One of the most important events of our lifetimes may have just transpired. A federal agency has decided that it has the power to regulate everything, including the air you breathe. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
without enough context here on either the example issues ( including global warming, phone taxes, and the financial bailouts), or on how congress or agencies performs with these issues, the writer's opinions are not substantiated. the main theme is how much power to regulate various aspects of state is or is about to be wielded by the federal agencies, and not the policy-making process of the people by congress.. his arguments imply "sweeping new powers over american life..."
Goldberg's editorial is fairly well written and might be convincing to someone already disposed to see the situation in the same way. Like most sophists, Goldberg starts with a false assumption and builds on it with what looks like logic, but is really only the selection and interpretation of facts to suit his thesis. It's a case of good writing, but not good journalism.
This is the oldest trick in the book. Goldberg wants to portray being environmentally responsible as fundamentally un-American. He uses cheap shots like cow flatulence (giggle, giggle) and inflammatory images like "power grabbing" to prod his audience into self-righteous smugness. Reading this sort of drivel raises my blood pressure.
Though this is an Op-Ed, it's clear Goldberg is attempting to shove fistfuls of biased "info" down our throats.
I understand Goldberg's stance on the Judicial Branch's undemocratic power, but the air I breathe is also the air someone else breathe's. Because we share the same entity, it must be regulated so abuse doesn't take place.
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