Saturday, January 29, 2005
Foxes Guarding the Henhouse
This article from the Aspen Times asks a good question: "If the American people are so firmly behind the environment and environmental protections, why did they re-elect Bush?"
As is typical of Bush's corporate cronyism (I defy anyone to name one Bush policy that has not been in the interest of corporations or the rich), he has filled the Environmental Protection Agency with former corporate lobbyists.
For instance, "the head of the U.S. Forest Service, Mark Rey, is a former lobbyist for the timber industry. Bush's "Healthy Forest Act," which was passed under the guise of thinning forests near populated areas to reduce risks of wildfires, is really an effort to weaken forest protection laws." So the guy protecting our forests is from the timber industry. Hmmm, even the most uncritical Fox news viewers might be able to see the problem here with the fox guarding the henhouse.
In addition, "Steven Griles, deputy secretary of the Interior Department, is a former mining industry lobbyist. " Yeah, that's just who we want overseeing the protection of our lands, a guy who is interested in making big bucks for the timber industry. Goodbye national forests.
As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., attorney for the National Resources Defense Council points out, "The polluters have been put in charge of the agencies that are supposed to protect the public from pollution."
RFK Jr Bashes Bush for 'Crimes Against Nature'
As is typical of Bush's corporate cronyism (I defy anyone to name one Bush policy that has not been in the interest of corporations or the rich), he has filled the Environmental Protection Agency with former corporate lobbyists.
For instance, "the head of the U.S. Forest Service, Mark Rey, is a former lobbyist for the timber industry. Bush's "Healthy Forest Act," which was passed under the guise of thinning forests near populated areas to reduce risks of wildfires, is really an effort to weaken forest protection laws." So the guy protecting our forests is from the timber industry. Hmmm, even the most uncritical Fox news viewers might be able to see the problem here with the fox guarding the henhouse.
In addition, "Steven Griles, deputy secretary of the Interior Department, is a former mining industry lobbyist. " Yeah, that's just who we want overseeing the protection of our lands, a guy who is interested in making big bucks for the timber industry. Goodbye national forests.
As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., attorney for the National Resources Defense Council points out, "The polluters have been put in charge of the agencies that are supposed to protect the public from pollution."
RFK Jr Bashes Bush for 'Crimes Against Nature'
