tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post1181165475109393761..comments2024-03-24T17:01:24.541-04:00Comments on Crazy Eddie's Motie News: Rick Perry nominated to lead department he wanted to eliminate but couldn't namePinku-Senseihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-1300567082291402452016-12-14T23:53:56.818-05:002016-12-14T23:53:56.818-05:00As you've noted before, Greer is adverse to wa...As you've noted before, Greer is adverse to watching TV, so he may never have seen a Trump speech or a Trump commercial. As for Trump visiting Maryland in person, a Google search indicates he visited the state once, a campaign stop in Baltimore early in September. That's on the other end of the state from where Greer lives, so I doubt he saw him then and there, either. He might have read about it in the Baltimore Sun, but that's about it.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-70734626654622580642016-12-14T23:44:16.385-05:002016-12-14T23:44:16.385-05:00I was a National Park Ranger under Reagan. The bu...I was a National Park Ranger under Reagan. The bureaucracy and institutional inertia kept us insulated for the anti-environmental agenda at the top. Fortunately, I was employed late enough in the Administration that James Watt was no longer Interior Secretary.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-8267782952232117272016-12-14T15:05:35.402-05:002016-12-14T15:05:35.402-05:00From a post at Mic.com:
State. Energy. Interior. ...From a <a href="https://mic.com/articles/162258/the-important-things-you-missed-while-kanye-west-and-donald-trump-dominated-the-news?utm_source=micPush&utm_medium=web#.ouggMpubl" rel="nofollow">post</a> at Mic.com:<br /><br /><i>State. Energy. Interior. Environmental Protection Agency. The signal Trump has sent with his picks to head these federal agencies is simple: <b>Fossil fuel industry, America is open for business.</b> After several years of increased regulations on American energy companies, specifically those involved with coal, Trump's appointments are expected to roll back many of the changes made by Obama. Specifically, regulations that target emissions from coal-fired power plants and lessening the environmental impact of coal mining are likely to be hit. (Washington Post) And Trump could cut regulations around hydraulic fracturing and pipelines with the goal of increasing natural gas production, potentially reversing the Obama administration decision to halt development of the Dakota Access Pipeline.<br /><br />These are proposals Trump campaigned on, especially in parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia that still employ coal miners.</i><br /><br />He doesn't seem to have campaigned on them in Maryland, though, or if he did, the Archdruid (to quote a <a href="http://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat" rel="nofollow">player</a> who ain't with us no more) "has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." Yet another reason I have no ability to adhere to his crypto-Both-Siderist "civility" bullshit. (Oh, if only I could lock him in a box with driftglass and shake it...)Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-52526756469832986092016-12-14T13:42:07.624-05:002016-12-14T13:42:07.624-05:00Yeah, the hair is definitely way more accomplished...Yeah, the hair is definitely way more accomplished than what's below it. The only hope with a lot of these cabinet people is that the bureaucracies are so established that they can limit the damage. Who knew bureaucracies were a good thing?Kevin Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555818021469626619noreply@blogger.com