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EPA Head Must Resign

afterdowningstreet.org — Please Join Us in Demanding the Resignation of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson Johnson punishes whistleblowers, stonewalls Congress, and devastates the environment. A coalition has formed to demand his resignation that includes the No Fear Coalition, AfterDowningStreet.org, Democrats.com, Friends of the Earth, the Black Leadership Roundtabl

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davidhallstrom, on 06/18/2008, -11/+5Interesting post.
alapoet, on 06/18/2008, -8/+31Johnson must go. Having him in charge of the EPA is having the fox in charge of the henhouse.
GhostPanther, on 06/18/2008, -4/+15I'm tired of these corporate traitors to our country. Johnson's lucky he's not in jail.
Fangsinmybeard, on 06/18/2008, -3/+29The whole appointed administration should resign, immediately.
neognostic, on 06/18/2008, -5/+9Signed and sent, now who is next on the list of these traitors?
- ufia, on 06/18/2008, -7/+3Ron Paul is next on the list. All traitors must go.
chrissku, on 06/18/2008, -4/+6Another administration lackey who belongs in jail.
westbay1, on 06/18/2008, -7/+4Fox in charge of the henhouse... thats like having Michael Jackson run a children's daycare! Stephen Johnson is the king of special interests...
evilcaptain, on 06/18/2008, -6/+8I hope at the inauguration when Bush shakes his hand, Obama should whisper "Don't leave the country."
- girwen, on 06/18/2008, -5/+4No he should give him a ride on a CIA chartered Gulfstream G500 to The Hague where:
  
  ROME STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT can lock george up and deal with him appropriately
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  Article 3
  Seat of the Court
  1. The seat of the Court shall be established at The Hague in the Netherlands ("the host State").
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  Article 5
  Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court
  1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall be limited to the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole. The Court has jurisdiction in accordance with this Statute with respect to the following crimes:
  ...
  (b) Crimes against humanity;
  (c) War crimes;
  (d) The crime of aggression.
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  Article 7
  Crimes against humanity
  1. For the purpose of this Statute, "crime against humanity" means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
  (a) Murder;
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  (e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law;
  (f) Torture;
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  2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
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  (d) "Deportation or forcible transfer of population" means forced displacement of the persons concerned by expulsion or other coercive acts from the area in which they are lawfully present, without grounds permitted under international law;
  (e) "Torture" means the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions;
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  (g) "Persecution" means the intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental rights contrary to international law by reason of the identity of the group or collectivity;
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  (i) "Enforced disappearance of persons" means the arrest, detention or abduction of persons by, or with the authorization, support or acquiescence of, a State or a political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give information on the fate or whereabouts of those persons, with the intention of removing them from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time.
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  Article 8
  War crimes
  1. The Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of war crimes in particular when committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of a large-scale commission of such crimes.
  2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
  (a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
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  (ii) Torture or inhuman treatment, including biological experiments;
  (iii) Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health;
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  (vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement;
  
  http://untreaty.un.org/cod/icc/statute/99_corr/cst ...
Sagags, on 06/18/2008, -8/+3I already seen the outdoors a few times, I think it would be good a change.
Global warming FTW
Thrilltone, on 06/18/2008, -7/+3He'll just have to accept his Fellowship early.
He should be sent to Abu Ghraib instead. Some corporations will eagerly conceal data about poisonous ingredients, if it means an extra 1/20th of a cent profit. The officials who are supposed to prevent that sort of thing are in collusion with the Evildoers.
- blackbamboo, on 06/18/2008, -2/+2Abu Ghraib is closed. How about sending him to a Code Pink convention? Talk about torture!
pajeff2, on 06/18/2008, -12/+7Sounds like the lunatic fringe groups are pushing this.....The only nuts you didn't mention was the John Birch Society
- BillE3, on 06/18/2008, -2/+3Yeah, isn't that some sort of tree hugger group.
  - pajeff2, on 06/18/2008, -1/+1it's a highly racist organization that wants to do away with civil rights legislation
    - flip, on 06/18/2008, -1/+2The John Birch people are delusional at best.
mbraynard, on 06/18/2008, -4/+13If you need a reason to ignore this, just look at this sentence from the letter demanding his resignation:

"There are those who will argue that Steve Johnson can not inflict exponential harm to the public or the environment in the remaining six months of his term. However, as we watch American cities submerged under water, I would ask whether we, as a society, can afford his misdirected leadership in the areas of climate change and deregulation of important environmental protection laws."

WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!? So he is causing 'exponential' harm? And he has anything to do with a 500/100 year flood? Because he caused it?

He is the head of a government agency who serves at the pleasure of the President and is carrying out the policies of an elected President. Calling for his resignation solely for carrying out the President's policies is an affront to the Democratic system.

If you dislike the guy, your only recourse is to choose differently in the quadrennial election, dumbass.
- chikensrule, on 06/18/2008, -2/+1I agree with you. If anything, this statement sounds like they should have more of a problem with FEMA than EPA.
  - mbraynard, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Yeah, except FEMA seems to have gotten their act together - or at least it appears that way in the media because the victims are not wards of the state incapable of leaving and instead drowning as a direct result of their poor choice of mayor and governor. Voting D can kill you.
Ganja420, on 06/18/2008, -2/+20Online petition.... YEA THAT'LL SHOW EM!
- Ganja420, on 06/18/2008, -3/+1NOT
- bigsteve3OOO, on 06/18/2008, -3/+5the trouble with libtards is they really believe that by doing a silly event or signing a petition they are doing the hard work to effect change when all they really are is a bunch of lazy b@stards who don't fix anything.
  - zomglolcats, on 06/18/2008, -1/+2As opposed to the conservatives who fix everything?
  - lettruthout, on 06/18/2008, -1/+2The conservative-backed neocons apparently have ruined quite a lot, including the reputation of conservatives. Their hate filled arguments are growing quite thin.
rudy23, on 06/18/2008, -7/+9Just as an FYI Online petitions count for nothing.
ludditte, on 06/18/2008, -8/+3As rudy23 points out, Digg stuff does not count for the GOP, they are still watching "Leave it to beaver" and go in their segregated bathrooms. Vote in November, that is the only way you'll get rid of that scum. Venting on the Internet does nothing but make you feel good.
- blackbamboo, on 06/18/2008, -1/+0voting won't help...the guy is leaving anyway with the rest of the appointees no matter who wins
ericthegreat, on 06/18/2008, -3/+5I'm sorry but this will do nothing. You need congress to pressure someone in that position to step down and even then the administration would need to be involved. They aren't going to do anything to rock the boat with the election coming up so close.

Just be sure to vote in November!
davbmn68, on 06/18/2008, -10/+6Spam! Another We hate bush site because...blah, blah, blah. Get a life and get off Digg. Buried!
ethanpack, on 06/18/2008, -3/+5I wonder if Russ Cargill will get another shot.
ViperCTW, on 06/18/2008, -3/+5"EPA Head Must Resign"

What about the rest of him?
infinitus64, on 06/18/2008, -5/+3join if you agree with the article moveon.org , http://www.democracynow.org/ , http://www.democracyforamerica.com/
NintendoFan, on 06/18/2008, -2/+12"EPA EPA EPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" - Grandpa Simpson
superjonboy, on 06/18/2008, -6/+6Well if this is true that he is doing all this, thank God!! At least there is someone in our government who hasnt bent over and grabbed his ankles, and then let radical enviromentalists have their way with him. Enviromentalism has become a religion, and its primary tenets are to hold back anything which might help America, and also to hurt America as much as possible. Nixon was a fool to have ever created the EPA, and Reagan should have disbanded it. The EPA stands for Evil- Progressive Antiamericans, and the weaker it is, the less harm it can do to our country. And yes, Global warming is fake.
- flip, on 06/18/2008, -3/+2what an asshat comment this is.
  The EPA was created as a watchdog to protect the common interests of this nation's resources and public health. AFTER abuses by businesses and individuals raped, poisoned and destroyed this nations resources in order to keep or make a quick buck!
  In short, it's created to protect the rest of us from people such as yourself.
  
  what is it?
  Are you all too lazy to think up of ways to do things that preserve what you can't create?
  
  Oh, I get it... I'll use a business analogy:
  
  You see a bank's reserve and refuse to live off the interest it generates for the en tire company.
  So you think it's best to steal from everyone else by reducing the principle and funnel it into a personal account.
  well the EPA was created to stop you from doing that buttmaster.
  
  BushCo has intentionally appointed this assbag to the position to allow some companies to profit and abuse what is more valuable to protect and use wisely for all people.
  nobody is being harmed by the EPA doing it's job
  
  I find it incredible that some people use the clean air such governance protects to spout such trash. you're short sighted, narrow minded and stupid dolt.
  
  sometimes I wish we could move all of you onto a little planet of your own and then sit back and let you have at it.... let you all die neck deep in your own *****.
  it would cost us an extra planet but you know what? we would be rid of your genome of retards forever.
Barackalypse, on 06/18/2008, -2/+4I love all these lefties calling for the man's resignation, but yet at the same time they're demanding more government power to regulate and subsidize industry and private citizens, as if the government will somehow use that additional power better than it is using its current power.
amightywind, on 06/19/2008, -3/+1I think Stephen Johnson has done a fine job. I can't wait to see what ANWR looks like after it is stuck like a pin cushion with oil wells. The liberals will forced to acquiesce. Go GDub!
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