Bush’s last-minute rule gutting worker protections may violate his own guidelines.
Bush’s last-minute rule gutting worker protections may violate his own guidelines.
The Labor Department is attempting to complete a rule which “would add a step to the lengthy process of developing standards to protect workers’ health” and would thus make it more difficult to regulate toxic substances and chemicals that affect workers on the job. The New York Times notes that this proposal may violate the White House’s own memorandum:
The timing of the proposal appears to violate a memorandum issued in early May by Joshua B. Bolten, the White House chief of staff. “Except in extraordinary circumstances,” Mr. Bolten wrote, “regulations to be finalized in this administration should be proposed no later than June 1, 2008, and final regulations should be issued no later than Nov. 1, 2008.”
The proposal is “one of about 20 highly contentious rules the Bush administration is planning to issue in its final weeks,” the Times notes. For more on Bush’s last-minute regulations and proposals, read ThinkProgress’s report, “Bush’s Backward Sprint To The Finish.”
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You'd think these stories were right out of the Onion: Priest equates vote for Obama with sin; Psy Ops to merge with MSM; war profiteer advertises on network news. But, sadly, enough, they're real. All too real.
November 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pmAnyone surprised that the gang that continues to loot the federal treasury, commits treason, war crimes, and crimes against humanity is willing to "violate" his own guidelines?
I am sure it is covered in a signing statement somewhere.
November 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pmThe "guidelines" were intended to prevent any last-minute regulations that could easily be overturned before they went into effect, as happened with something like 200 last-minute Clinton regulations. There is always a waiting period (60 days?) during which the regulation is under something like probation. The minute the Bushies walked in they tossed out all the environmental regulations set up by the Clinton administration in the last month or so before the inauguration. The Bushies want their anti-environmental, anti-labor, anti-regulatory regulations to stick.
November 30th, 2008 at 1:33 pmCan this evil clown do anything that is actually good for the country?
¶ AIO
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November 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pmI heard Potassium Chloride and Sulfuric acid can be very efficient if mixed. Hehe. It was news the Bombay bombers carried large amounts of explosives. I dont say Bush is supporting terrorists by such a crap. Hes just some loony.
November 30th, 2008 at 1:40 pmBombay Cartoons
November 30th, 2008 at 1:42 pmLovely, just lovely.
A departing administration practicing a scorched earth policy.
Correction: What the heck was I thinking? An administration that has practiced eight years of scorched earth policy.
November 30th, 2008 at 2:03 pmBush has guidelines...?
November 30th, 2008 at 2:19 pmCrony capitalism to the last iota.
November 30th, 2008 at 2:31 pmIs there no one who can stop this maniac???
November 30th, 2008 at 2:57 pmIf Obama had a fuukin hair, he'd 'mention' in his next address that he 'encouraged' federal employees who came into conflict with the Bushit regulatory changes to ignore them, and to document each case in which such an act was taken, and record any responses by superiors to these actions.
November 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pmWe can`t have regulations get in the way of profits for the SHRUB`S crony`s........heh heh.
November 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pmalphainfinityomega Says:
Can this evil clown do anything that is actually good for the country?
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Darth Bobo cares NOTHING about workers and actively HATES unions. Give the man a choice of killing off a few peasants or not if it makes a rich man a few bucks he will kill them off every time. I truly believe Bobo would sell poor people by the pound for taco meat if he could get away with it
November 30th, 2008 at 3:21 pmsouthrnbelle Says:
Is there no one who can stop this maniac???
November 30th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Not without recourse to weapons, it seems...
November 30th, 2008 at 4:04 pmAfter they pass a stimulus bill, the next thing that Congress needs to do is to pass a law overturning every order Bush has made in the last 6 months. Put them all in one bill and get rid of them all at once.
November 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pmGeorge W. Bush is like a 4 year old throwing a tantrum breaking every toy he can before he gets caught.
The man is pure evil. There is a special place in hell waiting for him.
November 30th, 2008 at 4:48 pmYou know, anything Chimpy can do to f(uk over the little people before he slinks off back to his fake ranch to clear brush, smirk, ride his bike, and smirk some more.
December 1st, 2008 at 6:20 amThe rule is bad enough, but DOL did not even hold a hearing or allow more than 30 days of comments. The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing in September on this proposal: http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/wp-2008-09-17.shtml
December 1st, 2008 at 9:44 amAnd one wonders what might happen in a Sarah Palin administration..... belay that, we now KNOW what would happen in a Palin administration. Clueless, feckless, stubborn, and incompetent. The Petty Tyrant is almost done. The countdown continues.....
January 1st, 2009 at 10:19 am