EPA and the White House Wash Their Hands of the ‘Crucifixion’ Mess [UPDATED]

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  April 29th at 08:00 AM  | 

UPDATE 4/30/2012 via Fox News: Top EPA official resigns after ‘crucify’ comment A top EPA official has resigned after coming under scrutiny for 2010 remarks in which he compared the agency’s enforcement strategy to Roman crucifixion. Al Armendariz, the top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region, resigned in a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Sunday, saying he did not want | Read More »

The Way Things Are Going, They’re Gonna Crucify Me.

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  April 26th at 02:30 PM  | 

Apologies to John Lennon. Concept by Al Armendariz, Administrator of EPA Region VI. Repair Man Jack posted the video with analysis here. No apology is necessary, Mr. Armendariz. In a perverse way, your comments reveal the tactics of your agency, and more importantly, the philosophy which motivates Mr. Obama’s entire Administration. It also speaks of the arrogance of a government that thinks its citizens are | Read More »