Sunday, May 17, 2009

A Super Polluter And A Doubter - Obama does it again!

You just have to read it yourself....this would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. I for one do not consider myself with any more than the average amount of run-of-the-mill intelligence; just an average guy. There's lots of us out there and we had this guy Obama figured out from almost the beginning. Most of us wondered what happened to the average intelligent person...it didn't take rocket science to establish just what Obama stood for. In fact he even told you during the campaign that he was going to destroy America...I guess you weren't listening very well when he talked about change. What am I talking about here? It's the response that a commenter made regarding her change of heart with the guy she loved so much...here it is here:

Spencers mom Says:

Who is this president and what has he done with our candidate who we loved, believed in and worked our asses off getting him elected?

The several weeks have been very disappointing. I'm feeling disillusioned and it's way too early in this administration for me to have so many doubts.


I suppose that I could start off by saying you should try using your brain next time instead of your ass but that would sound too insulting. But then again Spencers mom is the one that brought it up so echoing her assertions is fair game.
What Spencers mom is reflecting in her comment is an intelligence level that has affected many Americans and generally referred to as, "The Dumbing Down Of America". Once you've been dumbed down you become very disillusioned and carry around with you that self-doubting feeling. But there's hope in Spencers mom's message...she has at least recognized Obama's extortions and that's a good sign of intelligence.
Spencers mom's comment (#13) can be read following the posting below. - Norman E. Hooben
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The following cross-posted from ThinkProgress.org.

Obama Nominates Superfund Polluter Lawyer To Run DOJ Environment Division
Bedford, IN
GM cleanup of the Bedford Superfund site.
President Barack Obama has nominated a lawyer for the nation’s largest toxic polluters to run the enforcement of the nation’s environmental laws. On Tuesday, Obama “announced his intent to nominate” Ignacia S. Moreno to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division in the Department of Justice. Moreno, general counsel for that department during the Clinton administration, is now the corporate environmental counsel for General Electric, “America’s #1 Superfund Polluter“:
Number five in the Fortune 500 with revenues of $89.3 billion and earnings of $8.2 billion in 1997, General Electric has been a leader in the effort to roll back the Superfund law and stave off any requirements for full cleanup and restoration of sites they helped create.
This February, General Electric lost an eight-year battle to “prove that parts of the Superfund law are unconstitutional.” One of the 600-person DOJ environmental division’s “primary responsibilities is to enforce federal civil and criminal environmental laws such as” the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Superfund.
Before General Electric, Moreno worked as a corporate attorney at Spriggs and Hollingsworth. Moreno’s name is found in the Westlaw database as an attorney defending General Motors in another Superfund case, the GM Powertrain facility in Bedford, Indiana:
Historical uses and management of PCB containing hydraulic oils and PCB impacted materials has contaminated on-site areas as well as the sediment and floodplain soil within Bailey’s Branch and the Pleasant Run Creek watershed.
Although General Motors entered into an agreement in 2001 with the EPA to clean up the site, a number of local residents whose land has been contaminated by polychorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have sued for damages in Allgood v. GM (now Barlow v. GM), in a contentious and caustic dispute over cleanup, monitoring, and lost property values.
During the Clinton administration, Moreno was involved in another controversial case, unsuccessfully defending the Secretary of Commerce’s decision to weaken the dolphin-safe tuna standard. In Brower v. Daley, Earth Island Institute, The Humane Society of the United States, and other individuals and organizations brought suit against the United States government for actions that were “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to law,” winning their case in 2000.

107 Responses to “Obama Nominates Superfund Polluter Lawyer To Run DOJ Environment Division”


  1. EugeneDebs Says:


    OK this is outrageous C'mon Obama. Just how much abuse are you expecting the liberals to put up with here?

  2. ukeman123 Says:


    WTF???
    how much is too much?

  3. Uncle Ho Says:


    Putting Mareno in charge of enforcing enviromental laws is like having Pol Pot in charge of enforcing civil rights.

  4. Zimzone Says:


    Makes me wonder what the Republic Fascist Party of Pain will object to about this nominee.
    Too liberal?
    Too empathetic?
    Too rich?
    Answer: None of the above. They'll state, 'It's about time the President nominated someone qualified for a position.
    Mr. President, have you vetted Moreno's taxes yet?

  5. makete Says:


    Is this like "it takes a thief to catch a thief"? You gotta wonder WTF is going on with our Pres. Who is advising him?

  6. chiroptera toasterhead Says:


    Is this kind of like hiring hackers to find the cracks in a company's IT security?

  7. Max Anax junius -1 Says:


    .
    Nameplates, underwear, and the dog...
    ... "CHANGE" complete.
    .

  8. Max Anax junius -1 Says:


    Uncle Ho,
    Obama's reserving Pol Pot for the TORTURE investigations.

  9. Theres'Ant Says:


    Nice to see that Obama has mastered the late Friday afternoon "dump".

  10. nellre Says:


    This is not the man we elected. I want my vote back...

  11. OS Says:


    President Barack Obama has nominated a lawyer for the nation’s largest toxic polluters to run the enforcement of the nation’s environmental laws.
    SHOCKER!

  12. OS Says:


    Who is advising him?
    Bo....

  13. spencers mom Says:


    Who is this president and what has he done with our candidate who we loved, believed in and worked our asses off getting him elected?
    The several weeks have been very disappointing. I'm feeling disillusioned and it's way too early in this administration for me to have so many doubts.
    Kinda wishing Michelle would take over for a bit...
    PEACE

  14. KB Says:


    This is exactly the man you elected. He telegraphed a lot about himself during the campaign cycle that Obama fans just refused to see. His FISA vote was the last straw for me personally, but it was just one straw of many.

  15. OS Says:


    Hoodwinked ring any bells?
    Oh, the irony!

  16. Cappy Says:


    The best we can hope for is that Moreno is like most lawyers I've met: he's a whore for whoever he's working for at the time. (My apologies to any whores I've offended). At least he knows the ins and outs of those trying to avoid compliance.

1 comment:

Joe said...

The people who elected Barack Obama were too busy watching "American Idol" on TV to pay any attention to what was going on around them. They believed this incompetent snake oil salesman when he told everyone that he was going to make the top 5% of the rich people pay for this foolish out of control government spending spree, but guess what? If you do the math, there aren't enough rich people in this country to pay it off, so he's going to raise everyone's taxes. How do you like those apples? Oh, but never fear, Obama has the situation quite well in hand. He just sent out over 10,000 stimulus checks to dead people! That's right, dead people! One lucky man who received a check, has been dead for 34 years! what oversight, Huh? Do you think that Obama would have gotten elected if he had told everyone that he was going to waste billions and trillions of our money? I don't think so. There's a sucker born every minute, and if you were duped into voting for Obama, you've been had. Enjoy your "Change."