More strigent regulations for car emissions?

[greenie_breizh]

Obama to let states set auto emission rules.

Why on earth the Environmental Protection Agency would not let California set efficiency standards more stringent than for the rest of the U.S., I don't have a fucking clue, but this is a small step in the right direction. A right message for the Obama administration to send, for sure, So torture and illegal detention, check. Women's rights, check. Environment, check. Wanna place bets on what's next? ^^

(More environmental stuff would be nice if you ask me because let's face it, as much as this sends the right message, it really doesn't do much.)


One thing - I can't remember from reading the news before the inauguration - did the press used to say "Bush to let chickens fight"? Because that's what they do with Obama ("Obama to let chickens fight"), but I keep feeling like it should be "President X to let chickens fight"... like every time they quote people with a title they add Sen. or Rep. in front of their names, but with the President they only go "Obama"? It's pure curiosity, I just can't remember if they used to say "Bush" all the time or if they usually mentioned "Pres." or something in front of his name.

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[greenie-breizh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Clinton admin also passed DADT, though arguably at the same it was a vague improvement. There is a lot of political pressures from everywhere when it comes to this topic, and I'm not making excuse for him, I greatly disliked that he did both, but it's incredible how much context matters. Just like Obama and same-sex marriage. No matter what he thinks, until he was President he couldn't get away with supporting it. It's ridiculous.