"Apart from its legislative and regulatory policies, the administration is doing everything it can to hamper the production of conventional fuels.
The standard, and oft used, countermeasure is to seek judicial relief from nonsensical overreach, which takes a lot of time and money, but several states this week showed a more creative side, and it’s a good thing in my book.
At the Federalist, Tristan Justice details the administration’s misguided actions which prompted the response:
President Joe Biden has been aggressive in quickly curtailing oil and gas development as promised on the campaign trail. Beyond the illegal suspension of new leases on federal land, the prohibition of new drilling sites on major untapped reserves, and higher fees in the pipeline for new energy exploration permits, however, it’s the administration’s pressure on Wall Street to refuse investment in the capital-intense industry that’s dealt the biggest blow to producers, spiking prices at the pump in the process.
I suppose the White House thought this sideways non-governmental attack was a clever move...Read all.
...“We write to express our alarm over recent trends in K-12 mathematics education in the United States,” the statement begins. The social-justice wave of 2020 accelerated efforts to eliminate standardized testing and lower standards in math to give the appearance that achievement gaps don’t exist...
Woke policies always hurt poor people and minorities. They’re practically designed to.--Posted by
Conventional | Revision |
Native Americans have the highest mortality rates in the United States. | Dispossessed by the government of their land and culture, Native Americans have the highest mortality rates in the United States. |
Low-income people have the highest level of coronary artery disease in the United States. | People underpaid and forced into poverty as a result of banking policies, real estate developers gentrifying neighborhoods, and corporations weakening the power of labor movements, among others, have the highest level of coronary artery disease in the United States. |
Factors such as our race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status should not play a role in our health. | Social injustices including racism or class exploitation, e.g., social exclusion and marginalization, should be confronted directly, so that they do not influence health outcomes. |
For too many, prospects for good health are limited by where people live, how much money they make, or discrimination they face. | Decisions by landowners and large corporations, increasingly centralizing political and financial power wielded by a few, limit prospects for good health and well-being for many groups. |
Check out the full report: Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts.
While you’re at it, check this one out too: Organizational Strategic Plan to Embed Racial Justice and Advance Health Equity.
These folks have seriously lost their minds.-- Gail Heriot
