EPA Official Compares Agency Enforcement to Roman Crucifixions

cnredd · #1 (**permalink**) 04-25-2012, 05:54 PM

Every once in awhile the radicals accidentally get caught telling the truth...

The EPA doesn't have an agenda to destroy industries in favor of their pets?...

Let EPA official Al Armendariz tell you how wrong you are...

EPA Official: EPAs "philosophy" is to "crucify" and "make examples" of US energy producers - YouTube

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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.

MrLiberty · #2 (**permalink**) 04-25-2012, 08:14 PM

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Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) took to the Senate floor today to draw attention to a video of a top EPA official saying the EPA’s “philosophy” is to “crucify” and “make examples” of oil and gas companies - just as the Romans crucified random citizens in areas they conquered to ensure obedience.

Inhofe quoted a little-watched video from 2010 of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official, Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz, admitting that EPA’s “general philosophy” is to “crucify” and “make examples” of oil and gas companies.

In the video, Administrator Armendariz says:

“I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the meeting, but I’ll go ahead and tell you what I said:

“It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them.

“Then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years.”

EPA Official's 'Philosophy' On Oil Companies: 'Crucify Them' - Just As Romans Crucified Conquered Citizens | CNSNews.com

If anyone doesn't understand what obama and his administration is really up to, just watch the video. He has lined his administration with the most radfical anti business, anti American people he could find. A second term would be the end of the United States as we know it.

Manitou · #3 (**permalink**) 04-25-2012, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

If anyone doesn't understand what obama and his administration is really up to, just watch the video. He has lined his administration with the most radfical anti business, anti American people he could find. A second term would be the end of the United States as we know it.

I'm betting 100 million to a pack of monkeys that he won't get his wish.

MrLiberty · #4 (**permalink**) 04-26-2012, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Manitou

I'm betting 100 million to a pack of monkeys that he won't get his wish.

NO matter who wins in the elections come Nov. I know one thing, the American people will be the losers.

I don't trust Romney and his new found conservative values and he most likely will have to deal with a fractured Congress.

Infidel Dog · #5 (**permalink**) 04-26-2012, 12:36 PM

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“It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them.

“Then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years.”

And if anybody would like to see how that converts into EPA policy check out the sad saga of the Sacketts.

Will the Supreme Court stop the EPA? Hot Air

AzMike · #6 (**permalink**) 04-26-2012, 07:17 PM

Sadly for this to be true the EPA would have to posses the power of the Roman army of the time. And they apparently believe they do.

MrLiberty · #7 (**permalink**) 04-30-2012, 01:38 PM

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