Dirty Dirk To Clean House?
March 17, 2006 8:54 AM Subscribe
EPA Choice Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R), whose environmental views Green Folk align with the Dark Lord Sauron of Mordor, is the leading candidate to become the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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What a great description. Though I can't say the exiting EPA admin has been anything better. Fuckin' evil short sighted people.
posted by cavalier at 9:00 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by cavalier at 9:00 AM on March 17, 2006
Naturally.
This is the Bush modus operandi. If you can't get support to eliminate the EPA, appoint some anti-environment asshole to head it, so that it is effectively eliminated. He's been doing this since he was elected way back in 2000, in areas other than just the EPA. The government is essentially for sale, under Bush.
et cetera, et cetera.
Corrupt. To. The. Core.
posted by teece at 9:06 AM on March 17, 2006
This is the Bush modus operandi. If you can't get support to eliminate the EPA, appoint some anti-environment asshole to head it, so that it is effectively eliminated. He's been doing this since he was elected way back in 2000, in areas other than just the EPA. The government is essentially for sale, under Bush.
et cetera, et cetera.
Corrupt. To. The. Core.
posted by teece at 9:06 AM on March 17, 2006
Is this really a surprise? Did anyone expect an actual environmentalist to be appointed to anything under Bush II?
posted by illovich at 9:07 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by illovich at 9:07 AM on March 17, 2006
I can back up the 'Dark Lord of Sauron' description, Idaho's land looks like the Orcs have taken over. If you live in Washington state near the Idaho/Washington border you can drive from Pullman to the border along the highway in the early morning and see the evidence. Fog envelopes the land as you descend the hillside, almost like you're descending in a plane. Then as you break out of the clouds the landscape is revealed below: Huge smokestacks pumping out filth adding to the fog, eerie mists swirling about and occasionally, out of the corner of your eye, the sighting of an Orc, wearing a beat-up old baseball cap reading 'moustache rides for free'.
Truly a frightening land, I will not return alone. . .
posted by mk1gti at 9:09 AM on March 17, 2006
Truly a frightening land, I will not return alone. . .
posted by mk1gti at 9:09 AM on March 17, 2006
Kempthorne was one of eight Republican senators whose campaigns got the highest donations from the oil and gas industries.
posted by digaman at 9:10 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by digaman at 9:10 AM on March 17, 2006
Am I missing something? That's an article from 2003. Kempthorne is the nominee for the Secretary of the Interior.
posted by milkrate at 9:13 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by milkrate at 9:13 AM on March 17, 2006
BillyElmore is close, but got some of the details wrong on the FPP. Kempthorne is not the leading candidate to become the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. He's Bush's nominee to be Interior Secretary.
It's actually more important, in some ways, than the EPA. Interior oversees the National Park system, wildlife refuges, and endangered species.
Of course, BillyElmore got the big part right: Kempthorne 's environmental record is a disaster.
posted by evening at 9:14 AM on March 17, 2006
It's actually more important, in some ways, than the EPA. Interior oversees the National Park system, wildlife refuges, and endangered species.
Of course, BillyElmore got the big part right: Kempthorne 's environmental record is a disaster.
posted by evening at 9:14 AM on March 17, 2006
Am I missing something? That's an article from 2003. Kempthorne is the nominee for the Secretary of the Interior.
Heh.
posted by Kwantsar at 9:15 AM on March 17, 2006
Heh.
posted by Kwantsar at 9:15 AM on March 17, 2006
National Parks are a breeding area for terrorists. They must be destroyed.
posted by bardic at 9:33 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by bardic at 9:33 AM on March 17, 2006
National Parks stand in the way of man's dominion over the earth. It is god's will that the land be raped and pillaged.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:43 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by five fresh fish at 9:43 AM on March 17, 2006
I get excited, rush on stage with a FPP. I slip, fall ass over tea cup. Grin, limp off stage. Will I ever get one of the fricken posts right, I wonder from my trailer?
posted by BillyElmore at 9:49 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by BillyElmore at 9:49 AM on March 17, 2006
Not exactly a surprise given this administration's M.O.--choosing the absolute worst possible person for every single job, people who all but openly admit that they bring inappropriate agendas with them. Michael Brown, who lacked conflicts of interest and radical philosophies even as he lacked qualifications, was actually a relative highlight.
posted by Epenthesis at 9:49 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by Epenthesis at 9:49 AM on March 17, 2006
Will I ever get one of the fricken posts right, I wonder from my trailer?
Some users are good at hearing about an issue they care about, finding good links about it, and building a strong post around that link (digaman jumps to mind). It's a skill not everyone has. Maybe you'd be better off only posting when you find a link you like, rather than posting about an issue you care about that requires research to make into a worthwhile post?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:56 AM on March 17, 2006
Some users are good at hearing about an issue they care about, finding good links about it, and building a strong post around that link (digaman jumps to mind). It's a skill not everyone has. Maybe you'd be better off only posting when you find a link you like, rather than posting about an issue you care about that requires research to make into a worthwhile post?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:56 AM on March 17, 2006
He'll do a heckuva job against those polluting trees.
posted by orthogonality at 10:17 AM on March 17, 2006
posted by orthogonality at 10:17 AM on March 17, 2006
I try to console myself for posting the wrong article, as I check makeup and spruce my costume.
My accidental posting of a 2003 story is telling, isn't it? I say, giving someone a straight line, and leaving myself wide open.
I do a Google search for “foxes guarding hen houses in the Bush administration” and get so many hits I bump into the same guy three years earlier. Actually I said that, jokingly and then actually did that search and got 179,000 hits.
It’s also ironic, and a bit of déjà vu. Bush was considering Dark Lord Dirk to head the Environmental Protection Agency back 2003. Now he gives us this disastrous chap for an even more important position.
Freedom is on the march.
posted by BillyElmore at 10:39 AM on March 17, 2006
My accidental posting of a 2003 story is telling, isn't it? I say, giving someone a straight line, and leaving myself wide open.
I do a Google search for “foxes guarding hen houses in the Bush administration” and get so many hits I bump into the same guy three years earlier. Actually I said that, jokingly and then actually did that search and got 179,000 hits.
It’s also ironic, and a bit of déjà vu. Bush was considering Dark Lord Dirk to head the Environmental Protection Agency back 2003. Now he gives us this disastrous chap for an even more important position.
Freedom is on the march.
posted by BillyElmore at 10:39 AM on March 17, 2006
Who are these Green Folk of which you speak?
Rachel Maddow was talking about this on Air America this morning. Sharp lady. I know she is also on with Tucker the bow tie guy too.
posted by BillyElmore at 10:56 AM on March 17, 2006
Rachel Maddow was talking about this on Air America this morning. Sharp lady. I know she is also on with Tucker the bow tie guy too.
posted by BillyElmore at 10:56 AM on March 17, 2006
“Gov. Kempthorne is a very nice, personable and noncombative person...”
“What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he's around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red, pointy tail. No. I'm semi-serious here. He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation and he will never do an evil thing... he will just bit by little bit lower standards where they are important. Just coax along flash over substance... Just a tiny bit. And he will talk about all of us really being salesmen. And he'll get all the great women.” - Albert Brooks in Broadcast News.
I’m curious why likability is suddenly such an asset. If I want to get a job done I look at professionalism first. Some of the best officers and civilians I’ve worked with were cast iron sons of bitches, but when it came to doing the job they were heads up team players, took ownership of their piece of it and performed. Of course, some were just jerks and got nowhere. I would think for the EPA job you would want a real tenacious hard headed bastard in there to enforce the laws and regulations.
I know there are problems with the Republican party, but where the hell did this touchy-feely crap come from?
posted by Smedleyman at 11:39 AM on March 17, 2006
“What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he's around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red, pointy tail. No. I'm semi-serious here. He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation and he will never do an evil thing... he will just bit by little bit lower standards where they are important. Just coax along flash over substance... Just a tiny bit. And he will talk about all of us really being salesmen. And he'll get all the great women.” - Albert Brooks in Broadcast News.
I’m curious why likability is suddenly such an asset. If I want to get a job done I look at professionalism first. Some of the best officers and civilians I’ve worked with were cast iron sons of bitches, but when it came to doing the job they were heads up team players, took ownership of their piece of it and performed. Of course, some were just jerks and got nowhere. I would think for the EPA job you would want a real tenacious hard headed bastard in there to enforce the laws and regulations.
I know there are problems with the Republican party, but where the hell did this touchy-feely crap come from?
posted by Smedleyman at 11:39 AM on March 17, 2006
Doesn't Kempthorne resemble the Reverend Bob Tilton?
Oh, and Idaho is very nice, despite the Republicans.
posted by joseppi7 at 12:33 PM on March 17, 2006
Oh, and Idaho is very nice, despite the Republicans.
posted by joseppi7 at 12:33 PM on March 17, 2006
"Oh, and Idaho is very nice, despite the Republicans."
Yeah, it's alright here. We're glad to be rid of Dirkie-boy, but I for one apologize that we must foist him off on the rest of you to do so...
posted by stenseng at 12:50 PM on March 17, 2006
Yeah, it's alright here. We're glad to be rid of Dirkie-boy, but I for one apologize that we must foist him off on the rest of you to do so...
posted by stenseng at 12:50 PM on March 17, 2006
Huge smokestacks pumping out filth adding to the fog, eerie mists swirling about
You mean the Steam Plant at the University? It's the only "SmokeStack" in town.
posted by Ignition at 3:23 PM on March 17, 2006
You mean the Steam Plant at the University? It's the only "SmokeStack" in town.
posted by Ignition at 3:23 PM on March 17, 2006
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