That Takes Balls

As I spent hours today surfing the web and reading up on my favorite blogs about climate change, I came across a refreshing write up on someone in the political world (not in D.C. of course) that actually stood up against the dirty coal industry and denied them permits to build new plants solely on the basis of their being too hard on the environment. Wow! That took some balls! Most governors would have just rolled over and collapsed under the pressure from the state's legislature. Not this governor. No siree. This governor had the cohones to take a stand.

I know what you're thinking and no it's not Ahnuld. We'd expect the Governator to put up a fight like this. He's been waging the environmental war for quite some time.

This governor has balls, yes...but only in the figurative sense. You see...pause for effect...the governor in question here is actually a woman. [Gasp!!]

I don't know what set Kathleen Sebelius off but that is one woman's scorn directed in a positive direction. The article I found (Found in Grist, titled, "What's not the matter with Kansas") cited how Governor Sebelius (D-KS) thrice vetoed legislation that attempted to permit the building of coal plants that the state environmental officials denied granting permits to (interestingly, this legislation was presented AFTER the legislature had consequently stripped the officials of their power to deny permits).

I have to give Governor Sebelius props for standing up to an industry that is slowly but surely losing its grip on this nation's genitalia. We need more politicians like her in this country. Maybe someday we'll get someone to stand up to the oil industry like she did to the coal industry. One can only hope...