chemicals and food containers needed to be stored separately. I confessed that I used that chemical to clean those pots before I placed them in storage. You can’t make this stuff up.
Bob Waas July 11th, 2014 at 19:16
We need reasonable regulations; but when a government agency gets too heavy handed they need to have a strong non-partisan over site. We have seen what happens when these agencies go rogue. The IRS and the NLRB are two good examples.
During a safety inspection in my office I was written up for storing dishwasher powder next to the coffee pots. They claimed that chemicals and food containers needed to be stored separately. I confessed that I used that chemical to clean those pots before I placed them in storage. You can’t make this stuff up.
fancypants July 11th, 2014 at 19:26
For those of you who don’t speak fluent Wingnuttian: If it is legitimate regulation, the Congressional body has a way to try shut that whole thing down
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All you have to do is get Boehner and paul ryan on the issue then consider the government shut down until further notice…………
fancypants July 11th, 2014 at 19:26
For those of you who don’t speak fluent Wingnuttian: If it is legitimate regulation, the Congressional body has a way to try shut that whole thing down
——————————————————-
All you have to do is get Boehner and paul ryan on the issue then consider the government shut down until further notice…………
LiberalMD July 11th, 2014 at 23:56
In all fairness, Sam Graves is a reasonably decent legislator. However, most of his area of knowledge or expertise is in small business and not in environmental policy. I suspect he was put up to writing this bill(especially since the title of the bill states exactly what the bill would do, which is not typical of the typical Republican bill).
LiberalMD July 11th, 2014 at 23:56
In all fairness, Sam Graves is a reasonably decent legislator. However, most of his area of knowledge or expertise is in small business and not in environmental policy. I suspect he was put up to writing this bill(especially since the title of the bill states exactly what the bill would do, which is not typical of the typical Republican bill).