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    And now a word from Gina McCarthy, director of the EPA--Environmental Protection Agency Dear friends and fellow Americans from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Let me be direct, forthright, and say this so no one on earth can fail to understand--We here at the EPA (and my pet dog who I lovingly call "Boots on the Ground") state that we emphatically are not trying to regulate every puddle of water on your lawns. No. We want most of you in drought condition areas like California and Ohio, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas to stop wasting water on lawns. Is that too much to ask? Like duh? The Colorado River is not carrying its fair share of water and so rationing is now essential in states like California. So don't ask those fancy restaurants at LAX to bring you a glass of water. Oder bottled water instead. (that will help my investment portfolio). Now look, it is absolutely essential that we continue to define the governments claim to water in small waterways and wetlands. The Clean Water Act gave us this authority but it was not spelled out as clearly or as cleanly if you don't mind the pun as we would like. No where in the constitution according to justice Scalia does it say that you have the right to water. Not there. Not in the Bill Rights. So there. We can take what we want here at Big Government which is the right thing to do for the American People. And we have a serious problem with water pollution as seen in the half million people in Toledo who were without drinkable water last year. But Ode for Joy (excuse the pun again) U.S. oil production exceeded 7 million barrels a day for the first time since March 1993 all due to horizontal and hydraulic fracking. Weekly average output of oil rose to 7.002 million barrels a day in the week ended Jan. 4. Our glorious nation lead by our glorious leader has now met 83 percent of its energy needs. Screw the Arabs I like to say any chance you can get. Well, there is that slight cost off the books and outside of the GNP whereby we pollute the water table across the country for the next thousand years. But hey? Nothing comes cheap I like to say.

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    And now a word from Gina McCarthy, director of the EPA--Environmental Protection Agency Dear friends and fellow Americans from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Let me be direct, forthright, and say this so no one on earth can fail to understand--We here at the EPA (and my pet dog who I lovingly call "Boots on the Ground") state that we emphatically are not trying to regulate every puddle of water on your lawns. No. We want most of you in drought condition areas like California and Ohio, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas to stop wasting water on lawns. Is that too much to ask? Like duh? The Colorado River is not carrying its fair share of water and so rationing is now essential in states like California. So don't ask those fancy restaurants at LAX to bring you a glass of water. Oder bottled water instead. (that will help my investment portfolio). Now look, it is absolutely essential that we continue to define the governments claim to water in small waterways and wetlands. The Clean Water Act gave us this authority but it was not spelled out as clearly or as cleanly if you don't mind the pun as we would like. No where in the constitution according to justice Scalia does it say that you have the right to water. Not there. Not in the Bill Rights. So there. We can take what we want here at Big Government which is the right thing to do for the American People. And we have a serious problem with water pollution as seen in the half million people in Toledo who were without drinkable water last year. But Ode for Joy (excuse the pun again) U.S. oil production exceeded 7 million barrels a day for the first time since March 1993 all due to horizontal and hydraulic fracking. Weekly average output of oil rose to 7.002 million barrels a day in the week ended Jan. 4. Our glorious nation lead by our glorious leader has now met 83 percent of its energy needs. Screw the Arabs I like to say any chance you can get. Well, there is that slight cost off the books and outside of the GNP whereby we pollute the water table across the country for the next thousand years. But hey? Nothing comes cheap I like to say.

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    And now a word from Gina McCarthy, director of the EPA--Environmental Protection Agency Dear friends and fellow Americans from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Let me be direct, forthright, and say this so no one on earth can fail to understand--We here at the EPA (and my pet dog who I lovingly call "Boots on the Ground") state that we emphatically are not trying to regulate every puddle of water on your lawns. No. We want most of you in drought condition areas like California and Ohio, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas to stop wasting water on lawns. Is that too much to ask? Like duh? The Colorado River is not carrying its fair share of water and so rationing is now essential in states like California. So don't ask those fancy restaurants at LAX to bring you a glass of water. Oder bottled water instead. (that will help my investment portfolio). Now look, it is absolutely essential that we continue to define the governments claim to water in small waterways and wetlands. The Clean Water Act gave us this authority but it was not spelled out as clearly or as cleanly if you don't mind the pun as we would like. No where in the constitution according to justice Scalia does it say that you have the right to water. Not there. Not in the Bill Rights. So there. We can take what we want here at Big Government which is the right thing to do for the American People. And we have a serious problem with water pollution as seen in the half million people in Toledo who were without drinkable water last year. But Ode for Joy (excuse the pun again) U.S. oil production exceeded 7 million barrels a day for the first time since March 1993 all due to horizontal and hydraulic fracking. Weekly average output of oil rose to 7.002 million barrels a day in the week ended Jan. 4. Our glorious nation lead by our glorious leader has now met 83 percent of its energy needs. Screw the Arabs I like to say any chance you can get. Well, there is that slight cost off the books and outside of the GNP whereby we pollute the water table across the country for the next thousand years. But hey? Nothing comes cheap I like to say.

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    By Timothy Cama - 09/29/14 11:31 AM EDT
    Critics of the Environmental Protection Agency's water jurisdiction rule are spreading
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    McCarthy said the rule was proposed in March to clarify Clean Water Act protections for 60 percent
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