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never mind, I'm not sure about this (Original Post) Enrique Jan 2012 OP
Fiction or not... Skinner Jan 2012 #1
what is it with Obama and GOP spill myths? Enrique Jan 2012 #2
Yup... no possible downside to increasing the credibility of RW liars. cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #3
and disrespecting his own subordinates Enrique Jan 2012 #5
If they were to regulate land that ponds during heavy rains... LiberalFighter Jan 2012 #6
I heard dry sarcasm when he talked about it. DevonRex Jan 2012 #4

Skinner

(63,645 posts)
1. Fiction or not...
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:42 PM
Jan 2012

...President Obama effectively cast himself as the slayer of stupid regulations. Which will come in handy when he fights to keep good regulations.

I guess it's a bonus that he didn't have to end any actual regulations to do it.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
2. what is it with Obama and GOP spill myths?
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:49 PM
Jan 2012

the people who said this whopper: some of the worst Republicans, plus Barack Obama.

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Enrique

(27,461 posts)
5. and disrespecting his own subordinates
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:04 PM
Jan 2012

Lisa Jackson, and also Tom Vilsack:

http://blogs.usda.gov/2011/08/19/separating-fact-from-fiction-on-obama-administration%E2%80%99s-farm-policies/#more-34999

Sadly, rumors and misconceptions have become the norm, not the exception, especially when it comes to regulations and the Obama administration’s work on agriculture. First, it was that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was considering treating spilled milk like an oil spill. Not true. In terms of water regulations, EPA has made it clear that recent rules do not seek to regulate land that occasionally ponds during heavy rains.




LiberalFighter

(50,895 posts)
6. If they were to regulate land that ponds during heavy rains...
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:26 PM
Jan 2012

They would be spending a lot of time in my neighbor's 1/3 acre backyard behind my property.

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
4. I heard dry sarcasm when he talked about it.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:02 PM
Jan 2012

For those of us with some common sense. For the others, well now they know he's against stupid regulations. As we all are. We are for good regulations.

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