re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth

As a Kentuckian who has endured (and still enduring) THE WORST WINTER on record here, I would like to cordially say, STFU and go away:

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This proposed regulation would have a negligible effect on global climate but a profoundly negative impact on countless American families already struggling…

Don’t be complicit in the administration’s attack on the middle class. Think twice before submitting a state plan—which could lock you in to federal enforcement and expose you to lawsuits—when the administration is standing on shaky legal ground and when, without your support, it won’t be able to demonstrate the capacity to carry out such political extremism.

Refusing to go along at this time with such an extreme proposed regulation would give the courts time to figure out if it is even legal, and it would give Congress more time to fight back. We’re devising strategies now to do just that.

That’s a direct quote from Mcconnell by the way.

My god, do you understand what this is about?

Between this and the Alabama gay marriage thing earlier today and whole lot else that has happened recently, we have reached a point in American history where state legislators feel that it’s PERFECTLY OK for them to pick and choose WHICH Federal Laws and regulations they want to follow.