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This really chaps my hide. The EPA is saying California can’t regulate it’s own tailpipe emissions from automobiles. It makes some sense from a certain perspective that a state could be overruled on something like medical marijuana use (i.e. protecting all citizens by establishing nationwide standards). It makes absolutely no sense how a state protecting it’s own citizen’s more than the national standard should or can be overruled. If the national standard for marijuana use was to allow it only for treating chronic pain, it would be perfectly acceptable for California to ban marijuana completely. A real example is Illinois’s maximum speed limit of 65 mph when the national limit is 75 mph.

Ok, I’m playing stupid. It makes perfect sense if you are concerned more about corporate profits than your own citizens’ well being. This decision by the EPA was either made by corporate sycophants that Bush already strategically placed in the EPA, or Bush directly told the EPA to overrule California. Either way, the EPA has clearly overstepped it’s power. Let’s hope the courts can quickly free California’s hands from this ridiculous and unprecedented restriction. If not, it will be up to the citizens to raise hell with their congresspeople.

Actually, it wouldn’t hurt to raise hell right now. Excuse me while I go send some emails…

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