Obama Pens Op-Ed Promising to Remove ‘Dumb’ & ‘Outdated Regulations’
- Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:15am by
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President Obama wants America to know he is a pro-business president.
In an op-ed in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, the president promised to sign an executive order to root out “dumb” and “outdated” regulations that “stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.”
“This order requires that federal agencies ensure that regulations protect our safety, health and environment while promoting economic growth,” Obama writes. “And it orders a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive. It’s a review that will help bring order to regulations that have become a patchwork of overlapping rules, the result of tinkering by administrations and legislators of both parties and the influence of special interests in Washington over decades.”
Still, he made sure to note that this doesn’t erase the need for new regulations. “Where necessary, we won’t shy away from addressing obvious gaps: new safety rules for infant formula; procedures to stop preventable infections in hospitals; efforts to target chronic violators of workplace safety laws,” he says, and then adds: “But we are also making it our mission to root out regulations that conflict, that are not worth the cost, or that are just plain dumb.”
The president gives saccharin — an artificial sweetener — as an example. While many Americans use it in their coffee, the EPA requires companies to treat it as hazardous waste. Not any more.
He concludes his op-ed with a final decree: “We’re also getting rid of absurd and unnecessary paperwork requirements that waste time and money.”
“We’re looking at the system as a whole to make sure we avoid excessive, inconsistent and redundant regulation,” he writes in sum. “And finally, today I am directing federal agencies to do more to account for—and reduce—the burdens regulations may place on small businesses. Small firms drive growth and create most new jobs in this country. We need to make sure nothing stands in their way.”
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Comments (319)
ConservativeFeminist
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:38amWhat Obama ~really~ means:
“Trust me, hire people now, which will help my chances for election in 2012, and then in 2013 watch me implement even more extreme ‘dumb’ rules and ‘outdated’ regulations for the sole purpose of advancing my socialist wealth redistribution agenda.”
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me!
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:37amDo you really believe that? It is a back door way to change regulations and fine tune laws for their benefit. He never does anything without the end result being greater control. Obama has new blood on the staff, they have new ideas and are not on the current radar. Excuse me, got to go. The helicopters are flying overhead again.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:43pm@Texas farmer
Do not feel bad, the administration is already talking of surveillance drones over Phoenix for the safety of our citizens in the fair city. I have this directly and independantly of two seperate officers of the law, and am still seeking absolute confirmation of it though.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:35amBe nice people, he allowed artificial sweetener to come off of the EPA list…. NOW if he could JUST repeal Obama care and all of those regulations.. starting with having to file a 1099 for EVERY transaction of $600. and over! RIDICULOUS and DUMB!!
Report Post »squonk1pb
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:32am… root out “dumb” and “outdated” regulations that “stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive”
Let’s see. That should allow for the repeal of pretty much everything that he’s signed into law during in the last 2 years (health care, financial reform, etc.). It would also allow us to eliminate such things as:
- stimulus
- the tax code (& elimination of the IRS)
- elimination of the EPA, and regulations that kill manufacturing
…
The list could go on much farther, but you get the basic idea.
Wow, this will be great. When does it start?
Report Post »irritated1
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:31amSeems I heard this exact thing (Getting rid of useless regulations) from …Maybe Trump or someone else on the right about a week ago. Does this ring any bells with anyone else?
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:30amWhat about the hundreds of regulations he just saddled business with in the past two years, and the health care costs, and the taxes, and the debt. This guy is a joke, he must be very thankful for people who have no clue, otherwise who would vote for him.
Report Post »Freefromyou
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:30amWatch the other hand
“This order requires that federal agencies ensure that regulations protect our safety, health and environment while promoting economic growth,”
Key word “environment” This isn’t about cleaning up regulations, more like cleaning up all that deadly CO2. Hey why are all these plants growing?
Progressives motto “Give them what they think they want”.
Report Post »TheHonestAmerican
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:29amCommunists lie.
Report Post »liriadavila
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:47pmSeconded
Report Post »NoMarxist
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:29amThen I guess the president will be signing bills coming out of congress with the same intent.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:28amThis is merely cover for Cass Sunstain to slip in more onerous regulations.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:28amStart with the new financial regulation he just signed, then the credit card regulation that did nothing but raise interest rate on credit cards. Make it easy, just get rid of all the regulations that the Liberals passed over the last 70 years.
Report Post »victorymanns
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:27amabolish the EPA
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:27amthe boy in the white house is a liar
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:22amAnd we should be suprised by that?
Report Post »victorymanns
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:26amcongress should look in to all of those czars, by by cass . 1111
Report Post »Camo Pants
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:26amJust gotta hope…
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:25amRepublicans might be “sitting in back”, but they have the gas money.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:24amThe only thing that’s outdated and dumb is him and his administration!
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:23amIn theory, this sounds great however Barry & his unvetted cabinet have demonstrated a monsterous power grab that I have to wonder what the real agenda is besides the elections. Just because he’s decided to wear the flag on his lapel does not detract from him standing w/his hands at his sides for the playing of Taps on Memorial Day. Just because he‘s suddenly bringing in religion doesn’t make him genuine when you teach and practice Alinsky. Just because you preach fiscal responsibilty doesn’t make it credible when you flaunt the extravagance of government. I seem to recall you allowing the loosening of regulations just prior to the oil spill even though you appointed the new head of the department that was supposed to oversee that regulations were properly adheared to…..I’m REAL SKEPTICAL OF YOU BARRY.
Report Post »I remember your original promise to TRANSFORM AMERICA AND LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.
petestreet
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:21amThe commie in chief should resigine that would be good
Report Post »sarahchar09
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:20amwow, that took 3 years!!! can you say campaign trail ?!?!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:54amCan we say to the president in 2012 “Your Fired.”
Report Post »JimOhio
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:41amI was thinking the same. Going into his THIRD YEAR while jobs have been leaking to China like water through a colander. WHERE ON EARTH HAS THIS MAN BEEN? You are so right, gotta prep for the next election. I mean really… How else is one supposed to look at this?
Just for the record I was asking the same thing regarding Bush and Gov.Stickland as Ohio lost 25% of our manufacturing jobs in the last 10 years.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:51pmHe’s never been OFF the campaign trail! That’s all he knows how to do. I still think voter fraud is in the works for his reelection. There is no way this person will be reelected for a 2nd term unless voter fraud, and lots of it, is in place.
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:19amSounds great if this is his true intent. Some how I doubt that it is.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:33amAgreed.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:04pmHe should have thought about reforming all the rules when he signed “The Wall Street Reform Bill.”
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:19amNow if he could just get rid of that pesky law of JFK’s about letting public “service” employees to unionize, we’d be all set to recover the economy.
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:06pmAll unions would be even better.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:18amYou mean Obama is going to close several government departments down, get rid of the Czars and turn the government over to the people while undoing all the legislation he and the progressives have passed to make our lives a living nightmare over the last century?
If you believe this, then I have a bunch of bars of iron I shall now transform magically into gold and shall give out to everyone while the national debt is paid off and the budget balanced by the Self Annointed Ones wave of a hand…
Get real Mr President, we do not believe you in the least on anything.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:28amI’d like that iron, please :)
And I want more specifics from this new and improved Obama.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:31am@egobrain
The only thing I would like from Obama is the part beginning “Effective immediately, myself and all the administration along with Pelosi and Reid are resigning and being tried for high treason, theft, and conspiracy…”
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:32am@Egobrain
Should I send the iron COD? Like the Fed does with the national debt?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:36amWill these be in his opinion, or will he consult with people who have the best interest of “free market capitalism” at heart? Oh, I see 2012 elections looming ahead in his rhetoric, maybe it’s just me, I just hope it’s not too little, too late for the economy and jobs.
Report Post »hot22dog
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:36amyea and he is starting to show up in a christian church, it is all about the image on the stage, why he hides what is going on behind the curtain…..
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:38amExcuse me, Snowleopard, good morning. Hope all is well in AZ this morning. Did you get your computer back up and running?
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:39am:) You’re toying with me! You been listening in on my prayers???
Send that iron asap. I need a bomb shelter.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:44amKeep in mind that he didn’t “write” that op-ed any more than he writes his speeches… he just commissions them out to writers based on what his campaign writers want to show for the next round… and yeah, as someone said above, how he NOW shows up in a Christian church.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:53am@Grandmaof5
Computer still history, and good morning.
Will be fairly warm today, and I got stuck in the computer lab between two progressives ranting and raving over the usual – health care, too low taxes, the supreme court ruling in the 2000 election and the usual Blame Bush for Everything tirades…
And they turn up the rhetoric when I start chuckling at them.
By the way, I have a couple of new art works on my gallery if you would like to check them out.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:04amLike the bold colors, they really make the piece “pop out”. Still gloomy here, sun came out for about a minute and went back in, but I have hope for later.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:29amProgressive legislation has made our lives a living nightmare?
You mean the progressive legislation that limited child labor, gave women the right to vote, put an end to unrestricted immigration, established national parks and national forests, created primary elections, established popular initiatives and the recall of unpopular elected officials, and regulated the safety of meat and other food products?
That progressive legislation?
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:04pmInteresting that he is going to the departments to police their regulations. What the hell do they know. How about going to the Chamber of Commerce for their “wish list” . . . and other business based organizations. Cass Sunstein is probably drooling with anticipation.
Report Post »Captain PC
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:41pmI am beginning to feel a calm-before-the-storm. What are we being set up for now?
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:49pmNo, he isn’t going to get rid of his strategically placed czars, commissions, or task forces, he is getting ready to add MORE to handle this. The closer the 2012 elections, the more he wants to appear “for the people”; compassionate; and more to the center. We know how he and his cronies work and what their agenda is.
Report Post »Doctor of Truth
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 8:41amYet another Beck prediction coming to fruition many months later. Good call Glenn, as usual.
Report Post »Toki Wartooth
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:17amthis is different
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:17amHere’s an idea…how about starting with the one’s inacted since you were elected….What a concept.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:19am…enacted
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:24amTranslation to normal non indoctrinated people: Obama will be sure to remove any restraints on environmentalist and then burden business with unneeded regulations designed to shut them down.
Report Post »NoMoreGray
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:25amExactly, Let’s start with the most recent stupid, job killing, money grabbing, regulations and then work backwards to the merely dumb ones.
COMMIESSUCK
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:26amAgreed. Once that is done…stay out of the way!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:28amYikes! This guy will SAY anything to get re-elected.. then he can continue to shove his socialist legislation down our throats. Does anyone believe he has all of a sudden become “moderate?” BEWARE.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:28amBarry, the union goon in chief, the liar and manipulator and deceiver speaks with forked tongue again.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:30amI see Obama is already greasing the wheels of the propaganda machine for his 2012 run.
This man is a lunatic to think that after 2 years of his big Socialist government policies which have almost collapsed our country that suddenly we so stupid to believe a few more of his lies. Whenever people like him use vague terms like “dumb” and “outdated” laws we may be thinking he is talking about his own policies but he thinks he is right and we and the constitution are wrong. Maybe some of these “dumb” and “outdated” policies included the constitution itself considering how much he dodges congress to get laws passed nowadays!
I’m not holding my breath for him to change!
Report Post »Ron Paul for 2012! This traitor in office can’t be trusted!
dwh320
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:30amYou will know when a politician is really trying to removed ‘DUMB’ & ‘OUTDATED REGULATIONS’ when they remove the one known as The Endangered Species Act.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:30am@Cobra blue
I think we posted thoughts along the same line; yours more to the point than mine though. I tend to be a more sarcastic in the outlook of our delusional Self Anointed Saviour of the Cosmos who is in the White House.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:32amPromises? What about all those promises he made in his campaign? This guy is a pathological liar. Every word that comes out of his mouth or by his hand is a lie. Obama’s definition of “dumb” and “outdated” mean they do not distribute the wealth enough.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:34amAs long as he does it with proper authority and not make something up just to avoid playing by the rules
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:35amAlso, ENOUGH with the executive orders! Quit going over the House of Reps. heads.
Report Post »hud
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:35amThis idea has a half life of 2 days, just like his plea for civility. OBAMA-one big ass mistake America & don’t forget it in 2012.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:36amI smell smokescreen. Kind of a smart political move, though. He gets to put all his Czars in a room, and tell them to justify the regulations they are in charge of. When they come back with reasons for all of them, he can say–sorry I couldn’t find any dumb ones (or maybe a token few). And the Republicans are in a bad position now, because now they can only contest the “smart” ones he’s already labeled as “common sense” regulations.
Report Post »rubintheartist
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:48amProgressives cannot be trusted, they have a proven record of lies and hypocrisy. The roots of the elitist progressive left began with the control of the Arts and Media for propaganda purposes to herd Americans like cattle being led to slaughter. When was the last time you were excited to go to an Art Museum? This wonderful online web movie split into four 10 minute parts explains it all with images and words and music. Start with part 2 and you will understand.
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TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:52amI wonder if the “Outdated Regulations” to which he’s referring includes the Bill of Rights. Who needs some that old and antiquated.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:52amoh, Barry and Cass are about to re-write all those regulations. Some are too burdensome or overlapping? Well, we’ll just re-write them to make them ALL INCLUSIVE! Time to close all those “gaps” where some things remain unregulated, and include them in larger, broader regulations.
Watch the other hand….
Report Post »KaptainKody
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 10:55amIf he is really serious about creating jobs and helping the economy to grow and prosper he would resign!!!!
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:03amI agree, he lies, he lies and lies. He’s a very bad man.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:06amSo he’s eliminating regulations that require a paper-trail, yet declares his administration is commited to “transparency” – what is there to show if you eliminate the paper-trail?
Interesting.
(BTW – Didn’t VP Al “ManBearPig” Gore do something similar? I seem to remember a dramatic press conference with a forklift about streamlining regulations…)
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:10amIn the aftermath of the November elections, many political pundits predicted that the once-unchecked Obama legislative machine would turn it’s energies to federal rulemaking as a way to circumvent Republicans on Capitol Hill. And the EPA’s decision last week suggests that those forecasts were spot-on.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/17/obama-coal-crackdown-sends-message-to-industry/
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:11am““This order requires that federal agencies ensure that regulations protect our safety, health and environment while promoting economic growth,” Obama writes.”
This is the fox guarding the hen house. He’s going to remove the burden of regulation with more regulation? This guy is a traitor and enemy of the United States.
It‘s not the government’s job to “protect the environment” or to promote economic growth. The environment is still the environment whether citizens utilize it for production, or not – the environment is not complaining. And with regard to the economy, we need to get this through our thick skulls: government is the RESULT of an economy, not the other way around – that is, government survives on the private sector (taxes); which means that the goal of government is to serve the private sector according to the consent of the governed.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:12amYeah,yeah,yeah blah blah we know you started your run for reelection.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:14amDon’t be deceived by empty words or hollow philosophies as the Good Book says. Just a little bible lesson….A tree is known by its fruits. Make a tree bad and it bears bad fruit, make a tree good and it bears good fruit. Judge for yourself the fruit seen in the first 2 years.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:21amEverybody knows Obama is all for JOB CREMATION.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:21amHow about we do away with the ones that lets them ask race and give special treatment to blacks while discriminating against whites?
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:29amThis is almost funny but it hurts so bad. While saddling us with new regs (FinReg, Obamacare, FDA, Eric Holder, Fed, SEC, E. Warren) he talks of removing regs???? We are a bunch of collective unattentive bunch of folks. When you look at how to move toward Communism we have followed the path laid by Marx better then any previous attempts. Sad days in the US
Report Post »neversaynever
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:31amIf he actually does what he says he’s going to do in this op-ed then kudo’s to him. Maybe he’s finally seeing the error in his ways, or the correctness of what we’ve been saying. It seems as though you people are filled with such a blind hatred of all things Obama that you can’t even commend the man when he does something right. Less regulation is what we need and what we’ve all been saying, but when he does it all yall can do is hate on the man for doing it. I don‘t like Obama’s politics or what he believes in, but I am an independent enough thinker to applaud him when he does something applaudable. This is about whats best for the country, not simply hating Obama.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:31amSo he is doing away with the unions and the companies that hire illegal immigrants insyead of American citizens???? Oh, wait………he can’t do that if he wants to be re-elected…..I suppose that the Executive Order will ensure that government documents will now be done in duplicate instead of triplicate….way to lead, Dear Leader……where would we be without him?????
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:34amOne regulation he should look at is E-Verify.He is suing Arizona for trying to get companies to use it. Lately when i enter someone’s name and SS i get no response,Why?
Report Post »highcarry
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:40amneversaynever. so far it’s only words. means nothing. but some people are still being suckered in by his silver tongue. well, good luck with that.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:45amAnonymous T Irrelevant: Obama doesn’t think existing regulations “distribute the wealth enough?”
Did you actually trouble to read Obama’s piece in WSJ, which includes the acknowledgement that “our economy is not a zero-sum game?”
Or were you just tryhing to live up to the “irrelevant” part of your handle?
Report Post »912er
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:58amHe probably means by outdated it the “two terms” a President can serve. Maybe also that whole “voting” thing.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 11:59amAnybody notice the pic that went along with the headline on this story?
Notice the color St. Barack the Marxist is painting his picture?
Yeah. Yellow is a color I immediately think of when thinking of Barack Obama. Well- that, and RED.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:10pmWatch closely folks, I smell a rat.
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edcoil
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:10pmNewt promised us this in 1994 and never did it.
Report Post »infidelamerican
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:14pmThis will open the door for Obammy to tweak any reg and add new ones that better fit his socialist agenda
Report Post »Dominican
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:15pmMr President Obama,why don’t u start by stopping the VOTE BUYING missions like the $7,000 promos for electrical cars,and use my tax dollars to fix the roads and defense
Report Post »chuck
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:18pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ecWYIU_II&feature=related
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:23pmA Doctors Labor Is Not My Right, you are 101% correct, the gov’t has no business messing with the economy or the environment – the gov’t is there BECAUSE of us and is there to SERVE us, not the other way around – and nothing will change until US realizes it – the Fed Gov’t has only 2 legitimate purposes 1) protect us and 2) provide a means for an infrastructure. Everything else should happen at the city and state level, where the people who live there can decide what happens there. There should be no federal taxes – the states should set and collect taxes for what it needs for the people who live there, and pay the Federal government to do it’s two jobs for the 50 states.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:26pmI could name about 500 and that’s just gun regulations!!
Obama is such a LIAR!!
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:30pmDoes this mean that Obama is endorsing the repeal of Obamacare? http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:33pmWhy would you listen to anything Obama says? there is absolutely no correlation between what he says and what he dose! http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:40pmYes Cobra Blue … let him start with all the cr*p in OBAMACARE! REPEAL IT!
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:42pm..with all the bullcrap that he spews and is completely full of…
…. he could turn those Dumbo ears into the 2 largest manure spreaders in the world and fertilize every species of plants and feed the world like Jesus Christ Superstar…
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 12:47pmLOOK OUT !!! Whoa, the spell police are a watchin…
Report Post »flrick
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:12pmLet’s remove everything “dumb” from the government. That means we wouldn’t have a president, vice-president, senate majority leader, house minority leader, cabinet, czars, first lady……..on and on.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:16pm@Lloyd Drako
Report Post »Just because our economy is “zero sum game” doesn’t mean Obama is a changed man. Do you think he will sign the HC repeal? Rescind the “aggressive” EPA regulations on automobiles?
I don’t think this changes anything.
bullcrapbuster
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:17pmGee, the November ass kicking seems to have changed the presidents retoric.
Report Post »Curioso
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:17pmDon’t you get it he still thinks we are all stupid and/or ignorant. He needs to splain it bettuh soes us sheeples gets it. Isn’t what he is proposing to sign supposed to be the job of The Congress of The United States. Just a little Curious about that. Just cause he signs an executive order does not mean anything is going to change just like when he signed that executive order saying there would be no funding for abortions in the healthcare bill. He needs to splain it more LOL.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:25pmThe president gives saccharin — an artificial sweetener — as an example. While many Americans use it in their coffee, the EPA requires companies to treat it as hazardous waste. Always said that artificial stuff would kill people..and apparently jobs too..
Report Post »Listen he HAS to clear the books for all the NEW regulations the EPA will have shortly to KILL our businesses..
APatriotFirst
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:49pmWe will all be sorry for this from Obama. Sounds good, but since when has he ever done anything to help us? Sounds like a good way to put in more of what he wants while no one is paying attention.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 2:07pm@Moment of Clarity
“2) provide a means for an infrastructure.”
Yes, but I would qualify this and say that it‘s not the government’s job to GUARANTEE an infrastructure – that‘s the free market’s choice. I happen to think that the National Highway System allows the government way too much power over each State, in that they can say that Federal taxes are justified because we use government-funded roads. This should never have been allowed to happen.
“There should be no federal taxes – the states should set and collect taxes for what it needs for the people who live there, and pay the Federal government to do it’s two jobs for the 50 states.”
Agreed. Government isn’t supposed to do much at all. But what it’s supposed to do, it should be equipped to do.
Federalist Paper #41:
“… cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in them; that the choice must always be made, if not of the lesser evil, at least of the GREATER, not the PERFECT, good; and that in every political institution, a power to advance the public happiness involves a discretion which may be misapplied and abused.
“They will see, therefore, that in all cases where power is to be conferred, the point first to be decided is, whether such a power be necessary to the public good; as the next will be, in case of an affirmative decision, to guard as effectually as possible against a perversion of the power to the public detriment.”
Report Post »retriever
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:08pmGood idea!!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:15pm@Anonymous T:
No, I don’t think Obama will endorse the repeal of the HC law or lower EPA standards.
Note again that he says the economy is not (not) a zero-sum game.
If it were a zero-sum game, then the only way you or I could become richer would be by making somebody else poorer, i.e. by redistribution of wealth.
But since it’s not a zero-sum game, economic growth offers a way for us all to become richer, and economic growth through sensible regulation seems to be what Obama is endorsing here.
Of course, if, like most of the posters here, you think of Obama as some sort of hellspawn, then none of this makes much difference.
I would hope that is not your view.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:28pm@Lloyd Drako,
“But since it’s not a zero-sum game, economic growth offers a way for us all to become richer, and economic growth through sensible regulation seems to be what Obama is endorsing here.”
The concern you have for regulation is already addressed in a syetem set up to ensure fair trials. In America, we’re innocent until proven guilty, which means that government regulation of the economy (in the sense of controlling, or directing it) is unConstitutional – except for the provision which allows exclusive rights to one’s inventions or intellectual property to make money, for a short time (a short time – one that would reward the inventor/author, but also one that would end and allow everyone to use them to make money).
Since we have the courts, government regulation of commerce in the Progressive sense – not in the sense that the Founders intended – is unnecessary, for one, but also unConstitutional.
Report Post »obamanation
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:36pmHe has his framework set, so now he can look to please the people, because it doesn’t matter now!! You’re watching the puppet show!
Report Post »dasmoondog
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 3:41pmInacted..Redacted..Lol ;)
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:09pmSome of this sounds good, but instead of Executive Order, why not run a bill through Congress?
Report Post »OH THAT’S RIGHT!! Because #1, Obama doesn’t even know there IS a such thing as “Congress” or “The Constitution”, OR #2, he knows there is some hard core BS that John Boehner & Co. wouldn’t STAND for.
Take your pick.
Either way, there needs to be some legislation on the extent a President can enforce “Executive Orders”. I can’t find that ANYWHERE in my pocket Constitution…
avenger
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:12pmhahahahahahahahahaa…good one..this turkey is lying again….
Report Post »Kaen
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 4:48pmHere’s an idea…how about removing “Dumb” and “Outdated” politicians…like every single Democrat in office and their RINO co-conspiritors…
Report Post »What-A-Joke
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:17pmI wonder why we didn’t start doing that 2 years ago???????
http://www.clubseabreeze.com/TimPhillips/indexnew.html
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 5:50pmIs he going to start with Cap and Trade, the EU has said it does not reduce emissions it just made Al Gore richer…
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 3:52amCobra Blue, I don’t care about any misspelled words, I agree. His statement is scarey as to exactly what he has in mind. It will definately “spell” trouble for our country.
Report Post »sbleve
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:22am“inacted” is more accurate. ‘in’ get it. Removing one while in the dark creating100 more. The manual that all regulations reside needs a big truck to move from one place to another. We as a nation are burden with rules of the god. A god that changes the description of intelligence with the setting of the sun each day.
Report Post »dominke
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 10:31amDoes this mean he will eliminate himself? That would be reason to celebrate. Unemployment would drop in half. Praying
Report Post »jgeezy
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 1:03pmObama believes capitalism has run its course, and there is no room for it in our country’s future
http://practicalpolitician.wordpress.com/
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