The Bush administration has committed so many acts of conservative apostasy, I am now beginning to feel sorry for conservatism's proponents(not really). States' rights go bye-bye in the environmental arena:

The Environmental Protection Agency today denied a waiver that would have allowed California and at least a dozen other states to impose their own stricter vehicle tailpipe emissions standards under the Clean Air Act.

In November, California sued to force the Environmental Protection Agency to rule whether the state can put its strict vehicle tailpipe emissions standards into effect.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the state would “sue again and sue again and sue again” in order to get approval to put in place tough new fuel economy regulations.

So: California, your standards are too high for the Bush administration. Buck up- whose isn't?

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