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Friday, April 22, 2011

A Billy Longing for a better greener planet

The local progressives were planning on holding a rally outside Billy Long's office today, Earth Day, to stand up to him for his support of stripping the clean air act. The event ended up being canceled but I was planning on giving a speech that would go something like:

It isn't enough for Billy Long that the EPA doesn't do it's job. Billy isn't content with the fact that the EPA is run by the people they are supposed to be regulating. Billy Long will not be happy until even the threat of the Clean Air Act is gone. Why is that? Is it the principle of the thing? Is it just too much to ask industry to do as little damage as possible? I don't understand this mentality. It seems like the Billy Longs of the world think that if you are making a lot of money you can do no wrong. And if you are making a lot of money the only thing you can do is make more. I understand why the companies the EPA should be regulating  are resistant but I don't know why Mr. Long and his ilk are so invested in the profits of these companies that the rest of us should give up our atmosphere to them.

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