Tag Archives: Regulations

Fertilizer Company Claimed No Risk of Fire or Explosion

Posted on April 18, 2013 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

If this report from The Dallas Morning News is correct, it’s possible the volunteer firefighters who first responded to a fire at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas last night had no idea it may blow up in their faces … Continue reading →
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Victory for the EPA

Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:40 pm by JM Ashby

Good news — the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an industry challenge of the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This morning, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Morning

Posted on May 14, 2012 at 1:44 pm by Bob Cesca

“There is no — nor has there ever been — any Republican position that’s been no regulations. We are for regulations and always have been.” Republican operative Mary Matalin Well, there’s Ron Paul for starters who wants to eliminate most … Continue reading →

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Corporations Are (Good) People

Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

According to Mitt Romney, “the banks” aren’t bad people. In fact, they’re just as scared as you are of the Obama Administration and their job-killing regulations and “uncertainty.” Or something. Romney was standing outside a Fannie Mae-foreclosed home in a … Continue reading →

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It’s The Unfairness, Stupid

Posted on January 17, 2012 at 6:45 pm by JM Ashby

Via Greg Sargent, The Washington Post released the results of their latest poll today and found that, by a wide margin, more people now consider inequality to be a bigger economic problem than big government regulation. What do you think … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul Defends Romney’s Bain History

Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

For some inexplicable reason, Ron Paul is the only candidate in the race who seems to have decided not to be the anti-Romney. Paul has labeled Romney as a “member of the establishment,” but has not mounted a serious effort … Continue reading →

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Happy Fracking New Year

Posted on January 2, 2012 at 5:35 pm by JM Ashby

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 struck an area of Ohio not prone to earthquakes on News Year’s Eve and this quickly lead some to speculate that fracking may be the cause. On New Year’s Eve, a magnitude 4.0 … Continue reading →

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A Major Environmental Victory for the Obama Admin.

Posted on December 22, 2011 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

File this on top of the increasingly-large stack of policies on the back-burner for decades that the Obama Administration is finally implementing. Wednesday, at long last, the EPA unveiled its new rule covering mercury and other toxic emissions from coal- … Continue reading →

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About Those Job-Killing Regulations

Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

Those “job-killing” regulations the Obama Administration has supposedly presided over and really failing to impress me with the number of jobs they’ve presumably killed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) asks executives to report the biggest reasons for layoffs. Data … Continue reading →

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Another Phony Excuse

Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

Woops! Here’s another Republican excuse for why the Job Creators aren’t creating, ya’ know, jobs, that completely falls apart after close scrutiny. Obama’s White House approved 613 federal rules during the first 33 months of his term, 4.7 percent fewer … Continue reading →

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