We went the other way on that one. We put "these people" into the president's inner staff (remember those meetings we arent allowed to know about)? And we put them in charge of policy at the EPA (so much so that even a hardcore republican, Whitman, quit in protest).
Remember Bush's "Clean Skies" initiative from his first 100 days? Remember when Cheney canceled it all? Ah, the first 100 days. *sniff* On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If they actually "put it back ok", then i dont think most people would > > mind. > > > > But read about the health effects of everyone downstream from the > tailings. > > And read about how the coal companies are structured. the actual mines > are > > held and operated by very small holding companies, many if not most "go > out > > of business", and fail, right as the coal seams are petering out. the > > remediation is either left to their insurance companies, or to the > > taxpayers > > near the mine, or, in most cases, for future generations. > > The government should crack down on these BS business practices. A billion > dollar fine will stop them real fast. What's needed is someone willing to > risk their life and career to do that. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270695 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
