These de-facto laws are called "midnight rules" or "midnight regulations" because they happen at the end -- or midnight period -- of an administration. If the rules are published in the Federal Register by Friday, Nov. 21, they'll be very hard for President-elect Obama to reverse when he gets into office.
And that's the point. Sure, the administration had eight years to get a lot of this stuff accomplished. But according to senior research fellow at George Mason University, Veronique de Rugy, most midnight regulations "cater to special interests" and "that is why they are hurried into effect without the usual checks and balances."
The White House has prepared more than a dozen contingency plans to help guide President-elect Barack Obama if an international crisis erupts in the opening days of his administration, part of an elaborate operation devised to smooth the first transition of power since Sept. 11, 2001.
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see . . .
— Charles A. Lindbergh, 'The Spirit of St. Louis,' 1953.'
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Morning all! Great post Raine...... If only there were some way to nuzzle our pResident for the rest of histermdictatorship.
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Morning all! Great post Raine...... If only there were some way to nuzzle our pResident for the rest of histermdictatorship.
psssst- think you mean Muzzle :p
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Hey hey everybody!
I know it's been a while since I spent any quality time with all y'alls, but today is the beginning of exam time at my school. Christmas break can't come soon enough.
Miss ya, love ya more than air, can't breathe without you!
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Hey hey everybody!
I know it's been a while since I spent any quality time with all y'alls, but today is the beginning of exam time at my school. Christmas break can't come soon enough.
Miss ya, love ya more than air, can't breathe without you!
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Did everyone hear President (elect) Obama talking about Dog Poop? And how his kids will be responsible for cleaning up their new dogs poop?
I hope W. and Dick were listening. Someone's gotta clean up the big poop mess they've made!
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Man that was funny as hell. Jerry get's all quiet and then he had to clickety clack his 1940's phone...
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Did everyone hear President (elect) Obama talking about Dog Poop? And how his kids will be responsible for cleaning up their new dogs poop?
I hope W. and Dick were listening. Someone's gotta clean up the big poop mess they've made!
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Did everyone hear President (elect) Obama talking about Dog Poop? And how his kids will be responsible for cleaning up their new dogs poop?
I hope W. and Dick were listening. Someone's gotta clean up the big poop mess they've made!
Obama is going to need an extra-large super-duper pooper-scooper!
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Good morning, bloggers!! Excellent post, Raine!!
The Bush administration is throwing dust up in the air, as it did during the investigation of the outing of Valerie Plame Wilson and the revealing of the top-secret brass plate firm of Brewster-Jennings, which collected intelligence under the guise of being a business.
Raine, I am surprised no one posted the Rolling Stones song, Under Cover of the Night:
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Did everyone hear President (elect) Obama talking about Dog Poop? And how his kids will be responsible for cleaning up their new dogs poop?
I hope W. and Dick were listening. Someone's gotta clean up the big poop mess they've made!
Obama is going to need an extra-large super-duper pooper-scooper!
"Now that is one big pile of shit."
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OMG.. We need an audiocon of that clip. :rofl:
Quote by Raine:What movie is that from?Quote by Scoopster:Quote by BobR:Quote by velveeta jones:
Did everyone hear President (elect) Obama talking about Dog Poop? And how his kids will be responsible for cleaning up their new dogs poop?
I hope W. and Dick were listening. Someone's gotta clean up the big poop mess they've made!
Obama is going to need an extra-large super-duper pooper-scooper!
"Now that is one big pile of shit."
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OMG.. We need an audiocon of that clip. :rofl:
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A little gem of an Alan Rickman movie
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Alan Richman has made so many movies better!
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Alan Richman has made so many movies better!
He has, but that was chewing scenary at its finest :D
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Alan Richman has made so many movies better!
He has, but that was chewing scenary at its finest :D
I even love how he says Nakatomi in Die Hard.
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Rumsfeld: There are known gnomes, unknown gnomes, and gnomes that we do not know are unknown gnomes.
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Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see . . .
— Charles A. Lindbergh, 'The Spirit of St. Louis,' 1953.'
Happy birthday, old friend!
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Presidential Fitness Test. . . I hated the one where you had to interlace your fingers and sit with your feet against the box and streeeeeeeeeetch and see how far you could go. Ouch...the poor hamstrings.
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Job recruiters asked specifically to not refer WoW players..
I wonder if it has anything to do with horrible taste in MMOs..
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Job recruiters asked specifically to not refer WoW players..
I wonder if it has anything to do with horrible taste in MMOs..
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Job recruiters asked specifically to not refer WoW players..
I wonder if it has anything to do with horrible taste in MMOs..
I have to agree with some of the people who've left comments, you really shouldn't be bringing that stuff up in the first place.
:wide eyed innocence: But Scoop, WoW has to be the best since it is the biggest, right?
:rofl:
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more likely because that's all they talk about? :yada:![]()
:rofl:
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Job recruiters asked specifically to not refer WoW players..
I wonder if it has anything to do with horrible taste in MMOs..
I have to agree with some of the people who've left comments, you really shouldn't be bringing that stuff up in the first place.
:wide eyed innocence: But Scoop, WoW has to be the best since it is the biggest, right?
:rofl:
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Post Office wasn't that bad - they run a fairly well oiled machine in that office - Blogger Joe has been sent out Priority Mail since I mailed a little late. It should be received by Sat at the latest.
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Post Office wasn't that bad - they run a fairly well oiled machine in that office - Blogger Joe has been sent out Priority Mail since I mailed a little late. It should be received by Sat at the latest.
AAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
:sprint: <-- sprints to Post Office
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Post Office wasn't that bad - they run a fairly well oiled machine in that office - Blogger Joe has been sent out Priority Mail since I mailed a little late. It should be received by Sat at the latest.
AAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
:sprint: <-- sprints to Post Office
I thought you went already? So long as people get them by Monday we should be fine :)
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:blink: Foot found in newborn's brain..
hoookay that's about done it for me. :sprint:
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Chrysler says it will idle all its plants and operations until at least January 19th, according to MarketWatch.
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Holy crap.
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Chrysler says it will idle all its plants and operations until at least January 19th, according to MarketWatch.
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Holy crap.
That is pretty typical for this time of year from what I understand. Unless of course MarketWatch has some additional info.
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Chrysler says it will idle all its plants and operations until at least January 19th, according to MarketWatch.
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Holy crap.
That is pretty typical for this time of year from what I understand. Unless of course MarketWatch has some additional info.
This is NOT the same old same old.
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Mythbusters are a repeat....at least it's an Xmas episode.
Har-RUMPH!
(Yeah, I know Dr. Maddow makes me smahhht. I want to see stuff blow up, dammit!)