{"id":14295,"date":"2012-05-23T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T17:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=14295"},"modified":"2012-05-23T16:33:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T20:33:33","slug":"a-sign-the-end-is-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/14295\/a-sign-the-end-is-near\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sign the End is Near"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think we can all agree that this is probably the death rattle of American liberty. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/washington-secrets\/2012\/05\/epa-nascar-green-deal-covers-everything-racing\/640431\" target=\"_blank\">From the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>President Obama\u2019s eco-friendly EPA inked a green <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar-assets.americaneagle.com\/assets\/1\/Photos\/nascar-epa-mou.pdf\">partnership deal<\/a> with high-octane NASCAR Monday to promote recycling and environmentally-friendly products to the sport\u2019s millions of fans.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Environmental Protection Agency, NASCAR will encourage fans to buy \u201csustainable concessions\u201d at races, expand the use of \u201csafer chemical products,\u201d conserve water, reduce waste, promote recycling, push products approved by the EPA that have a small enviro footprint and encourage suppliers to get an \u201cE3 tuneup\u201d aimed at promoting sustainable manufacturing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, you read that right: NASCAR. Civic religion of the red states. Featuring cars that reach speeds around 200 MPH, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/sports\/speed\/articles\/0602nascargas-ON.html\" target=\"_blank\">with fuel economies as low as two miles per gallon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve gone &#8217;round the bend, ladies and gentlemen. All we can hope is that someday this will be included in the chronicles of the last, delusional days of the Obama Administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think we can all agree that this is probably the death rattle of American liberty. From the Washington Examiner: President Obama\u2019s eco-friendly EPA inked a green partnership deal with high-octane NASCAR Monday to promote recycling and environmentally-friendly products to the sport\u2019s millions of fans. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, NASCAR will encourage fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[301,608,821,3554,395],"class_list":["post-14295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-environmentalism","tag-epa","tag-green-technology","tag-nascar","tag-obama-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14295"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14328,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14295\/revisions\/14328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}