Sharron Angle's energy plan: Deregulate the 'mining industry,' as well as the 'oil and petroleum industry'

The Tea Party crowd is anti-science, pro-pollution and anti-regulation.  This wouldn't matter so much if they remained a fringe group.  But they have been embraced by the mainstream conservative movement, and successfully won GOP nominations for national office (see Rand Paul: "I believe business should be left alone from government").

One of the biggest successes of the Tea Party movements is U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R-NV).  Think Progress has the latest on her extreme...