Eco-spin on the rampage

Last week the US Supreme Court issued a new ruling that supposedly was a setback to the Bush Imperium.

At stake was whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate vehicle emissions under the Clean Air Act and whether or not they can stand aside and not do it. Confusing, I know, but part 2 was something that the Imperium wanted for their “friends”.

The Supreme Court pretty much said that, yes, the EPA CAN regulate vehicle emissions, and that, no, they CANNOT sidestep their responsibility unless they can prove the danger wasn't there.

Now what amazes me is the level of spin involved on this. Spin 1 was that the Supreme Court was siding with eco-nuts & "global climate change". Spin 2 was that this was all a "setback" to the Imperium.

The horsecrap meter is in the serious red-zone here, guys.

First, the Supreme Court DID NOT rule for "global climate change" or for the eco-nuts. They ruled on the side of GOVERNMENT CONTROL! You have a government agency set up by Congress and enacted by the White House, and ordered to act based on specific LAWS as passed by Congress and signed by the President. THAT is what the Supreme Court ruled for. They said that there's a government agency and a law in place and you cannot violate these things!

Second, this is not a setback to the Imperium! The Imperium IS the GOVERNMENT! All the Supreme Court said was that the Imperium CANNOT avoid doing their jobs. Either obey the law or change the law but that's it! And this is EXACTLY what the Imperium wants to hear because there are a couple of OTHER laws that they have, in the past, not tried to enforce. But now that the Supremes ruled in this case, the Imperium can use that as the justification to rigidly enforce OTHER laws!

The level of sheer ignorance just astonishes me! Come on people! The White House has plenty of shysters on their team! You don’t think they wouldn’t be told what kind of ruling to expect?