The people of Florida have been standing up to oil industry pressure for decades. While their neighboring coastal states have approved off-shore drilling, in hopes creating jobs, and filling their coffers, the people of Florida have stood strong, opting to forgo immediate financial gratification, and instead safeguard their shoreline and wetlands for future generations. Of […]
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Paying the environmental price for the fuck-ups of other states
Posted in Environment, Michigan Also tagged ammonia, BP, censorship, Deepwater Horizon, Florida, Lake Michigan, Louisiana, off-shore drilling, oil slick, sludge, Whiting 8 Comments
Hypocrisy Watch: Mark Souder edition
Eight-term Republican congressman from Indiana, Mark Souder, announced today that he’d be resigning his office come Friday. Saying that he had, “sinned against God,” the family values-preaching, evangelical Christian, father of three, cited “the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C.,” for his decision. Of course, he neglected to mention that he, as one who had aggressively […]
Posted in Observations, Politics, sex Also tagged abstinence, abstinence-only education, asshole Republicans, Bill Clinton, blowjobs, cheating, evangelical, family values, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Mark Foley, Mark Souder, Monica Lewinsky, Strom Thurman, Tracy Jackson, traditional marriage 15 Comments