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Dearest Beanies, with our country headed full steam into a Presidential election, we know that ideas, results, and accountability inevitably give way to oversimplified rhetoric, divisiveness, and vitriol. Lucky for you, we majored in those three things. Say hello to IK. She’s our girl on K Street, the vaunted DC thoroughfare where the interests are special and the action is real.
There are less than 100 days until the election! We know you’re informed—or so says The Reasoning Voter—but just in case you aren’t, I’m here to politicize your untarnished, un-corrupt souls, and hey, maybe you’ll become a bit more like Ted Stevens. Shall we?
Tragically, not even the EPA is clean. After four years in court, a judge has finally ruled that these protectors of our environment have been found guilty of not protecting the environment because they haven’t been enforcing the Clean Water Act in the Everglades. Hey, didn’t they come up with that act? We’d ask them about it, except they’ve been giving us the silent treatment, which conveniently began after Congress started asking about global warming.
Kind of like John Edwards, who lurked in a hotel bathroom for about an hour to avoid reporters pestering him about an alleged affair and love child. Dude, give it up. Even though you’re not listed on the birth certificate, there’s no way you’re getting Barack’s VP nod at this point. Tim Kaine might though.
Good news for The Pentagon, which burns the most gas in the nation: gas prices are on the way down. Bad news for the rest of us: The Pentagon has been polluting the environment with perchlorate, a byproduct of rocket fuel. So far only California and Massachusetts regulate the pollutant in the water supply and the EPA won’t do anything do anything about it on the federal level. Somehow that isn’t surprising.
There’s a lot of talk, but Congress isn’t planning on any comprehensive energy legislation until next year. There needs to be a vote on offshore drilling before the end of September though, or else it’ll disappear on its own and states will be able to decide for themselves whether they want to drill.
Finally, John McCain’s been trying to figure out a way to make Barack Obama disappear…by pointing out that everyone likes him. The latest ad (see above) from the McCain camp compares Barack to Paris and Britney, saying that he’s the biggest celeb in the world. Oh please, like one of Barack’s ads could ever beat out Paris.
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