Bush's Final F.U.

[Hawkamania!]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/24991066/bushs_final_fu
(It looks as if RS decided to run this story sooner than they intended to or made a mistake on the posting date.)

In its final days, the administration is rushing to implement a sweeping array of "midnight regulations" — de facto laws issued by the executive branch — designed to lock in Bush's legacy. Under the last- minute rules, which can be extremely difficult to overturn, loaded firearms would be allowed in national parks, uranium mining would be permitted near the Grand Canyon and many injured consumers would no longer be able to sue negligent manufacturers in state courts. Other rules would gut the Endangered Species Act, open millions of acres of wild lands to mining, restrict access to birth control and put local cops to work spying for the federal government.

"It's what we've seen for Bush's whole tenure, only accelerated," says Gary Bass, executive director of the nonpartisan group OMB Watch. "They're using regulation to cement their deregulatory mind-set, which puts corporate interests above public interests."

While every modern president has implemented last-minute regulations, Bush is rolling them out at a record pace — nearly twice as many as Clinton, and five times more than Reagan. "The administration is handing out final favors to its friends," says Véronique de Rugy, a scholar at George Mason University who has tracked six decades of midnight regulations. "They couldn't do it earlier — there would have been too many political repercussions. But with the Republicans having lost seats in Congress and the presidency changing parties, Bush has nothing left to lose."

These last minute law changes makes a mockery out of representative government in the US. Once again, the citizens of the US are being screwed by the ego of an outgoing president. Thanks for nothing yet again Duh-bya.

 

[Galactic]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/24991066/bushs_final_fu
(It looks as if RS decided to run this story sooner than they intended to or made a mistake on the posting date.)
These last minute law changes makes a mockery out of representative government in the US. Once again, the citizens of the US are being screwed by the ego of an outgoing president. Thanks for nothing yet again Duh-bya.

Yes a retirement package from lobbies.Marvelous!

injured consumers would no longer be able to sue negligent manufacturers in state courts

For the people hey George?

Other rules would gut the Endangered Species Act

uranium mining would be permitted near the Grand Canyo,open millions of acres of wild lands to mining

Oh what a surprise.

restrict access to birth control

WTF Please go away already and your god with you.

local cops to work spying for the federal government

Its already happening, it has been for a while.Its not as bad as it sounds.Its mostly terror related, but there is abuse in drug cases.The grey area effect.

 

[Galactic]

Look out for the guy with the size 10 shoes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7782774.stm

I hear that's a real insult in the world of Islam.Secret service was really on top of things

 

[Lance Uppercut]

"It is the farewell kiss, you dog!!"

 

[Z_K]

Look out for the guy with the size 10 shoes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7782774.stm

By far the most impressive thing he has done in his presidency.

 

[medusala]

By far the most impressive thing he has done in his presidency.

Imagine if it happened to Hilary, she would have claimed she escaped an AQ hit squad.

 

[Hot Spenny]

Just watched the video of Yahoo. Bush's face is priceless.
Baldy Koch's take on it? "You'd think the way they do things over there that there would be something in the shoe."

 

[Dont be a lemon]

A complete ****wit right to the end.

 

[likka]

This has Cheney's fingerprints all over it.

In the article it says these new laws will be difficult to overturn... why?

 

[Z_K]

"You'd think the way they do things over there that there would be something in the shoe."

Bullshit he said that.

 

[camsmith]

Rollingstone is a pretty unreliable source for what the laws will actually be and how many can or cannot be overturned.

If you want to blame someone, blame John Adams.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

We are not disputing his constitutional powers (at least in regards to this), we are just saying he's a **** of a highest order.

Next time please read the thread before posting.

 

[Galactic]

Rollingstone is a pretty unreliable source for what the laws will actually be and how many can or cannot be overturned.

If you want to blame someone, blame John Adams.

I thought of that,RS is awful, but I just went on a rant anyway. I hope its not true, but.......anyway how about them duck moves.

 

[camsmith]

We are not disputing his constitutional powers (at least in regards to this), we are just saying he's a **** of a highest order.

Next time please read the thread before posting.

uh:

"These last minute law changes makes a mockery out of representative government in the US"

What's the above about then?

 

[footyfreak]

By far the most impressive thing he has done in his presidency.

LOL, he ducked like a guy that has had many things thrown at him. he should thank his wife for hurling all those empty bottles of liquor at him over the years, his reflexes where lightning fast

 

[Upgrayedd]

Amirite?