Obama to Florida Gov. Rick Scott: This Emergency Is Yours: Own It.

When Gov. Rick Scott recently asked President Obama to declare a federal emergency over the toxic algae catastrophe coating South Florida's coasts, my head nearly exploded. It is the zenith of hypocrisy for Gov. Scott to plead for federal assistance on the algae bloom catastrophe when his entire record is hacking, whittling, and chopping federal authority into little, little pieces. And not just any federal authority; specifically federal rules to regulate fertilizers and specifically federal ac...