Obama’s Rush to Leave a Legacy Leaves a Mess Instead
Written by Bob Adelmann
In Greek mythology Augeas is best known for his stables, which housed 3,000 head of cattle. The stables hadn’t been cleaned for 30 years, and Heracles’ job — to keep working until he had cleaned the stables entirely — was deemed impossible, as the cattle were immortal.
Happily President-elect Donald Trump’s challenge to undo egregious Obama administration actions isn’t as overwhelming as Heracles’. Consider Obama’s parting gift of withdrawing millions of acres of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans from energy development on December 20. Or his proclamation in the last week of December turning 1.35 million acres in Utah and 300,000 acres in Nevada into new national monuments.
