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AA it is just that there is a

Richard Day — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:36:00 +0000

In reply to Good lord, finally. It was

AA it is just that there is a confluence? of issues here.

This man is a goddamn crook. Without ideology or without moral substance or without political motive, really.

Yeah, the next one might be bad for the environment; which is the case no matter which repub is appointed.

And all I have as far as a chant in my head is:

LOCK HIM UP, LOCK HIM UP

Good lord, finally. It was

artappraiser — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:54:17 +0000

In reply to EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

Good lord, finally. It was simply incredible what he got away with before he did, day after day after day after day another revelation by the media and: crickets from Congress.Talk about feeling elite and entitled to special treatment, egads, must be a record?

Edit to add: A lot of it came from employees complaining about the demeaning stuff they had to do for him that is not in the public job descriptions! He was so outrageous it was beyond the pale, simply amazing. Exactly the kind of things that disgust almost all voters about the federal government! It was almost like he was put there to be fired as an example. But: nothing. And even now he gets to resign instead of publicly being fired. What the heck does he have over others that allowed it to go on and on?

Unfortunately, we're not

barefooted — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:28:06 +0000

In reply to It surprised me too. I

Unfortunately, we're not really gaining anything by replacing Pruitt with Wheeler:

Wheeler once served as chief of staff to Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, perhaps the most vocal denier of climate change in Congress. The senator told NBC News recently that he talks to Wheeler almost daily.

eta: I suppose he's an ethical step up (who wouldn't be?) but in the Trump administration, it's a small subtraction of a small man, at best.

It surprised me too. I

wabby — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:05:33 +0000

In reply to This really surprised me.

It surprised me too. I thought for sure he was gonna get pink-slipped. I mean, the guy was an ethical disaster, but apparently, finally able to read the writing on the wall of his sound-proof ~~toilet~~ phone booth.

This really surprised me.

Richard Day — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 23:06:00 +0000

In reply to EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns

This really surprised me.

All this means to me is that Pruitt is in a big bucket of shit right now.

That is, I bet that there are going to be some indictments coming soon. Otherwise, why did he finally leave now?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/toxic-shock-scott-pruitt-finally-resigns-from-epa?ref=home