A Tale of Two (Insert Noun)

First and foremost I want to welcome Earl Warren to this blog with his first official post. I certainly don't mean to draw attention away from his post, which quite eloquently and wryly articulates my points (except I still think Yoo's a fascist because he's a fascist because he's a fascist).

But in today's LA Times there is quite an amusing article on Sen. Inhofe (R-OK), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee subpoenaing records from two organizations that have criticized the Clear Skies Act (the article is by Alan C. Miller and Tom Hamburger if you are going to Lexis it).

The highlight: "The committee's majority staff director, Andrew Wheeler, said the request for the groups' documents did not stem from their criticism of the legislation. He said the panel wanted to determine whether the groups represented only regulators' views or whether they also were subsidized by outside interests, including environmentalists or foundations."

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm for a piece of legislation sponsored by an administration that went to the Supreme Court of the United States to keep secret the identity of those influencing its energy policies, it's a bit odd that they'd care about enviornmentalists lobbying against a piece of legislation that seeks to...dum dum dum...lax enviornmental regulations. Pot. Kettle. Black. Orwell.