Gitzo Loc: Indiana

1. Obama EPA's Rules Are 38 Times Longer Than the Bible
Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency "has proposed and promulgated numerous regulations" regarding pollution control, a report from the Congressional Research Service observes.

How numerous?
The EPA has issued 2,827 new final regulations, taking up 24,915 pages in the Federal Register, totaling an estimated 24,915,000 words, according to an analysis by CNS News.
The Gutenberg Bible, published in two volumes in 1455, contains 1,282 pages and 646,128 words.

So the new EPA regulations issued by the Obama administration contain about 19 times as many pages and 38 times as many words as the Bible.
The EPA regulations also have 22 times as many words as the entire seven-book Harry Potter series, and 5,484 times as many words as the U.S. Constitution, CNS News calculated.

The regulations cover greenhouse gases, air quality, emissions, hazardous substances, and other topics.
CNS pointed out that in addition to final rules, the Federal Register publishes proposed rules, notices, interim rules, corrections, and drafts of final rules. The analysis considers only final rules from the EPA, which include the likes of "Revised Steam Electric Effluent Limitations Guidelines."

Critics of the EPA "have reacted strongly" to the deluge of new regulations, the Congressional Research Service noted. "Many, both within Congress and outside of it, have accused the agency of reaching beyond the authority given it by Congress and ignoring or underestimating the costs and economic impacts of proposed and promulgated rules."

The CRS report acknowledged that "environmental groups and other supporters of the agency disagree that EPA has overreached.”
"In several cases, environmental advocates would like the regulatory actions to be stronger."
But the report also noted that The Wall Street Journal has charged that the EPA "has turned a regulatory fire hose on U.S. business."

And the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called the EPA's actions "a series of one-sided, politically charged regulations that are intended to take the place of legislation that cannot achieve a consensus in Congress."


Comments;
That last paragraph says it all;

"a series of one-sided, politically charged regulations that are intended to take the place of legislation that cannot achieve a consensus in Congress."

That one paragraph describes the Obamanation administration to a T!

I think the EPA should be "done away with", along with the the DHHS, the DOE, and the POS; (the last would dramatically reduce the number of libs in government. )

davefales Loc: Virginia

I'm beginning to believe that the "middle" which was inclined to instinctively believe their Federal Government generally did things for the common good are beginning to view it as an out-of-control monster.

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

Interesting comparison, the bible, a book of fairytales and EPA regulations that deal with the real world.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

How cool of you silver! Insulting people's faith! I guess that just helps to make you feel as if you are really moving up that liberal ladder... Now even more liberals can look up to you right?

Que pendejo!

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

Well, can you prove that the bible is not a book of fairy tails?

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

What is it about your fascination at to the length of legislation? It is supposed to be a cliff notes affair with only 10 pages, lots of pictures and wide margins like the did for Reagan?

And: "a series of one-sided, politically charged regulations that are intended to take the place of legislation that cannot achieve a consensus in Congress." -- Which is why the President is using his authority as chief executive to modify rules as allowed by the existing law of the land, the Clean Air Act - which was signed by George Bush -- to curtail pollution from coal fired power plants. An executive action which is only necessary because the do nothing of all do nothing Congresses does not have the balls to deal with issues that might effect the Fat Cats who pay them.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I certainly do not condone blasting peoples deeply held religious beliefs... It is just ugly Silver.

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

So whats wrong with an opinion. Am I not entitled to opinions? Maybe jut you are entitled to an opinion.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Please, it is one thing to express a respectful opinion questioning religious beliefs and quite another to come out and state that the most deeply held beliefs of other's concerning faith is nothing other than belief in fairy tales. But you know this Silver so why do you insist on playing the innocent victim?

Gitzo Loc: Indiana

[quote=rgrenaderphoto]What is it about your fascination at to the length of legislation?

You really get rattled when anyone makes any kind of a comment about YOUR "dear leader" and his "just out of college" flunkies that he has running the EPA, don't you DH?

I'm sure a nit-wit like you thinks it's a great thing to have 9 million "regulations" that would require the average lifetime of 3 dozen Philadelphia lawyers to even read it, much less do anything about it; only a card carrying Obama sycophant and butt-kisser would attempt to make a case for anything as stupid and meaningless as something described as being 38 times the length of the bible; (but that's exactly what you are, and it's exactly why it rattles you so much that you make yourself look even more stupid trying to do it.

BTW, dumb-ass, take another look at what you wrote......."legislation"? what "legislation" would that be? Are you now so stupid that you're attempting to pass off a bunch of bull-s**t regulations written by a bunch of "just out of kindergarden staffers" at the EPA as being "legislation"? (I guess you're even more ignorant than I realized. )

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

So tell me, do you really believe that the universe and the earth were created in 6 days?

usnpilot Loc: Ft Myers Fl

[quote=silver]So tell me, do you really believe that the universe and the earth were created in 6 days?[/

The creation probably took far longer than 6 days but I do not believe it was an accident. I prefer to believe I was created in God's image rather than as a descendant of apes.

usnpilot Loc: Ft Myers Fl

I cannot prove the Bible to be factual. At the same time I do not believe you can disprove it. You are entitled to your opinion but the way you present it shows a lack of respect for anyone who disagrees with you. It appears that not only are you not a Christian but that you also do not abide by the golden rule.
I just recently joined UH and I enjoy the photography forum but I must say, when it comes to politics they are a number of real hate mongers on this site.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I have said more than once on these threads that I am an agnostic, and that when I do think of god I do not think of Jesus Christ.

usnpilot Loc: Ft Myers Fl

I take no issue with your beliefs, in fact I will defend your right to have them. It is the way you denigrate those whose beliefs and opinions differ from yours that I find offensive.