tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post8227379721800757192..comments2024-01-26T03:26:54.060-05:00Comments on O-pinion: Don't linger, pundits tell N.C. lawmakers Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-18940447300511954022014-05-15T07:54:33.817-04:002014-05-15T07:54:33.817-04:00How is political party relevant to coal ash policy...How is political party relevant to coal ash policy?<br /><br />Anyway, if it's so important to you, many current North Carolina Republicans were Democrats in 1950; it's not the letter after the name, it's the attitude. Even today, most Democrats in the General Assembly are far from "liberal" on a national scale, and I know from your past comments that you routinely confuse the words "Democrat" and "liberal".<br /><br />Finally, corporations - like Duke, and politicians - like those 1950s-ers Democrats, tend to "look the other way" as much as possible when it comes to analyzing the consequences of adopting new environmental standards. In 1950, it was coal ash ponds: "they're SAFE!!!" "This is a well-regulated process!!!" "Nothing can go wrong!!!"<br /><br />And now, the same corporations and the same politicians - only this time they're Republicans, FWIW - are saying the EXACT SAME THINGS about fracking, offshore drilling, and sea-level rise. Come back in 75 years and those future generations - if they even EXIST - will be saying "Why weren't deep-well fracking disasters a concern between 2010 and 2060? Could it be that for 99% of those 50 years the state was in Republic hands?"EuroCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12555177612188585387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7536140049505603887.post-53925240174398948322014-05-14T13:23:29.986-04:002014-05-14T13:23:29.986-04:00Why weren't coal ash ponds a concern between 1...Why weren't coal ash ponds a concern between 1950 (when the first pond at Riverbend was installed) and 2013? Could it be that for 99% of those 63 years the state was in Democrat hands?Garth Vaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575150785051894691noreply@blogger.com