EPA Official's "Philosophy" on Oil Companies: "Crucify Them" - Just as Romans Crucified Conquered Citizens

[WallyWeaver]

EPA Official's "Philosophy" on Oil Companies: "Crucify Them" - Just as Romans Crucified Conquered Citizens

By Craig BannisterApril 25, 2012

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) took to the Senate floor today to draw attention to a video of a top EPA official saying the EPA’s “philosophy” is to “crucify” and “make examples” of oil and gas companies - just as the Romans crucified random citizens in areas they conquered to ensure obedience.

Inhofe quoted a little-watched video from 2010 of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official, Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz, admitting that EPA’s “general philosophy” is to “crucify” and “make examples” of oil and gas companies.

In the video, Administrator Armendariz says:

“I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the meeting, but I’ll go ahead and tell you what I said:

“It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them.

“Then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years.”

“It’s a deterrent factor,” Armendariz said, explaining that the EPA is following the Romans’ philosophy for subjugating conquered villages.

Soon after Armendariz touted the EPA’s “philosophy,” the EPA began smear campaigns against natural gas producers, Inhofe’s office noted in advance of today’s Senate speech:

“Not long after Administrator Armendariz made these comments in 2010, EPA targeted US natural gas producers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming.

“In all three of these cases, EPA initially made headline-grabbing statements either insinuating or proclaiming outright that the use of hydraulic fracturing by American energy producers was the cause of water contamination, but in each case their comments were premature at best – and despite their most valiant efforts, they have been unable to find any sound scientific evidence to make this link.”

In his Senate speech, Sen. Inhofe said the video provides Americans with “a glimpse of the Obama administration’s true agenda.”

That agenda, Inhofe said, is to “incite fear” in the public with unsubstantiated claims and “intimidate” oil and gas companies with threats of unjustified fines and penalties – then, quietly backtrack once the public’s perception has been firmly jaded against oil and natural gas.

Link: http://cnsnews.com/b...omans-crucified

[cris]

So....If an oil company wanted to make the current administration

look ineffectual and stupid, they might sell their refined product to

China & India

Gasoline in this country is high in price because of supply & demand.

there is just enough supply left here after selling to these other countries,

to cause the price to rise

O'blah has been rightly blamed for this IMO, because of his stance on

drilling. All coastlines are closed except for LA.

But, is it really the oil companies figuratively flipping the bird at the

EPA & the current Administration?

Maybe I only have this feeling, because its what I would do

[txcountryman]

The EPA weds to be torn apart. They are a waste of money space and time. Here in Texas we have the railroad commission to regulate drilling. As for fracturing it is done well below the water zone that is does not affect ground water. Rigs drill to below the water table of that area then run a casing in the ground and cement it. Then they drill down even farther to the payzone and do a directional well into it which in this area is over a mile underground. Then they run casing and cement again. Our water table in this area is a MILE above where fracturing takes place so to blame it on fracing is rediculous

[WallyWeaver]

The EPA weds to be torn apart. They are a waste of money space and time. Here in Texas we have the railroad commission to regulate drilling. As for fracturing it is done well below the water zone that is does not affect ground water. Rigs drill to below the water table of that area then run a casing in the ground and cement it. Then they drill down even farther to the payzone and do a directional well into it which in this area is over a mile underground. Then they run casing and cement again. Our water table in this area is a MILE above where fracturing takes place so to blame it on fracing is rediculous

Well said tx. +1

I find it interesting that a majority, if not all, of the demonization that occurs against the oil/ natural gas industry is coming from a government agency!

I don't know how this country is going to survive much longer....

"A house divided against itself will fall."