Still shocked by the Bush White House's arrogance

Who'd have thought it possible? From the New York Times:

The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency’s conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week.

The document, which ended up in e-mail limbo, without official status, was the E.P.A.’s answer to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that required it to determine whether greenhouse gases represent a danger to health or the environment, the officials said....

Over the past five days, the officials said, the White House successfully put pressure on the E.P.A. to eliminate large sections of the original analysis that supported regulation, including a finding that tough regulation of motor vehicle emissions could produce $500 billion to $2 trillion in economic benefits over the next 32 years. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.

I can't quite put into words how disgusted I am by such juvenile behavior by the supposed leader of the free world. It's barely believable and utterly sad.

Don't ever listen to anyone who tells you that your vote doesn't count, or that Democrats and Republicans are just the same. The last eight years are clear proof of that.

Two hundred and eight days until we are rid of this idiot.