WOW this woman is an embarrassment. Really “God” is talking to us through the weather I thought we left the dark ages quite some time ago? Ok so here goes as far as drilling in the everglades oil simply does not follow supply and demand period, it follows greed and gouging plain and simple. Closing the EPA, perhaps she should have to feed her children fish from our pristine waters that are contaminated with toxic levels or mercury. Lowering the minimum wage, REALLY and someone can actually truly support this woman for anything?? Let us not forget to lower corporate tax rates even more, I guess so GE, Exxon, the late great Enron and other billion dollar corporations that already do not pay and tax get more subsidies from the working masses. It is time for us as a nation to get over the religious hang-ups and hatred and become educated as to what has happened to our nation. More importantly we should strive to remove imbeciles from the public sector such as this buffoon.

Good point ... what has the EPA done effectively about the mercury? Instead it is wasting a lot of money and time chasing CO2 impact when mercury is much more immediate. The EPA can be a good thing, but it has been dismantled by special interest groups and not honest environmental protection.

As far as GE, Exxon, etc... raise their taxes and they'll just pass it on to the working masses, either way we still pay. If you think they are gouging us, just don't buy from them... I agree we need to get rid of subsidies... but don't be fooled into thinking it will be less out of your pocket.
Speaking of hatred. you seem to have a lot of it yourself. When you resort to name-calling, you dilute any respect people may have for what you have to say.

Unfortunately one cannot just STOP relying on petroleum products to avoid being gouged. As far as raising the taxes they see that is only the beginning. If you cannot grasp the fact that they continually post RECORD profits and the TAXPAYERS of this country give SUBSIDIES to them. Are you kidding me that you feel that is acceptable. If they feel the need to pass on more to us then we elect politicians that will reign them in and end this downward spiral. Also it wasn’t name calling it was a descriptor that is spot on. When she states that God is speaking to us through the weather, am I to assume to lives lost were due to being less pious than those who survived? Or were they the ones that were to be “called” home because they are needed somewhere else? Really this elected official truly is a sad statement, one that reflects the true level of ridiculousness in our society. In regards to the EPA yes CO2 is that vital and yes the mercury is as well. It was a statement to show how insane her idea is of shutting the EPA down, her children nor anyone else should be consuming fresh fish more than once a month. Does that not speak volumes to the necessity of regulations on industry?

Folks,
We strongly encourage users leaving comments to use full names. Comments, in the future, will REQUIRE use of a full name, or it will not be posted. We want to keep this a community message board. Thanks.

I agree with ttc. I have a very unusual last name, and do not want it posted on this site.

Already seems pretty respectful to me. This is Woodbury, after all.

It's interesting that the people who want to remain anonymous because of fear of hyperpolitical people are the most hyperpolitical people on the board. I reckon they're afraid of people like themselves.

Please, that is far too simplistic and is wrought with naiveté. What if you owned a business and did not want to alienate customers but still wanted to have your beliefs and views adequately expressed? Fear of reprisal and intimidation are the tools of oppression and lead us one step close to a fascist state.