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Posted Mon Apr 30 2012: from Washington Post:


	EPA official resigns after enforcement philosophy causes furor http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1335821290 A top Environmental Protection Agency official resigned Monday after comments that the agency should make examples of polluters the way Romans crucified people to quash rebellions caused a furor. In an internal memo to EPA employees, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said Alfredo Juan "Al” Armendariz had "offered his resignation” as regional administrator for the agency's South Central region... *Congressional Republicans had demanded that Armendariz be fired after Oklahoma Republican Sen. James M. Inhofe's staff* discovered a YouTube video of the official's comments** in Dish, Texas, and posted a clip on the senator's Web site.

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'Doc Michael says:

My God, why have you forsaken me?

If anyone should be crucified — or resign — it's climate skeptic James Inhofe.