If a fire has broken out in his basement,does Johnson ignore it? Not ring the fire brigade? A study needs to be made on the thought processes of people like Johnson.And what of the people who work under him? Are they all imbeciles? A lot of questions without any rational answers.

"Are they all imbeciles?"

either that or liars. Or both! The rule of law has flipped to the rule of subversives. Of course the first thing they will do is call us subversive and it sticks because most of our countrymen are sitting in front of the TV and have lost all sense of morality or even reality.

I'm wondering what issue (environment, continual Iraq clusterf#*@, recession, housing mess, etc, etc) will finally wake up the media-hypnotized public and call for Congress to impeach these incompetent, self-anointed, supreme court-appointed idiots before it's too late (is it too late?).

Of course, Gore would not have been any different.

Its an election year. LOOK BUSY!!!

Too bad they can't also put the heat on the secretaries of defense and state, the current and prior attorney general and the current president and vice president.

The government ignores the Supreme court. Posters claim that if the Supreme Court rules what can you do? You have to obey, they are the Supreme court. Well, look carefully at what Supreme means. It means there is no appeal, not that they deserve respect. So, instead of appealing, they ignore it. See? No respect, and they don't deserve any.

The EPA under the Bush Administration actually doing something constructive with respect to emissions? You must be joking.....unfortunately. :)

What difference does it make if this clown stays or goes? I'm sure they've got another "huckuva jobber" waiting in the wings- just look at the suppossedly soooooo independent M. Mukasy.

This is stating the obvious, but the Dubya regime will go down in American history as the most venal and corrupt, exceeding the sleaze produced by the administrations of Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, & Richard Nixon (all Republican, btw). This disgraceful episode is merely another support for the thesis postulated.

My oh my. don't hold your breath for Amircn "history" to label G.W. anything but a hero who stood-up for what he believed in and fought terrorism. Yes my friends, the Texas State board of education virtually writes our history books due to its purchasing power and it won't be any kinder to black and brown people than it has in the past, Columbus will still be a brave Sea farer who had a crew that shook in their boots waiting to fall off the edge of the earth ( of course Columbus was nothing more than a slave trader) but it will write Mr Bush as the "man of the century".

The ideological hatred of the environment and environmentalists evidenced in the behaviors of Stephen Johnson is a sickness that goes beyond politics.

That is the modus operandi of this misadministraion...put a guy who is pro oil in charge of the environment, put a guy who favours media monopoly in charge of media stewardship, put a human disaster in charge of disaster relief, put pinheaded bulldogs in charge of diplomacy, put functioning retards in charge of education, put theives in charge of the money, put addicts in charge of the DEA, criminals in charge of the FBI, traitors in charge of the CIA, pur religious wingnuts in charge of science, and the criminally insane in the supreme court

then as the whole country goes to hell, grab all the money you can and run like hell to Paraquay.

Ahh, a true conservative government, of, by, and for the wealthy. States rights? Screw 'em. Fiscal prudence? Drown the government in debt. Constitutional law? F the Fourth Amendment. Entanglement in overseas wars? Let's do some nation building.
Since Ronnie Raygun (Clinton included-he was a hell of a republicrat)--that is what we've had. All lies, all the time. The right wing suckers just eat it up! Wave the flag, rubes! And kiss your jobs goodbye!

The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer. Obama (or Hillary) as president (and maybe more moderate republicans like Arlen Specter again influencing the GOP).

Hope it works.

The head of the EPA is just another example of the Bush/Cheney (& further, the authoritarian branch of the conservatives) doctrine of "if you can't eliminate government oversight of industry, appoint someone incompetent, or with blatant conflicts of interest." In this way, they dismantle everything good that our government does, make the populace cynical, and in their own sad way "shrink" all parts of the government except for those dealing with the war machine. We need protection from predatory corporations just as much as we do from predatory terrorists (I would argue MORE protection - called oversight).

Some unknown intuition made me read The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich as Georgie boy made ready his invasion of Iraq. It was all there. The purposeful perversion of the national civil government. The ability to frighten all adversaries into playing the part they'd weakly backed in to. The exploitation of a large professional military class through duty and honor to enact a disastrous policy. This last fact is an ultimate truth, because in less than two decades the Thousand Year Reich lay in smoking ruins, and German identity has a historical blot not yet forgotten or completely forgiven.

We can see it, both over our shoulders and in the mirror, but cah we renounce it and avoid it?

And of course, the Dems will pick another conservative EPA chief.

Doom n Gloom's observation about a deeper sickeness is right on. I'd only add that the Bush crowd's sickness infects all their perceptions about life - not just environmental.

And speaking of crowds: I happened to be in Missoula Montana yesterday, where Obama addressed an explosive crowd of about 9000 people. Compared to Washington state, most Montananas are conservative, so the almost frenzied reception of Obama's progressive message in Missoula suprised me. More proof, I guess that even cautious folks are totally fed up.

But I still came away wondering: if this guy's elected, will he really come thru on his promises? How can he, unless he starts getting a lot more specific; telling more uncomfortable truths, challenging the oligarchy head-on, and building a conscious People's movement for real change?

Adoring crowds desperately cheering progressive generalities won't be enough. I hope Obama knows that.

The perverse genius of Bu$h the inferior's regime is to name a right wing nut, pre-bribed, or incompetent to every position that does the people's work. They even managed to lose their phone company spy on America's phone call and email program for a short time by failing to pay the bill on time. Patriotism does end at the bank account for neocons.

The distraction of so many target rich environments for disaster in high office has been bewildering and has advanced Bu$h the inferior's putrid agenda in a bizzaro world way.

So why doesnt Gov. Terminator and the Sate of Cali just pass their law? its not like the EPA can stop them. just send johnson and bush a short letter if they complain: "So?"

it works both ways.

Then if Ford et al. do not comply with the regs,the State of Cali will not issue a license plate. thus making the new cars un-sellable.

Ford et al. would have all of that technology that they use currently for EU-destined cars on the NAFTA lines by tuesday of next week.

Once upon a time, I thought Bush must have known about 9/11 in advance; otherwise how could he sit there, vacant looking doing nothing, after being told.

Now that I've seen his reactions to, Katrina, Global Warming, Financial Crisis, etc. I really think he's simply and truly vacant.

Is that grounds for impeachment?

THE DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT ANY OF THIS FRIVOLOUS TALK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT!

just sit tight out there,until the great man leaves office say the most rabid amongst us. But the decider has a few more great things to do? Just think of all the good he can accomplish? Just think of all the great people he is surrounded with, the director of the EPA for example under the direction of Cheney, what a team!. Ws tenure of protecting the business interests is almost over, why spoil a good thing? And the decider give him a chance the country is not completely buried he has to finish the job before leaving office.

Who knows what will rise from the ashes?