California Permitted to Enact Tougher Fuel Economy Standards

Yo check it, inspect it,
Verify and correct it
The auto industry got shut down today
Their lobbyists and their hobbyists lookin' down in dismay
Because they told our state its emissions standards are too harsh
But Judge Ishii ruled in favor of the wetlands and the marsh
Yeah they claimed that federal fuel economy
Preempted our autonomy
But from the judge's pulpit, prophetic Ishii is calling
He's telling the industry their interpretation
Is "the very definition of folly"
And that further appeals would merely be stalling
Their lawyers throw their documents in anger
And inside they're bawling
'Cause environmental groups are taking to the sky
Laughing as defeated executives are behind them and crawling

And as the EPA's expected to back us up with legal mandate
The auto industry's wishing that they never messed with this state

Kind of like first graders

The C.I.A. destroyed two tapes which documented the interrogation techniques performed on two Qaeda operatives in 2002. The tapes were destroyed in 2005, right in the middle of a congressional investigation into the conduct of the C.I.A. with specific interest in the brutality of its techniques.

Want to know what the C.I.A. has to say for itself?

"The tapes were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that video showing harsh interrogation methods could expose agency officials to legal risks, several officials said."

Here's an analogous situation:
[Store Clerk]: "Hey kid, why did you put all those bottles in your shirt?"
[Nefarious Teenager]: "I didn't want you to see me stealing your alcohol."

The chief claim that the C.I.A. made is that releasing the videos would subject the American interrogators in them to Al Qaeda's wrath, and that they didn't have any informational value any more. Really? That's the best you can come up with?

Going back to the analogous situation:
[Cops]: "Kid, why'd you steal the alcohol?"
[Nefarious Teenager]: "My pregnant mom got really thirsty when she was in rehab."

What a terrible excuse. By that logic, the C.I.A. should destroy every single video and documentation regarding the questioning of Qaeda operatives that they have. It's not as if the video would be made public. A congressional investigation requested to see evidence of interrogation techniques, and that's as far as the tape needed to go.

They're acting a lot like first graders who have chocolate all over their hands and faces and say "no" when the teacher asks if they took the chocolate.