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
GM cleanup of the Bedford Superfund site.
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.
OK this is outrageous C'mon Obama. Just how much abuse are you expecting the liberals to put up with here?
May 15th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
WTF???
how much is too much?
May 15th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Putting Mareno in charge of enforcing enviromental laws is like having Pol Pot in charge of enforcing civil rights.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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?
May 15th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
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?
May 15th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Is this kind of like hiring hackers to find the cracks in a company's IT security?
May 15th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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Nameplates, underwear, and the dog...
... "CHANGE" complete.
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May 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Uncle Ho,
Obama's reserving Pol Pot for the TORTURE investigations.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Nice to see that Obama has mastered the late Friday afternoon "dump".
May 15th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
This is not the man we elected. I want my vote back...
May 15th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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!
May 15th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Who is advising him?
Bo....
May 15th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
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
May 15th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
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.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Hoodwinked ring any bells?
Oh, the irony!
May 15th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
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.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:14 pm