Top 11 reasons the Dubya strong-armed the EPA into lying about air quality in NYC following the 9-11 attacks:

11. No one in the administration has ties to the air-filtration industry.

10. Testing Whitman's loyalty.

9. Two words: blue state.

8. Preparing to gut air quality standards anyway.

7. Tired of hearing how resilient New Yorkers are.

6. Planning to eliminate the EPA anyway.

5. Because the lying wasn't about sex, it didn't seem like a big deal.

4. The airborne compounds in New York are not nearly as lethal as the harmless ones produced by depleted uranium munitions in Yugoslavia and Iraq.

3. "If I don't get reelected, the terrorists win."

2. Anticipated need for diversionary scandal to obscure multiple larger scandals.

And the number one reason Dubya strong-armed the EPA into lying about air quality in NYC following the 9-11 attacks:

1. Habit.

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