Friday, May 11, 2012

Killing Oil

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Barack Obama has it out for the oil companies. He hates big oil. He has launched a campaign designed to destroy America's gas and oil industry, and he is stopping at nothing to accomplish his goal.

Part of Obama's agenda was revealed when the EPA compared its “philosophy of enforcement” regarding oil and gas companies to the brutal tactics employed by the ancient Roman army to intimidate its foes into submission. EPA Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz smiled when he detailed the joy with which the EPA inflicts punishment on the industries that don't fit into its web of preferred industries.

The EPA sees its enforcement efforts as an authoritarian necessity to force companies into submission. Never mind that there is no authority granted in the Constitution allowing the federal government any regulatory powers over environmental issues, or energy.

No surprise, since Obama has made it plain that to him “Big Oil” is an enemy that deserves to be beaten into submission.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

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