Republican Senator makes retaliatory investigations

Post by **Relbeek Einre** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:01 am

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... -headlines

The story is this. Sen. Inhofe of Oklahoma chairs an environmental committee. The director of two environmental groups told the committee that the Clear Skies initiative (widely derided as the worst misnomer of a bill title in the Bush Administration's history) was a load of crap. Inhofe replied by directing the director to cough up documents related to its NPO status. The director - and some Democrats - are saying the obvious - that this is a misuse of Inhofe's power with the attempt to intimidate.

The punchline? This director is a Republican too.

Akhbarali · Post by **Akhbarali** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:09 am

>>>>"It has nothing to do with 'Clear Skies,' " he said. "If we wanted to intimidate them, we would have done it before they testified, not after.">>>>>>>

Priceless quote. Maybe someone should have asked if they were retaliating as oppossed to intimidating.

I really don't see what is so intimidating about the request personally. If they are what they have represented themselves to be (which seems likely) they should turn over the documents and be done with the matter.

Akhbar

Post by **Relbeek Einre** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:13 am

Because it's -always- easy to make hay over detailed information about an NPO.

Embar Angylwrath · Post by **Embar Angylwrath** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:46 am

I'll give you this.... as it stands, the Clear Skies inititative is a bunch of hooey. It's an overall relaxation of pollution standards.

SicTimMitchell · Post by **SicTimMitchell** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:12 am

as it stands, the Clear Skies inititative is a bunch of hooey. It's an overall relaxation of pollution standards.

See also: "Patriot Act."

Double plus good!

Zyllen · Post by **Zyllen** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 2:47 pm

What a fucking tool.

I hope they come out squeaky clean so they can rub it in the smug SOB's face.

vaulos · Post by **vaulos** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:44 pm

The Senator from Oklahoma seems to be the wrong person to be making such a request. And it does seem fairly retributive. However...why the hell isn't NPO documentation published yearly? Certainly if a group is claiming the status...they should have to prove they deserve it to the public!

Partha · Post by **Partha** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:12 pm

Membership lists are the key. After all, they must keep their lists of 'dissidents' updated.

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