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Thursday, February 15, 2007

The Most Frightening Bush Quote Of The Year

In a speech yesterday, President Bush said the following, which inadvertantly pretty much explains all of his policies:

Money trumps peace sometimes.


I only wish I was making this stuff up.

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

UPDATE ON PREVIOUS STORY Re: New Bush Executive Order Power Grab

First, I think it's sort of news that i actually updated a story that i said i was going to update. But on with the real story:


From The Raw Story

NY Times: Bush signs landmark executive order increasing power over federal agencies

01/29/2007 @ 8:50 pmFiled by RAW STORY

President George W. Bush has given his administration a boost in how the government regulates key issues such as civil rights and the environment, The New York Times will report on its Tuesday front page

The President "signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules that the federal government develops to regulate public health, safety," privacy and other issues, writes Robert Pear for the Times.
Pear reports that "in an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Bush said that each federal agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee" who will monitor the creation of process and procedures and the associated documentation.
"The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency," Pear writes, "to analyze the costs and benefits of new rules and to make sure they carry out the president's priorities."
Excerpts from the Times article follow...
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This strengthens the hand of the White House in shaping rules that have, in the past, often been generated by civil servants and scientific experts. It suggests that the administration still has ways to exert its power after the takeover of Congress by the Democrats.
The White House said the executive order was not meant to rein in any one agency. But business executives and consumer advocates said the administration was particularly concerned about rules and guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Business groups welcomed the executive order, saying it had the potential to reduce what they saw as the burden of federal regulations. This burden is of great concern to many groups, including small businesses, that have given strong political and financial backing to Bush.
Consumer, labor and environmental groups denounced the executive order, saying it gave too much control to the White House and would hinder agencies' efforts to protect the public.
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That's all I've got so far. I'll be posting more on this as I can dig it up, because, frankly, this sort of thing scares the crap outa me. When any administration starts making power grabs for the Executive Branch, that definately get's me paying attention. But this administration has gone so far with it. I was begining to wonder if there was power left to grab. And, yes, aparently there is.

I'll post the ful text of the EO when I can find it.

RM

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