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28 Oct 08 - 12:10 PM (#2478209) Subject: BS: Regulations.gov From: Donuel Midnight regulations are the vehicle in which a President may submit and make laws and policies before their an election which then go into effect immediately. The Rules for such regulations have been ignored by Bush in that the midnight regulations are submitted withour cost benefit analysis or with fraudulent analysis. Sometimes they can be stopped at this early stage but usually not. What we are getting so far are going to allow Pharmacists to obey their conscience regarding whatever prescriptions they provide or withold. The trermination of people injured or killed in rollever accidents from seeking damages or justice from car makers, The end of health services for people using medicare by allowing health care providers the choice to accept or reject such benefits. The end of any health care advice for pregnant mothers. etc. The midnight last minute regulations can be undone at great cost and time by Congress or courts and often remain lawdespite best efforts. The midnight regulations are published only in the Federal Register. Regulations.gov will give more info on this undemocratic process. More on this on the Diane Rehms show / npr New and not yet released Bush midnight regulations await our amazment and jaw dropping shock at their arrogance. You can bet some new MR laws regarding the redisribution of the Trillion dollar bail out pile of money. |
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28 Oct 08 - 12:27 PM (#2478228) Subject: RE: BS: Regulations.gov From: katlaughing I don't know if it a midnight thing, but I posted this, the other day, to a thread about Kin Coal and Jean Ritchie: Seems the shrub has plans for some mountain tops: Here's the really dirty part of coal. First, this preface: After a year of record profits, coal operatives will receive nearly $2.8 billion in tax credits in the recent Wall Street bailout. And last Friday, with all of the banter about "clean coal" drowning out the critics, the Bush administration quietly moved to alter one of the last remaining laws protecting against the wholesale clear-cutting and horrific strip mining practice called mountaintop removal in Appalachia. This is the process of blowing the tops off mountains and dumping the remains into the waterways or valleys -- over 1,600 miles of streams and 470 mountains in central Appalachia have been erased from American maps. The rest of the article is HERE and well worth the read, imo. |
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28 Oct 08 - 12:36 PM (#2478234) Subject: RE: BS: Regulations.gov From: Uncle_DaveO The end of health services for people using medicare by allowing health care providers the choice to accept or reject such benefits. How is that any different from what goes on now? I have run into health providers who do not accept Medicare, with its limitation on medical fees, for years. Dave Oesterreich |