Wednesday, April 25, 2012

EPA Official Compares Agency Enforcement to Roman Crucifixions

A video surfaced on Wednesday showing a regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency comparing his agency’s philosophy with respect to regulation of oil and gas companies to brutal tactics employed by the ancient Roman army to intimidate its foes into submission. EPA’s “philosophy of enforcement,” said EPA’s Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz, is “kind of like how the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean: they’d go into little Turkish towns somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they’d run into, and they’d crucify them.” “That town was really easy to manage for the next few years,” Armendariz added. His comments are indicative of the “EPA’s war on fossil fuels,” claimed Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) in a news release on Wednesday. Inhofe reiterated the remarks in a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon. Armendariz’s comments, Inhofe said, “give us a rare glimpse of the Obama administration’s true agenda.” The region over which Armendariz has authority includes Inhofe’s home state of Oklahoma.

NM is also in Region VI.


Both videos are here.

1 comment:

Tick said...

Statements like ping a false echo when it comes to blaming the current administration for all the destructive guvmint agencies. Friends, this has been going on for decades in every administration.

When I was on my tools and later on the print table I worked constantly to adhere to an ever increasing number of regulations set up by agencies, not administrations. In my case EPA was number two on my list of fears...OSHA came in 1st.

I doubt anyone in the ruling admin even knew what was going on at the "crucifixion" level. They were too busy with wars and reelections.

When my fear of OSHA spread from the work place to my rare spare time at the arena I nearly gave up. http://www.sam-hane.com/sass/oshacowb.htm