If there’s one thing I’ve learned about life in my six decades here on earth, one thing about life that is unwavering and solid and dependable, it is that life is never unwavering and solid and dependable. It is always changing, always shifting, always offering new opportunities to open up to the unexpected and see where the once unseen path may lead.

There is a new path opening up before me, and it’s leading me away from San Francisco. I’ve known for some time that I’d be leaving this City by the Bay; I’ve known for quite awhile that it’s time to take my work elsewhere. I just didn’t know when I’d be shown the door, or where the path outside that door would lead me. It’s now been shown to me and it’s leading me back to Southern California.

I’ll be leaving San Francisco the end of March and moving to the Los Angeles area, where I believe there is greater potential to continue my work on a wider basis, with new focus and intent.

I will, of course, continue to work with my clients to navigate through the shifts and changes of their own lives with Tarot, Reiki, Focusing, and Channeling. My new passion, as part of my focus on physical health which has been intensified by the recent life-threatening illnesses sustained by two of my brothers, is Protandim, and I sense that this supplement will be more readily received in Southern California.

Protandim achieves the goal, long sought after by world class medical researchers, of being a Nrf2 activator. Nrf2 is the protein messenger contained in every cell of the body that sends information to the cell’s DNA telling the cells of the body to up-regulate protective genes while simultaneously down-regulating metabolic processes that are harmful to health. Four patents and nine peer-reviewed studies back up the science; Protandim is indeed a game-changer.

I’ll still be available to see clients here in the Bay Area through the end of March, so if you’d like to see me in person, please make an appointment soon. I’ll be seeing clients at Crystal Way every Wednesday and Friday, and by appointment at my Ocean Beach location on all other days. After April 1, we can connect by phone, skype, or email for sessions.

And, if you’d like that Tarot, Reiki, or Channeling class you’ve been putting off, don’t wait to schedule it!

I hope to see you before I head off on my next new adventure!

(Question: “I’m having a conflict between being on a spiritual journey and something external manifesting around a relationship that has the potential to take me off my journey. I’m wondering if it’s possible to reconcile those two things, being on an inward spiritual journey but also on an outward journey to meet somebody else. I’m afraid of losing myself.”)

We would say that there is no difference between your inner journey and your outer journey, for one is reliant upon the other. Your spiritual journey takes place within and yet that is only half of your journey, for it is imperative that you take what you learn within and express it in the outer world. What you then learn in the outer world you take back within to lead you on a deeper journey to the conscious heart. So we would ask you to please recognize that your inner journey and your outer journey are the same journey.

This journey, your spiritual journey, does not create an obstacle to relationship. We would say, however, that if there is a relationship you feel would pull you away from your journey within and without, that perhaps it is not the right relationship for you. If you are on a journey to your conscious heart and the expression of that conscious heart in the world, right relationship will encourage and support and journey with you. While the one with whom you are in relationship may have a different experience of a conscious heart in the world, you will find that right relationship will be a parallel journey to yours. You will encourage and support each other on this journey within and the expression of it externally. Right relationship will not create a loss of yourself or your spiritual journey, so if there is indeed a relationship that creates within you a fear that you will lose your journey to your conscious heart within and the expression of it outside of you, then you must look more closely at this relationship to understand why you allow it into your life. What is it that you need to learn from this relationship that you fear will pull you away from your spiritual journey? Why do you allow yourself to invite in relationship that does not support your journey to the conscious heart but instead creates an obstacle to it?

We would ask you to look at whether your desire to be in relationship with another is greater than your desire to be in relationship with the conscious heart to the extent that you are willing to forgo your journey to the conscious heart to be in relationship with another. We would say for all relationships, whether they be those of family, of friends, or of intimacy, as well as relationship with self, that if there is existing in your life a relationship that does not support the journey to the conscious heart within and the expression of it in the world for both you and the one with whom you are in relationship, it is an opportunity to reflect upon that relationship and to understand why you choose to continue that relationship. There is perhaps a lesson in this, and this is where your journey to the conscious heart and your resolution of lessons can work hand in hand to express your conscious heart in the world.

“I don’t know who I am.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that from clients over the past year. “I just don’t know who I am any more.” How many times have you felt that way? How often have you sat and contemplated and meditated and journaled and questioned, “Who am I?”

I have another question for you, several, in fact. What is it that you do not know? What is it about yourself that you feel you need to name? How would you live differently if you “knew yourself”?

Here’s another question. What are you not doing because you don’t “know who you are”? Which leads to yet another question. Do you think you can ever truly know who you are? Every moment you live, every decision you make, every decision you don’t make, leads you to the next moment, and the next, and the next. And with each moment, there are new experiences, new opportunities, new possibilities, that lead you to the next choice, the next step. And with each moment, with each step, with each choice, your life changes irrevocably. Can you not, then, assume that who you are changes too? So with each moment, your life changes and you change. How, then, can you ever “know who you are” when you are constantly changing and shifting from one moment, one decision, one step, to the next.

What is it that you need to know about yourself before you can embrace the beauty and wonder and color of life? What do you need to know about yourself before you can feel what is stirring within you? In each moment, can you find that place within that is aware of how you feel, of what you desire, of what is calling to you? In that moment? Can you open to the magic that exists around you, in that moment?

If you ask me who I am, I will answer this: It is an unanswerable question. Who I am cannot be known. I simply am. And I am engaged in life every moment, unconcerned that I do not have an answer to “who am I?”.

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” – Dr. Seuss

I had an interesting conversation with someone not too long ago, a young man I’d never met before who had come into Crystal Way. He wanted a tarot reading, and asked how much it would cost. I explained the duration and cost of readings I offered, but he wasn’t happy with my fee schedule. Instead, he said, he preferred to have the reading and then afterward pay me what he felt the reading was worth. He should be able to determine the length of the reading, as well.

I found that response to be quite interesting, as I hadn’t mentioned that I work on a donation basis, so I pursued the conversation. “Are you asking me to let you tell me how much my reading is worth? You would like to be the one to place a value on me?” He smiled and nodded yes. It was “more spiritual” that way, he explained; I was pretty sure he thought that would appeal to my “spiritual” side and I’d see the error of my ways. I explained to him that I did not work that way, thanked him, and walked away.

But that conversation got me thinking. How interesting that this stranger wanted to be the one to decide what my work was worth, and by extension what I was worth. This is something that I talk about in depth in my Reiki I class, and it feels important to share that discussion with you. Let me set a quick foundation first.

In the Level I Reiki class, we focus on the ways in which we create disease in the body. As part of that focus, we discuss the role that our seven main chakras play in the manifestation of disease; if our chakras are blocked, our chi, or life force energy, cannot flow smoothly, causing stagnation of energy in the body, causing disease. Our 5th chakra, the throat chakra, is our communication chakra. It is not just about speaking, it is about speaking our truth, speaking what comes from our core, that center of authenticity. It is the willingness to say what is in our hearts, even at the risk of rejection.

That risk of rejection is the reason why so many people don’t speak their truth. They are afraid of losing what they have, of what they’ve created. They are afraid of being judged, of not being accepted, of not being loved. This fear of rejection causes people to try to please everyone else, even if it means not speaking the truth, in order to be accepted and loved. They begin to see themselves, to value themselves, through the standards and judgments and opinions of others. It triggers their lack of self-love, their belief they are not worthy of being loved. Their self-worth is reliant upon what someone else thinks of them, and that opinion can and will change continually depending upon how the other person feels in any given moment. How can anyone know their true worth, their true value, when it shifts moment to moment, person to person?

A different outcome to my interaction with the young man in the store could have been that I acquiesced to his request. I could have been afraid of losing a potential client; I could have questioned whether I was being “spiritual” or not; I could have doubted my fee schedule; I could have let him determine what my worth was. Perhaps I might have done so at one time; like many people I’ve had my own challenges with self-love.

And while I may, as many people do, face my shadow of self-love on occasion, it seldom has control over me (I still love myself even when the call of chocolate becomes much too loud to ignore and I overindulge!). Especially when it comes to my work; I do not need the approval or validation of anyone else to know the value of what I do. I did not even for a moment consider accepting the conditions this young man had wanted to place on a reading, but did appreciate the opportunity he presented to revisit this issue of self-worth and self-love.

Do you still struggle with your shadows of self-worth and self-love? Call me to schedule an appointment, and let’s face, and resolve, those shadows together!

“Imagine when you look in the mirror that the face looking back at you is someone you truly love. Just imagine.” – Isha Judd

As a Reiki Master/Teacher and Practitioner, I am always on the lookout for new ways to enhance my clients’ health. That’s why I’m so excited about an herbal supplement called Protandim. Why am I so excited about Protandim? It’s the only product on the market that’s been clinically proven to reduce oxidative stress by an average of 40%!*

Yep, I thought the same thing you’re probably thinking. “So what?” Well, oxidative stress is the damage done to our bodies by free radicals, those organic molecules created by environmental factors such as pollution, radiation, cigarette smoke, and herbicides, as well as physical and emotional stress. Now, the resulting oxidative stress doesn’t cause disease, but it does give disease a foothold in the body and, the older we get, the more difficult it is for our bodies to combat the oxidative load. Protandim slows down the rate of cell aging to the level of a 20-year-old!*

Some of the conditions linked to oxidative stress are:

     • Age-related physical and mental deterioration (e.g., Alzheimer’s)
     • Age-related vision loss 
     • Alcoholism
     • Arthritis
     • Cancer (e.g., prostate, lung, and breast cancers)
     • Crohn’s disease
     • Diabetes
     • Glaucoma
     • Heart disease
     • Hepatitis
     • High cholesterol
     • HIV/AIDS
     • Infertility
     • Memory loss
     • Migraine headaches

And the list goes on. For a more extensive list of the conditions linked to oxidative stress, please click here.

I can hear your next question: “Why can’t I just eat foods rich in antioxidants and take antioxidant supplements like Vitamins C and E?” You can, but not in enough quantities to equal what you get with Protandim, which isn’t really an antioxidant anyway. Protandim triggers your body’s cells to produce its own natural defenses, boosting the body’s production of antioxidant enzymes at the cellular level and eliminating free radicals at the amazing rate of one million per second! No foods or vitamins can do that!

Since Alzheimer’s runs in my family, as does cancer and glaucoma, and my aging joints creak and grind more and more each day, I personally am very excited about Protandim and have started to take it myself. I understand fully that this supplement will not cure disease. I am also aware that it will assist my body to maintain optimum health, and that’s what I hope to do. In fact, in just a little over one week, I’m noticing that my tricky right knee hasn’t given out on me nearly as often, and the pain in my right arm from tendonitis has diminished by at least 50%. Can’t wait to see how I feel after a month or two! And, it will be interesting to see at my next eye exam if the pressure in my eyes has lowered (higher pressure, which I have, means greater risk of glaucoma).
 
Talk-show host Montel Williams, who suffers from MS, has been taking Protandim for several years, and has said that Protandim is an integral part of the daily routine he follows. For a couple of testimonials on YouTube, click here and here. Also, keep in mind that everyone responds differently to this supplement. If you’re in good health, you may not feel any different at all after taking Protandim. But you’ll know that you’re keeping your body healthy and strong and in optimum physical condition.

As a matter of fact, I’m so enamored of Protandim that I’m not only taking it, but I have decided to become a distributor of this product. I bet you knew THAT was coming, didn’t you!

If I’ve piqued your curiosity and you want to know a bit more about Protandim, go here to watch an ABC Primetime Special on Protandim and here to view a report on Protandim on the PBS show Healing Quest.

If, after watching the testimonials and the ABC and PBS specials, you’d like more information before you decide to become a customer, or if you’d like to find out about becoming a distributor yourself, let me know. My “teammates” Thomas (Tom) Day and Deanna Washington, the Protandim experts, will be happy to meet with you and answer all your questions. Yes, they’ll even travel out of the San Francisco area, so whether you’re in Sacramento, Los Angeles, or Timbuktu, they’ll come to you!

I’d like to ask a favor. Even if you aren’t interested in Protandim, I’d like you to share this blog with someone you know who might benefit from this supplement. Do you have a relative, friend, or colleague who has Heart Disease? Diabetes? Hepatitis? HIV/AIDS? Arthritis? Or any other condition that is linked to oxidative stress? Do them a favor and send them to this blog. If they have any questions I would love for them to contact me directly.

Thanks so much for your time, and I wish you a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2010.

 
 
 
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Welcome to 2010! A new year, a new beginning, a new opportunity to let go of old patterns and behaviors and beliefs that no longer serve you and open up to a new, authentic, way of living.

2009 was for most people a very challenging year, both personally and professionally. In my role as an Intuitive Consultant, the two biggest issues clients ask about are love and money. Are you finding your relationships shifting and changing? Are you facing concerns about finances? What can you do to facilitate your way through these shifts and concerns?

Life is about change. If you aren’t changing, you’re remaining stagnant. Our relationships often reflect the changes we go through. Some relationships can change and grow with us, and some relationships we grow out of. Where are you holding on to old relationships that no longer support who you have become? Are you still in relationships that do not give you the space and support to reach for the unlimited possibilities that exist for you? Are you keeping yourself small to fit into your current relationship? As you change, doesn’t it seem appropriate that your relationships change, as well? This holds true for all our relationships – family, friends, and lovers. Discover who you are, how you want relationship to make you feel, where you will compromise and what is simply NOT negotiable, what your hopes and dreams are, and then look carefully to see if your relationships support all of who you are at this moment.

If your major concern is about money, look at where you are creating limitation. I personally know people who are doing quite well, even in this economy. Why? They are allowing themselves to “course correct” with the way they earn income. Rather than trying to do the same thing, and getting upset that it isn’t working, they are looking at what the market needs, what people ARE spending money on, and altering the way they do business to fit what the market needs.

Also, become more conscious about your spending. Where is your money going? Are you holding so tightly to what you have that nothing is going out, which also means nothing can find its way in? Or are you spending unconsciously, having no idea where your money is going. I had one client who came in a while ago, moaning about how he so wanted to take my previous Reiki I class, but just didn’t have the money. We looked at where his money had gone, and he was shocked to discover how it had been spent. He realized that with a little consciousness, he could have easily afforded the class without denying himself a dinner out, a movie, or meeting friends at a bar. Be conscious about where your money is being spent, and make sure it’s being spent on that which you consider truly worthwhile in the long run, not just for the moment.

If you need assistance gaining clarity on either of these issues – money and love – perhaps it’s time to schedule a session with me!

For the past six months, I have been writing a workbook based on the series of intuitive tarot classes I teach. The workbook is just about completed; a few more chapters on bits and pieces, then back to the beginning to do some editing and polishing up.

As mine is a non-fiction book, my research has shown that I don’t have to have a completed manuscript before starting my search for an agent. And so, the search is on!

Obviously, I’m looking for an agent who specializes in, and is currently open to receiving, queries on non-fiction, self-help/spiritual/new-age books, and willing to take on a new author. I’ve found several, and this morning sent off two email queries.

What’s a “query”? Basically, a query letter is a one (or two at the most) page letter introducing me (the author) and my book. Most agents today require a query letter first; if that letter peaks their interest, they’ll ask for a proposal and sample chapters. Additionally, many agents will only accept email queries.

So, in one short email, I have to create enough interest in me and my book to get an agent, who receives hundreds of queries a week, to want to see more. No pressure there!

It will be several weeks before I’ll get a response….if either of these agents is interested. If they are not, I’ll hear nothing. In the meantime, I’ll continue my research on agents, and continue to send out queries.

Even knowing I may be rejected, it’s pretty exciting! I loved writing the workbook, I’m fascinated by the whole process of queries and submissions and proposals, and one way or another, my workbook WILL get published. Of that I’m sure.

Facebook is a fascinating site. People share the minutiae of their lives with friends and strangers alike: some posts are thoughtful; some posts are silly and/or funny; interesting videos are shared; community events broadcast.

More than the posts themselves, the comments about the posts are most telling. You can learn a lot about someone by the comments they write.

Yesterday, I got into a “conversation” with someone I did not know, who had commented on a post written by someone we both did know. I found his comment to be distasteful, and responded to it. Following is the exchange (names omitted):

him: Have you seen the t-shirt, “If a fat girl falls in the forest and nobody is around to see it, do the tree’s laugh?” AHAHAH

me: Why would a person choose to wear a t-shirt with such a hurtful saying on it? So not funny.

him: i thought it was hilarious! you just have no sense of humor, gina.

me: I actually have a great sense of humor! I just don’t find humor in that which degrades or diminishes others.

him: Lol k. Its still hilarious in my eyes though.

I am so saddened that people find it “hilarious” to mock, degrade, and/or diminish others. As a woman, especially in light of the resurgence of overt sexism and misogyny in our society, I am particularly offended by “jokes” against women.

What is so hilarious about mocking “fat girls”? Don’t women, young and old alike, struggle enough with society’s demands of perfection? Every magazine ad, every billboard, every television show and commercial pretty much tells us that if we aren’t thin, beautiful, and young, we’re not worth much.

We’ve seen, in the past couple of years, a rise in sexist and misogynist behavior by both men and women. (Why women find it necessary to tear down other women I will never understand; it breaks my heart.) Who can forget the “Sarah Palin is a cunt” t-shirts worn so proudly by young men and women who didn’t like her politics? How about the “Hillary Clinton is a bitch” t-shirts, also worn by those who opposed her? The media continues its disgraceful displays of misogyny towards Governor Palin even today, while late-night “comedians” make lewd and crude “jokes” about the Governor’s daughters.

It’s irrelevant whether you support someone politically. Guess what? Women are human beings, and deserve to be treated with respect. Disagree with their politics, but treat every person with the same respect you expect.

“Fat girl” jokes are not funny, they are hurtful. T-shirts calling women degrading names are not funny, they are despicable. Jokes by comedians about young girls are not funny, they are shameful.

Next time you hear a “joke” that degrades another human being, please think twice before laughing. Please consider speaking out and letting the jokester know that what he/she said is neither funny nor appropriate. You and I are part of society, and as such it’s up to us to change society’s consciousness about what is funny and what is just plain mean.

In just 9 short days, Jane Green of Everlasting Magic Design (http://www.everlastingmagicdesign.com/) has created a website that is far beyond what I had imagined it would be. My brother Robert, who made this website possible, said, when I asked him what he thought about it:

In a word: SUPERB!
Distinctive, elegant, professional, original, credible, clear, user-friendly.

My sister Sandra, to whom I also turn for advice and input, said:

I don’t just like it, I LOVE it!

I couldn’t agree more with Robert and Sandra. Jane is a web design master. Thank you, Jane!

One wonders why this Administration and House were so intent on passing the Cap & Tax – oops, I mean Trade – legislation so quickly. Who gains? It smells of pure politics. We’re being bamboozled again. Time to wake up and call your Senators. This legislation must NOT pass the Senate!

June 26, 2009 11:09 PM
Posted by Declan McCullagh
CBS News blog
http://tinyurl.com/lkbper

The Environmental Protection Agency may have suppressed an internal report that was skeptical of claims about global warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly regulated by the federal government, according to a series of newly disclosed e-mail messages.

Less than two weeks before the agency formally submitted its pro-regulation recommendation to the White House, an EPA center director quashed a 98-page report that warned against making hasty “decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data.”

The EPA official, Al McGartland, said in an e-mail message to a staff researcher on March 17: “The administrator and the administration has decided to move forward… and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision.”

The e-mail correspondence raises questions about political interference in what was supposed to be a independent review process inside a federal agency — and echoes criticisms of the EPA under the Bush administration, which was accused of suppressing a pro-climate change document.

Alan Carlin, the primary author of the 98-page EPA report, told CBSNews.com in a telephone interview on Friday that his boss, McGartland, was being pressured himself. “It was his view that he either lost his job or he got me working on something else,” Carlin said. “That was obviously coming from higher levels.”

E-mail messages released this week show that Carlin was ordered not to “have any direct communication” with anyone outside his small group at EPA on the topic of climate change, and was informed that his report would not be shared with the agency group working on the topic.

“I was told for probably the first time in I don’t know how many years exactly what I was to work on,” said Carlin, a 38-year veteran of the EPA. “And it was not to work on climate change.” One e-mail orders him to update a grants database instead.

For its part, the EPA sent CBSNews.com an e-mailed statement saying: “Claims that this individual’s opinions were not considered or studied are entirely false. This Administration and this EPA Administrator are fully committed to openness, transparency and science-based decision making. These principles were reflected throughout the development of the proposed endangerment finding, a process in which a broad array of voices were heard and an inter-agency review was conducted.”

Carlin has an undergraduate degree in physics from CalTech and a PhD in economics from MIT. His Web site lists papers about the environment and public policy dating back to 1964, spanning topics from pollution control to environmentally-responsible energy pricing.

After reviewing the scientific literature that the EPA is relying on, Carlin said, he concluded that it was at least three years out of date and did not reflect the latest research. “My personal view is that there is not currently any reason to regulate (carbon dioxide),” he said. “There may be in the future. But global temperatures are roughly where they were in the mid-20th century. They’re not going up, and if anything they’re going down.”

Carlin’s report listed a number of recent developments he said the EPA did not consider, including that global temperatures have declined for 11 years; that new research predicts Atlantic hurricanes will be unaffected; that there’s “little evidence” that Greenland is shedding ice at expected levels; and that solar radiation has the largest single effect on the earth’s temperature.

If there is a need for the government to lower planetary temperatures, Carlin believes, other mechanisms would be cheaper and more effective than regulation of carbon dioxide. One paper he wrote says managing sea level rise or reducing solar radiation reaching the earth would be more cost-effective alternatives.

The EPA’s possible suppression of Carlin’s report, which lists the EPA’s John Davidson as a co-author, could endanger any carbon dioxide regulations if they are eventually challenged in court.

“The big question is: there is this general rule that when an agency puts something out for public evidence and comment, it’s supposed to have the evidence supporting it and the evidence the other way,” said Sam Kazman, general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a non-partisan think tank in Washington, D.C. that has been skeptical of new laws or regulations relating to global warming.

Kazman’s group obtained the documents — both CEI and Carlin say he was not the source — and released the e-mails on Tuesday and the report on Friday. As a result of the disclosure, CEI has asked the EPA to re-open the comment period on the greenhouse gas regulatory proceeding, which ended on Tuesday.

The EPA also said in its statement: “The individual in question is not a scientist and was not part of the working group dealing with this issue. Nevertheless the document he submitted was reviewed by his peers and agency scientists, and information from that report was submitted by his manager to those responsible for developing the proposed endangerment finding. In fact, some ideas from that document are included and addressed in the endangerment finding.”

That appears to conflict with an e-mail from McGartland in March, who said to Carlin, the report’s primary author: “I decided not to forward your comments… I can see only one impact of your comments given where we are in the process, and that would be a very negative impact on our office.” He also wrote to Carlin: “Please do not have any direct communication with anyone outside of (our group) on endangerment. There should be no meetings, e-mails, written statements, phone calls, etc.”

One reason why the process might have been highly charged politically is the unusual speed of the regulatory process. Lisa Jackson, the new EPA administrator, had said that she wanted her agency to reach a decision about regulating carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act by April 2 — the second anniversary of a related U.S. Supreme Court decision.

“All this goes back to a decision at a higher level that this was very urgent to get out, if possible yesterday,” Carlin said. “In the case of an ordinary regulation, these things normally take a year or two. In this case, it was a few weeks to get it out for public comment.” (Carlin said that he and other EPA staff members asked to respond to a draft only had four and a half days to do so.)

In the last few days, Republicans have begun to raise questions about the report and e-mail messages, but it was insufficient to derail the so-called cap and trade bill from being approved by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. Joe Barton, the senior Republican on the Energy and Commerce committee, invoked Carlin’s report in a floor speech during the debate on Friday. “The science is not there to back it up,” Barton said. “An EPA report that has been suppressed… raises grave doubts about the endangerment finding. If you don’t have an endangerment finding, you don’t need this bill. We don’t need this bill. And for some reason, the EPA saw fit not to include that in its decision.” (The endangerment finding is the EPA’s decision that carbon dioxide endangers the public health and welfare.)

“I’m sure it was very inconvenient for the EPA to consider a study that contradicted the findings it wanted to reach,” Rep. James Sensenbrenner, the senior Republican on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said in a statement. “But the EPA is supposed to reach its findings based on evidence, not on political goals. The repression of this important study casts doubts on EPA’s finding, and frankly, on other analysis EPA has conducted on climate issues.”

The revelations could prove embarrassing to Jackson, the EPA administrator, who said in January: “I will ensure EPA’s efforts to address the environmental crises of today are rooted in three fundamental values: science-based policies and programs, adherence to the rule of law, and overwhelming transparency.” Similarly, Mr. Obama claimed that “the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over… To undermine scientific integrity is to undermine our democracy. It is contrary to our way of life.”

“All this talk from the president and (EPA administrator) Lisa Jackson about integrity, transparency, and increased EPA protection for whistleblowers — you’ve got a bouquet of ironies here,” said Kazman, the CEI attorney.