"Sanctuary"?!? How About Sanctuary From Stupid Frankfort Bills?
I've discovered a new effect of coal. It makes people lose their mind.
How else can you explain the latest WTF moment from Frankfort, where a bill has passed out of committee to make Kentucky a "sanctuary state." Hmm ... sanctuary from torture? Nope. Sanctuary from guns and war? Of course not. Our esteemed leges want us to have sanctuary from ... the EPA.
Brandon Smith (R-DeadStreams) moved the bill through the Natural Resources and Energy Committee on Thursday. I'm glad to learn that the purpose of the Natural Resources committee is to destroy all our natural resources, and protect their destroyers.
Meanwhile, back at the funny farm, Jim Gooooooch (D-ButNotReally) got a bill out of the House Committee to Destroy Natural Resources that said that coal mined and sold in Kentucky didn't fall under the purview of the Federal government. Wow -- Federal laws don't apply within Kentucky? Who knew?
The only sane voice in this kabuki dance of stupidity was Tom Fitzgerald, who warned that shooting the EPA the finger could backfire, resulting in both loss of Federal funding and greater scrutiny from the EPA, not less.
The problem with that argument, Fitz, is that it uses logic. And logic is in short supply in the two Committees to Destroy Natural Resources.
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 6:58AM
Reader Comments (1)
Not surprising. Sadly I Love Mountains Day didn't do a thing this year, just makes them worse. Sometimes I think moving to KY was a bad move. We are run by some real snake charmers.