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anarch

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6. Republicans are a death cult, hell bent on destroying the planet and killing everything that lives

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 04:59 AM

Apr 2017

on it. The Energy Star program may not be a huge factor in mitigating human impacts on the environment, but every little bit counts...and besides, it's run by the EPA, so just needs to go on general principles. Plus, and maybe more importantly, it demoralizes Democrats to see this kind of thing taken down. Much like federal funding of the arts, it's not an example of government waste or overreach so much as an opportunity to stick it to the liberals any which way they can.

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Energy Star ratings are cheap, effective and popular. Why does Trump want to kill them? [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 OP

He doesn't want to kill it. He just doesn't give enough fucks to keep this around. DetlefK Apr 2017 #1

He doesn't understand it. Ilsa Apr 2017 #2

That's an excellent point. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #3

W.T.H! This just plain 'penny smart, dollar foolish'. WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #4

I know. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #5

I was/am the same way... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #8

I sure agree about that, too. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #10

You're right, Trump isn't a Republican, he's his own... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #21

Republicans are a death cult, hell bent on destroying the planet and killing everything that lives anarch Apr 2017 #6

I think you're right, more's the pity Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #7

Yep - just mean spirited hatred Cosmocat Apr 2017 #12

"Will destroyng this piss off liberals and Democrats? Then let's destroy it!" hatrack Apr 2017 #18

Any consumer protection device is antithetical to his quest to screw others... Cooley Hurd Apr 2017 #9

So he's doing everything he can to make the rest of us sick, too... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #11

They attack the effective regulations first, because they want to discredit regulation itself /nt MrModerate Apr 2017 #13

because he's just a fucking giant asshole who hates progress Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #14

Because it's on the "Freedom" Caucus list of regulations to eliminate. mtngirl47 Apr 2017 #15

Trump has alienated so many groups and individuals, there has to be a backlash in 2018 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #17

I'm in Whittier---just outside the Cherokee Reservation mtngirl47 Apr 2017 #19

It certainly is beautiful country! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #20

Yeah. 'Free market' zealots and pro-consumption energy interests. Mc Mike Apr 2017 #16