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Rush had some audio today of a Democrat op speaking in 2010:

This EPA administrator. I don't have to tell you what the left thinks, because we have a member of the Obama administration doing it for me. His name is Al Armendariz. (I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right.) But he is the EPA Region 6 administrator. This is from May 2010, two years ago, in Dish, Texas.

This is who liberals are. This is who Obama wants in power, because this is also what Obama believes. You may as well just assume that Barack Obama is saying this. All these people that said, "Gee, how did this guy get past Obama? Does Obama know these people?" Yes! They didn't "get past" him. He finds them. He has people that find these people. Barack Obama is going to get around Congress any way he can. The EPA, writing law in the form of regulations, is one way he's gonna do it. Two years ago, Dish, Texas, Al Armendariz...

ARMENDARIZ: I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy with enforcement. It was kind of like how the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go into little Turkish towns somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw, and they’d crucify them. And then, you know, that town was really easy to manage over the next few years. So you make examples out of people who are, in this case, not complying with the law. Find people who are not complying with the law, and you hit them as hard as you can and you make examples out of them. It's a deterrent factor.

RUSH: A deterrent. You hit 'em as hard as you can. Find people not complying with the law. I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy with enforcement. He's talking about oil here. Kind of like how the Romans used to conquer little villages in the Mediterranean. They go into a little Turkish town somewhere, they'd find the first five guys they saw and they'd crucify them. And then that town was really easy to manage over the next few years. This is who these people are. Had you not heard this, Dawn? This is who they are, folks. This is the governing philosophy of this administration. This may as well have been Barack Obama saying this.

Here's the full transcript. "I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the meeting, but I’ll go ahead and tell you what I said: It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them. Then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years. It’s a deterrent factor." Explaining the EPA as following the Romans' philosophy for subjugating conquered villages.

That's how this guy wanted to deal and was dealing with oil and gas companies, legitimate American and international corporations. He hates them, he wants to subjugate 'em, he wants to crucify 'em, just because he can. And he's bragging about how to do it. That's who they are, my friends. This is who the American left is, the worldwide left. That is their plan and their philosophy and their approach for everybody and everything they disagree with. Here's another sound bite.

This is Barack Obama, January 2008. He's a senator, interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board. They're having a discussion about energy and the environment. Obama was asked, "What about alternatives, including coal? What are your plans for alternatives using coal?"

OBAMA: What I've said is that we would put a cap-and-trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out there. So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It's just that it will bankrupt them because they're gonna be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.

RUSH: So in 2008 Obama told the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board that he intended to put the coal business out of business by making it financially impossible for them to stay in business. And, by the way, in Obama's home state of Illinois they are closing coal-fired power plants. At that same editorial board meeting, Obama described his energy plan in general.

OBAMA: When I was asked earlier about the issue of coal, you know, under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, the electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

RUSH: Get rid of coal, demonize oil and gas and try to find a way to replace that and electricity rates will skyrocket. This was the plan. Now, the mainstream media didn't report any of this. The San Francisco Chronicle released the tape, but they didn't make a big deal of it back when Obama said it. It was left up to us. They've not hidden who they are. Obama has not hidden who he is. This guy, Al Armendariz. They're oil-phobes. These people are dangerous, folks. They pose a clear and present danger.

RUSH: By the way, the interior secretary, Ken, the cowboy hat, Salazar, said, "Gasoline could get to nine dollars a gallon. Nobody knows where it's gonna end up." Nine dollars a gallon. The regime is saying that with a shrug of the shoulders.