Boxer to EPA Admin.: "I've Never Seen Anything Like It"

[Dewdaahman]

"..the air is safe to breathe.." fool me once..

[Neosaigo]

When you have enough money, bullshit logic, and a dumb enough population, you can turn anything into a hoax.

I await the day where people start saying micro-organism is a hoax or gravity is a hoax.

[YOUSOBUSTED]

ms. boxer should have to vote for it, before she can find out whats in it. Now she should be really, really mad, since the epa now has the power to regulate fucking CO2 with no oversight and no accountability

[sbkarmen]

"the greatest government in the world" please show me proof! I own a business employee 4 people and don't have health care, becuase all my customers are broke too. I can't finance crap becuase my old health care insurance provider doesn't want to make payments on my medical bills, so now my credit is screwed. I don't have a state pension or insurance I guess I will be 80 years old working at McDonalds full time just to make it! I love America can't wait until there is a revolution!

[KozaFrank]

Sen. Boxer concerned over a waiver? For California, a state which is essentially broke, yet runs a huge state-level EPA organization which traditionally promulgates much stricter regulations than federal EPA? The same state where UCLA recently fired Dr James Enstrom over which appears to be controversy over the CA Air Resources Board trying to push oppressive regulation on truckers based on Hien Tran's research (a CARB staffer who lied about his PhD). This isn't funny. It's out of control!

[The4LA2Baker0]

"The greatest government in the world"

BWAHahahahahahahaaahaha!

[freakylocz14]

I'm voting for Carly but I agree with Barb on this though they should be more efficient.

[marine919]

EPA didn't fail to do anything you little troll.This November Carly Fiorina will clean her clock.

[marcostar57]

@marine919 Yea..vote for Fiorina and you'll get more EPA disfunction & negligence -- but since that's what you like & you want corporatists & corporatism that's OK with you. And take a deep breath of those (more) toxins & pollutants in the CA air..

[RedTulie1]

Hmmm, this is one colossal LIAR calling another the same. Do everyone a favor, boxer, and find another job where you cannot endanger the American people.

[marcostar57]

@RedTulie1 Corporatist polluter apologist/troll!

[asumazilla]

It's not a way to run any government, the size has nothing to do with it.

[gombis666]

I've never seen anything like Boxer. Talk about disrespect. She's a total hack cunt and I can't wait for her to be ousted from her bully pulpit. Buh-bye.

[mommar35]

You tell me Barbara.What exactly has congress done to deserve any respect.You all are a bunch of over-educated loud mouths that given circumstances,couldnt hold a job at mcdonalds

[MrFoshobro]

Its going to take voting boxer out of office to tame her ego - hopefully Californians see through this and make the right vote

[AngellicalGirl]

@MrFoshobro,

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Here's the right vote!

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You want real change, vote for Larry Naritelli for Governor, a Tea Party favorite. Another favorite is John Eastman as Attorney General, to replace Jerry Brown. And Chuck DeVore to replace Senator Barbara Boxer. Now is the time to vote for real change in California!

[newbutton7]

This douche is on her way out of office and is so arrogant she doesn't even know it

[weallknowitstrue]

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[Original007]

I bet those documents looked a lot like your unbalanced Congressional checkbook with all of your bounced checks, right Senator Boxer?

[stillhuman]

hahaha. kick california off the map? do you understand what that would do to the economy?!

[Pejamusmaximus]

I really need to stop getting drunk and writing comments...

[mtrochesset]

I wish to inform you ignorant, stupid Democrats that you lack of understanding truth shall and will finish you in 2010.

[MiamiIndianTribe]

yah finish them like you did the last three years. Cunt

[totallyasimpsonjunki]

what a cunt.

[ReduceGHGs]

THANK YOU BARBARA!

Its just another example of how the w/cheney admin was run at the behest of their corporate sponsors. What a sham. They were willing to degrade our future generations' habitat to keep energy companies happy. They were willing to kill hundreds of thousands in Iraq and lie to the American people about it for the sake of their crusade.

Good thing times have changed. No we can get to work reversing their regressive policies. Go get up Barb!

[ASentinel2]

YOu believe in global warming right?

Tree hugging liberal communist dope smoking californian I bet....

You know the other 49 states are being asked to pay for your gay fucking mistakes out there? YOu suck !!

I can't wait till your big earthquake !!!

NO way we can provide enough first aid, fire fighters, or medical care to all you dumb californians that will burn in your cities when it hits....

I can't wait...got a blank DVD ready to record... Wolf Blitzer will bring it to us!!

[ReduceGHGs]

hugging liberal commie? LOL!

Try to come up with something less juvenile.

If you don't care about the health of future generations well maybe you have a point. Too bad it's on top of your head.

[ColinKellybanana]

You have a problem...

[Adammmm124]

@ReduceGHGs how many iraqi's died because of Economic Sanctions?

[ReduceGHGs]

Economic Sanctions?

w/cheney are the cause of the hundreds of thousands that died in Iraq. They should be tried as war criminals. Of course the root of many of these problems around the world is our dependence on oil.

Read this recent book.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

[ianxxscott]

Not just about oil though. War is very profitable and a nice military base in the middle east would be very handy for controlling more of the world. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! Please share as much as possible - information is power!

[ReduceGHGs]

Yep, there have been many that have done well at the expense of hundreds of thousands. High time we end the conflicts AND our dependence on oil that caused the US to be there in the first place.

The head of the EPA was a bush admin appointee who catered to the energy companies. Read about the EPA's concerns about global warming that were edited by the White House. There were many other "tricks" they pulled to deceive the public.

Another good book.

Crimes Against Nature by RFK Jr.

[DobeDobyDo]

5 and a half hours to transcribe 46 pages is not at all unreasonable. Why is she going on and on like a broken record? She's a crook. Yeah Boxer use military jets for your family vacation while screaming that CEOs should not have corp jets. Then bash the people for not covering up your tracks. Screw you Boxer. This is America not your own personal country to exploit. Entitlement gone wrong.

[THEMASTEROFYOU2000]

well the wqhole point is, her commitee is investigating why california did not get granted the exemption from the global warming rules her and the rest of the cali nut-jobs made into law, if it is such imprtance, why do they need an exemption?.how funny is that

[ReduceGHGs]

Calif needed the exemption to to establish standards that were TOUGHER than the federal standards. THAT'S how importantant they feel the global warming crisis is.

Google...

EPA grants California emissions waiver, clears route for tougher auto standards

Now with w/cheney gone they are better able to reduce their emissions.

[Caty25cat]

Go Barbara Boxer put those assholes in their place!!That is real courage to s[eak against those Gangsters

[brown2828]

yes!!! U go boxer, good job on setting the record straight!!!! She's cute too, chk out her hair!!

[Hangtime96]

Sen. Boxer ..... your a Tradtor to the people of California and the United States of America . I am ASHAMED OF YOU .

[GrowYourBush]

I'll never buy an American car. shit product

[Adammmm124]

@GrowYourBush yeah because of the UAW!!

[commando7144]

rumsfeild announces 2 trillion missing from cia the day before 911 didnt building 7 have something to do with that also?

[wywyfunkmasta]

First off fuck any republicans who are too brainwashed to see any truth besides what those stupid fucking corporate media pigs tell them and second bighitters a dumb ass because he obviously doesnt know shit by what he said. And lastly why isnt every american pissed the fuck off? we are MODERN DAY WAGE SLAVES and only we the people can change that. Fuck these politicians who cant solve problems, only find ways around them. Make a fucking difference wherever you live god damn im sick of this shit

[prismacolor28]

Wake up and grow up: Carbon credits are the equivallent of playing with monopoly money. Boxer is a traitor. She's just another alimony-rich housewife who treats her job as a hobby; instead of addressing *real* economic problems in California. This state is in decline because of people like her, choking us all to death with regulations based on NOTHING other than rampant greed and meglomania. Vote her out.

[CalBears7]

Actually, she was a stock broker before she became a member of congress. And typically regulations are there to temper greed, not incite it. Think before you type.

[jarofsoup]

The carter administration was going to reduce emissions by 10 percent in the US but then Bush raised them 16 percent. Executive does not have the final word, maybe in a dictatorship.

[Buckeyefan2011]

Another thing any state should not exert power by supporting the Kyoto Treaty and controlling pollution standards. If they try to do it, then they should be fined or have their Congressional positions revoked until they withdrawl support on the Kyoto Treaty or pollution standards. The Executive Branch is the final word.

[aliesneo]

say what?

[jarofsoup]

You cannot revoke congressional positions-they represent california's residents positions on emissions. If you take away there ability to sign a treaty which a majority of the population of california citizens support and are also the largest economy in the US it is not legal to limit the power of the states.

[Buckeyefan2011]

Who cares? If Congress and the government is doing this, we should do it too and if anyone checks you red handed, tell them this: Congress and the government gets away with it.

[Visfen]

I feel so sad watching the US from the outside. You impeached a guy for getting a blowjob and this latest addition to the 52 already major scandals under Bush gets him nothing? What the fuck is wrong with you people. Don't you fucking care?

[Emerhead]

He was impeached for lying to a grand jury, nitwit.

[Visfen]

So lying to a jury, which was actually more of a misunderstanding about the definition of sex, is that more terrible than the patriot act? wire tapping? habeus corpus? government officials ties to exxon? the EPA scandal?

[bighitter42]

500,000 dead Iraqis are on Clinton's hands. You really trying to defend that guy?

[slotjockey34]

Come on, learn to spell. It's B-U-S-H, not "Clinton."

[bighitter42]

Learn your history. watch?v=2irN1G5HiRo

It was clearly admitted by Madeleine Albright as well. watch?v=FbIX1CP9qr4

Bush has been tragic for our liberty and Iraqi lives...but don't let your party's own hubris blind you as to our history in the region.

[greyflcn]

Last I checked, nobody died because Clinton got a blowjob.

[thorro21]

Sounds like republican humor. Watch them pull all the tape off the documents. I heard nothing being wrong with the documents.

[splashy9]

That is what happens when religious right nutcakes are appointed by the worst president ever to run agencies they don't believe in.

We will see this kind of thing over and over until we get RID of these people who want to contribute to criminal activity as much as possible, without any thought as to who they hurt or what damage to the environment they do.

[bushondrugs]

Impeach already! How much worse does it need to get?!

[ikekll]

The title of this video is "Boxer to EPA Admin.: "I've Never Seen Anything Like It":

Hey, this is nothing compared to the absolutely tragic of this---LOOK at it! I mean REALLY, really look and tell me-WHY are these men still in power!

watch 9/11 Pentagon Attack: A Closer Look

watch?v=lsWZHKIg3Cs

WHY are we STILL talking impeachment????

WHAT is the problem with our reps? What's it going to take?

[UTBESUX]

Bush gave jobs to people from EXXON they came into the EPA with an agenda. They weren't even qualified for the jobs! They would WRITE laws while Americans were sleeping and then they would leave that job and go back to work for EXXON again! Bush is the biggest traitor to America!

[RedTulie1]

@UTBESUX Yes, he was but nobama has him beat, hands down. They're all republiturds and democraps.

[bodah44]

now its "the greatest govermentin the world" as well as country give me a break! for gods sake has america ever heard of the word HUBRIS because it should be written on every dollar bill, get opver yoursleves and sort your country out!

[j0hnwi11iams]

Senator Boxer ROCKS. Scumbags in the administration want to fuck you in the dark.

[aitraining]

Hey - I'm republican and I'd fuck her with bright lights on everywhere! She must have been such a hottie in her day. Still a sexy old lady now.

[bighitter42]

I can sympathize with that, but I'd have to call her "Dumb hippie liberal douche #3."

[vallejoelgrande]

This is damn shame. The policies of arrogance and disregard for the people and their represntatives continue unabated. When are the Democrats going to do more than whine?

[6k2]

That has to be the funniest things i've ever seen.

If somebody gave me a document with all that crap attacked to it they would be either fired or made to eat all the tape in public.

[busherbee]

enuff indignant disdain, it's time for action, it's clobbering time

[getplaning]

When the Environmental Protection Agency issued proposed changes to air pollution rules Jan. 30,2004, the wording was identical to or closely resembled a Sept. 4, 2003, proposal given to the Bush administration by Latham & Watkins, a law firm that represents utility companies. Bush has appointed lobbyists from industry to oversee those same industries in a very corporate friendly manner. It's a fucking kleptocracy.

[mfyyre]

It would be great if these senators would actually take some disciplinary action against these people! :D

...sigh

[immanent]

So, the IPCC, funded by billions of tax dollars to promote global warming as "settled science," and a creation of the U.N., a well known puppet organization of global monied interests, says its definitive, and we believe them outright? They want to tax us further, so they can subsidize more worthless alternatives like ethanol, steal a little in the process, and keep forcing developing 3rd world countries into abject poverty and debt.

Hook. Line. Sinker.

[bzemky]

So they are promoting this research so that they can continue to be funded? I suppose you could make this argument about all the research. I think it is more likely that the few scientists that disagree with the findings and that are funded by the oil industry are more likely to be corrupt.

[j0hnwi11iams]

Classical Denier. If you were to follow the money, it would come from the OIL industry. But, instead, why don't you try following the MATH?

[AdamJBernier]

It also looks like a waste of paper, plastic, and glue. Seems fitting for the EPA.

[checked08]

What was it? 147 million for paper shredding budget?

[intarwebzz]

"the greatest government in the world"--wow, that's a tough sell if i've heard one.

[schmiggen]

eh, I just took that as a sort of rallying call, nothing more

[intarwebzz]

you're thinking of "the greatest country in the world" ;)

[schmiggen]

yeah, that's the more common form :P

[wiskawind]

Our gentle sister Canada has put OUR America on a "torture watch list," with Syria! Bush/Cheney have damaged our country in a way the terrorist never could; they have destroyed America's good name in the eyes of the world, and we are losing all our allies! We must demand the impeachment of Dick Cheney now; only way to kill a snake is to cut off its head!

[zackwolk]

Boxer 4 Prez

[rspawn]

So has the EPA Admin been fired yet?

[superc]

They should. They are second handedly responsible for the increasing number of cancer and lung disease patients in NY.

[ikekll]

The last poster says impeaching would be "impractical." Blah, blah, blah...it's not like we're talking about men who got blowjobs and then lied. We're talking about 2 CRIMINALS who have committed horrific crimes! Of course who can prove anything when there's NO essential access to DOCUMENTS. So, impeachment is not the issue, imprisonment IS.

[ikekll]

For anyone interested in listening to Waxman stating that if impeachment hearings were initiated, the democrats would risk losing in the next election. HELLO! HUH???

He also admits to not reading HR1955. TERM LIMITS for our reps please as some reps, seem to be slightly complacent.

"WeAreChangeLA confronts Rep. Henry Waxman" watch?v=wei_hJdwkxY

[ikekll]

Surprise, surprise! One issue after another, this "government" gets tighter & more secretive. SO many problems before our reps that TCB is overwhelming. A GREAT EXAMPLE IS HENRY WAXMAN admitting that he didn't read HR 1955 before signing and sending it on....it's now in the hands of JOE LIEBERMAN and company-shucks,damn, it's one wafer-thin mint away from becoming law. We're in deep the day it happens-Well all be detained for our extreme verbal protests of this disgusting corrupt "government."

[givebirthathome]

Yes, its funny on the Republican side, Ron Paul gets called an "appeaser" but the real dangerous appeasers here have been most of the Congress, and its the Bush administration they've been appeasing.

[Gilliatt83]

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency. yah right

[theone23ord]

"Poisen thier air, water, and food."

[Bolgernow]

What do you expect with Russ Cargill running the EPA?

[holdingcompany]

It does not befit us. No, it does not. It befits the Bush Administration, though, because they are monkeys that like this sort of thing.

[moejardines]

"This isn't national security!" No, its not Babs, but this isn't a legit gov't anymore now is it? Bush will be gone soon, and then we'll really be wading through muck trying to figure out the depth of the dammage to everything from intelligence to the environment.

[snarkwaupaca]

You don't think there is going to be a shredding festival yein DC next December when we are all thinking about SantyClaws and President Billary. Do you think the Clintons will be honest and transparent. HA!

[alnewberry]

Now that is a funny idea. Thanks.

[takotheoktopus]

The Dems and the Reps are two sides of the same coin. Nothing is going to change.

[greywolf4744]

Impeach Bush, return the power he has grabbed up back to the legislative branch

[dafttool]

The EPA is a disgrace, but what can you expect? Bush has stuffed it with partisan cronies and corporate lobbyists. The Bush Administration treats science as the enemy, contorting it into a propaganda tool to justify predetermined policies of environmental abuse and neglect.

[snarkwaupaca]

It is critical to know that 6 weeks after the event I was at a meeting with monitoring staff in EPA who were expressing concern over the health effect of the "powdered" computer components, insulation, and other heavy metal laden material that had burned.

[snarkwaupaca]

Given what I said above some of those same folks who were asking the "pit" workers to put their protective masks on were told by FDNY guys "My buddy died in this building your not going to tell me what to do!" So good luck with those lung problems.

[gallomex13]

So about the 100,000th reason for Impeachment when is this going to happen?

[alnewberry]

Never. If one party calls the other on this kind of crap, they know they won't be able to get away with it when they're the ones in power.

[gallomex13]

Well they need to fucking get their shit together 'cause if A revolution begins I'm gonna be right in the front line.

[alnewberry]

With me beside you.

[Rudenewt]

Well Alnewberry neither party should get away with it. Be that as it may no one is going to get impeached, You, me and the other guy are going to continue to eat a truck load of shit, and the system will remain broken until the shooting starts. When men who'll risk all make hard decisions you get a country. Til then you get what we got now.

[takotheoktopus]

Kucinich is the only one running for president that is even talking about impeachment.

[givebirthathome]

Not true, Kucinich led on impeachment, but Paul has favored impeachment, too.

[ErnestAnastasio]

As much as they deserve impeachment, it would be so impractical. Assuming they would impeach, it would likely last for the rest of Bush's term and the American people would make them Dems pay for their charade.

[rspawn]

How can impeachment be a charade if Bush deserves impeachment?

[ErnestAnastasio]

Well if impeachment started today, it is likely that they wouldn't get Bush/Cheney out of office until the next president is inaugurated. So, there would be no palpable change since dumb and dumber will still be in office until the very end. With all the problems with the economy and the wars, this political grandstanding would be disastrous for the Democrats.

[takotheoktopus]

This just proves to me that the American political system is flawed.

[gobblegobblechew]

flawed is a nice word....I would use the word "DEAD" as in never able to return.

New motto for America

Good place to make money bad place to live

[rspawn]

I think impeachment should only be a beginning; high treason deserves a bit more than merely a slap on the wrist.

Dealing with this properly can take place after Bush's term, but the sooner it starts the better.

[crazycatfguy]

Bush should be impeached by anyone who raised their right hand and swore to protect the constitution. The problem is they would not turn over any evidence citing national security reasons and by the time that worked its way through the courts it would be too late.

[takotheoktopus]

I didn't know that. Thanks for filling me in. I have felt from the beginning that the only two candidates that truly represent their parties are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.

[RedTulie1]

@takotheoktopus Unfortunately, Kucinich has proven himself to be a huge part of the problem since.

[takotheoktopus]

@RedTulie1

Agreed. The lesser of many evils though.

[HiddenOrForbidden]

@takotheoktopus If you think Paul and Kucinich represent then you need to do more research. I think it would only be safe at this point to wipe the slate clean, jail them for treason, and sort out the details later. Only then can we begin to reclaim what is rightfully ours.

[takotheoktopus]

@HiddenOrForbidden

It's not that I need to do more research. It's that I'm limited to only 500 characters to comment with here and decided to go with the premise, if you are going to have these bastards represent you that it might as well be Dennis or Ron. I agree that a clean slate would be preferred. Problem is that representative democracy doesn't work in my opinion. Direct democracy would be better. To be honest, I'd rather get rid of the state all together.