[h=3]Businesses See NLRB Ruling On “Joint Employers” As Latest In A Series Of Outrages.[/h]The Hill (8/29, Devaney) reported on last Thursday’s “bombshell” finding by the National Labor Relations Board that waste-management company Browning-Ferris Industries, or BFI, “should be considered a ‘joint employer’ of temporary workers” who had been hired by a BFI contractor. The decision, in The Hill’s words, “expands the definition of what it means to be an employer in the United States” and provides the latest evidence that the board has “become a lightning rod for controversy under President Obama, with its aggressive actions fueling sustained warfare between business and labor.” NAM Vice President of Human Resources Policy Joe Trauger was quoted as saying, “Any notion of objectivity these guys may have had went bye-bye a long time ago.” The Hill notes that the NAM and other business groups have complained that the Obama-era NLRB “blatantly” favors labor unions when issuing policy decisions, five of which are recounted in the article.



So the regime has effectively destroyed the franchisor-franschisee business model with one swing of the bat. The jackasses are on a roll; who will they steamroll next. And some wonder why there are a record 93 million people not working.

QuakerOats;1747932 wrote:^^ no surprise; you are essentially a non-entity.

And you're a giant bitch who spends all his time whining about every little even vaguely political thing you can think of to the point where, regardless of political affiliation, most people look at you as a giant joke.

These are not "political things"; my posts are about real 'things' like massive unemployment, stifling regulations, over-taxation, and government overreach that are obviously affected by political beings but have real effects on real people and the real direction of the country.

You don't get that, I know. Many from the spoiled me-generation don't; all that matters to them is their little world and how they might subside through the day or the week ---- fuck everything and everyone else that might interrupt your pleasant plane ride through your secular world.

Wake the hell up.

QuakerOats;1747944 wrote:These are not "political things"; my posts are about real 'things' like massive unemployment, stifling regulations, over-taxation, and government overreach that are obviously affected by political beings but have real effects on real people and the real direction of the country.

You don't get that, I know. Many from the spoiled me-generation don't; all that matters to them is their little world and how they might subside through the day or the week ---- fuck everything and everyone else that might interrupt your pleasant plane ride through your secular world.

Wake the hell up.

Your spiel would actually be worth respecting if not for: (a) how over-the-top you get every single day acting like each thing you personally dislike is a Class A indictment of how horrible life is for living in today's world and (b) your tone-deaf blindness to how both political parties are essentially in this together to preserve their stronghold in Washington over everyone else and actual legitimate improving of the system won't take place until there's a major housecleaning of the main people on both sides of the aisle — a housecleaning that does not end until the people in office start paying more attention to the common man than the lobbyists, corporations, special interest groups, war machine and so on.

I don't deny your zeal, but if you're just going to take a tunnel vision outlook instead of actually looking at the big picture, all you are is a large producer of white noise that anyone with an average IQ can see through as little more than the OC's version of a paid political ad by the Republican Party.

I don't disagree with a 'major housecleaning', but I would extend it to almost every single federal agency and institution, many of which should be completely dismantled, not just cut by 50% ( a cut, by the way, that no one on Main St. would notice). You could replace every elected official, but if their hands are tied because of mandatory spending vs the small amount that is discretionary, it won't make a damn bit of difference. It is time to structurally reform, from the ground up. Instead, we will just about double our national debt in obama's 8 years --- that is $10 trillion dollars in new debt under this regime, which is so destructive in the long-term it is hard to describe .......wait until interest rates rise a few points and interest payments eat up 50% of total spending. Add to that all the other affronts to business and job creation and growth, and it starts to make sense why someone like Donald Trump, as bombastic as he is, is leading in the polls.

So, yeah, a housecleaning would be nice, but unless major bureaucratic institutions and agencies are eliminated or radically reduced in scope and power, then nothing will really change. At least there are a few republicans who strive for reducing government, all the while the left is screaming for more.

The Hill (8/31, Cama) reports that the Obama administration’s Office of Management and Budget announced Monday that it was beginning the “final review process” for an Environmental Protection Agency regulation that “would reduce the allowable concentration of ozone pollution in the air” to between 65 and 70 parts per billion from the current standard of 75 ppb. The OMB said it had received the EPA’s proposed rule on ground-level ozone last Friday, triggering a review process that the White House has said, under court order, will be completed in time for the regulation to take effect on October 1. Such a process “typically takes much longer,” The Hill notes. It also cites a NAM-commissioned study that calculated the cost of implementing the stricter ozone standard at “up to $1.1 trillion ... making it the most expensive regulation ever.”
The Business Journals’ (9/1, Hoover) Washington bureau describes the OMB review now underway as a step toward issuance of “what could be the most expensive government regulation ever.” The story also references the NAM-backed study, highlighting its estimate that the forthcoming EPA rule “would cost the U.S. economy $270 billion a year and raise the cost of natural gas and electricity.” Explaining that “critics” of the plan consider one month an insufficient amount of time for the OMB to evaluate the rule’s impact, the Business Journals cites Howard Feldman, American Petroleum Institute senior director of regulatory and scientific affairs, as saying, “We are surprised the administration is limiting interagency review of what could be the most expensive regulation ever.”
Rigzone (8/31, Boman), in a story that also cites the NAM study, quotes the API’s Feldman as saying the EPA’s plan is unnecessary because “the nation’s air is getting cleaner, and air quality will continue to improve as we implement the existing standards.”
Executive: With Stricter Standard, EPA Seeks “Midgame Change” That Threatens Manufacturers. In a “guest column” for the Dayton (OH) Business Journal (9/1, Subscription Publication), Steve Staub, co-owner of Staub Manufacturing Solutions in Dayton, says that for manufacturers in his Ohio city, the EPA’s proposed tightening of ozone-pollution standards is akin to an unfair “rule change midway through a tight game.” Although US manufacturers have made “tremendous progress to meet the existing standard for ground-level ozone” that was set in 2008, the EPA “now wants to change the goal” with a more restrictive rule, Staub writes. Citing a NAM study concluding that the new rule “would drain $140 billion a year from the U.S. economy and snuff out 1.4 million jobs or job equivalents per year for the next 20 years,” the businessman says his small company could be forced to “divert funds from productive investment to the wasteful expense of dealing with the red tape involved in pursuing a non-attainable ozone standard.”


It never ends with this regime. Ramming through the most expensive regulation in history that will further cripple an anemic economy and significantly raise energy costs on consumers, and only giving it one month in review - wow. So, they review the keystone pipeline for years and years, and then ram this up our rears as fast as possible to avoid the fallout.

WE HAVE ELECTED THE ENEMY !!!

QuakerOats;1748163 wrote:It never ends with this regime. Ramming through the most expensive regulation in history that will further cripple an anemic economy and significantly raise energy costs on consumers

Yes yes yes, but Obama has nothing to do with the historically anemic "recovery".

Ozone Rule Would Choke Out Ohio Jobs

Last week the Center for Regulatory Solutions released a study demonstrating the catastrophic damage to Ohio’s economy if the Obama Administration and U.S. EPA’s proposed ozone regulation takes effect. The study found that by lowering the standard from 75 parts per billion (ppb) into the 65 to 70 ppb range, the EPA would cause, with a single action, at least 34 counties in Ohio to be in violation of federal law. These are some of Ohio’s most populated counties, concentrated around the Cleveland and Cincinnati metropolitan areas, but a number of Ohio’s rural counties may be dragged into nonattainment as well. Together, these 34 counties are home to 77% of the state’s population, 84% of Ohio’s GDP, and 80% of state employment. This proposed regulation continues to be a major threat to Ohio’s manufacturers and to Ohio’s economy as a whole.

QuakerOats;1748698 wrote:

Ozone Rule Would Choke Out Ohio Jobs

Last week the Center for Regulatory Solutions released a study demonstrating the catastrophic damage to Ohio’s economy if the Obama Administration and U.S. EPA’s proposed ozone regulation takes effect. The study found that by lowering the standard from 75 parts per billion (ppb) into the 65 to 70 ppb range, the EPA would cause, with a single action, at least 34 counties in Ohio to be in violation of federal law. These are some of Ohio’s most populated counties, concentrated around the Cleveland and Cincinnati metropolitan areas, but a number of Ohio’s rural counties may be dragged into nonattainment as well. Together, these 34 counties are home to 77% of the state’s population, 84% of Ohio’s GDP, and 80% of state employment. This proposed regulation continues to be a major threat to Ohio’s manufacturers and to Ohio’s economy as a whole.

My question is what are the parts per billion in other countries? I am guessing far higher than our current standard.

I doubt they are even measured in developing nations.

Beyond that, the cost / benefit is not even close; in fact there likely is no benefit, so why even entertain the notion when the damage to the economy and the citizens is staggering.

India and China, who account for about half the worlds' population DGAF.

http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/09/virginia-town-rocked-by-ms-13-vandalism-just-days-after-illegals-murder-high-schooler/


When you have a president who will not do his job and uphold the law, this will continue to occur.

Just like the clerk in KY, either do your job, resign, or go to jail.

White House Push For Immigrants to Become Citizens -- Before Election...

When will the radical marxists parading around as environmental whackos get the beatdown they so richly deserve:

[h=3]Porter: EPA’s Ozone Rules “Wildly” Miss The Mark.[/h]In an op-ed for The Hill’s (9/24, Porter) “Congress Blog,” J. Winston Porter, an energy and environmental consultant, states that the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed ozone rules have &#8220ushed aside” science and expert opinions “in favor of politics” to create “unachievable goals and real economic pain.” According to Porter, the EPA’s claims that the regulations will improve the nation’s health “rests on shaky ground.” Porter also questions how the EPA could say that economic impacts cannot be considered “when building regulations” are devised, when at the same time the agency is “citing potential economic benefits from improved health.” Porter argues that “sound regulation must rest on science, not politics,” and since the scientific justification for the ozone regulations are “full of holes,” the “EPA’s ozone proposal wildly misses this mark.”
Proposed EPA Ozone Regulations Stir Sentiments In Indiana Ahead Of Deadline. The Indianapolis Star (9/24, Groppe) reports that the EPA’s new regulations on ground-level ozone have both supporters and opponents “gearing up” in Indiana to “influence the outcome.” The Star notes that the NAM “is targeting the state as part of a multimillion-dollar ad campaign against tougher rules.” During a NAM press conference on Wednesday, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson commented on the proposed regulations’ impact on her city’s largest employer, US Steel, saying “We just can’t sustain another hit.” Meanwhile, the Star notes that the Sierra Club and other mayors have voiced support for EPA’s new rules.

The Russians are making the Obama foreign policy team look like a JV squad. How do you go from Assad stepping across Obama's red line to the Russian federation putting boots on the ground and entering the Syrian civil war on Assad's behalf? Answer... weakness. This world is governed by the aggressive use of force. At this point I am not sure what comes next separatist movements in Baltic states or a successful Iranian nuclear test.

^^^I think someone on one of the threads made a comment recently to the extent that Russia or any other nation, has 16 months to do whatever they want to advance their agenda, because America won't do a f'***ing thing. SMH.

I looked but can't seem to find it, so I'll give the reps.

Remember when everyone (liberals) jerked off to Obama ridiculing Romney at the debate for his comments about Russia?

like_that;1754264 wrote:Remember when everyone (liberals) jerked off to Obama ridiculing Romney at the debate for his comments about Russia?

8 years can't end soon enough....of course, if Hillary follows him then, at this point, what difference does it make?

Either way, we'll be better off with someone in office who is actually willing to do the job.

All is well in the world; we elected a (preordained) Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Now, back to smoking weed courtesy of Issue 3 and singing kumbaya.


Change we can believe in ...

HitsRus;1748733 wrote:India and China, who account for about half the worlds' population DGAF.

The Chinese just announced that they are adopting cap and trade nationwide and will let the marketplace cut its emissions - a great idea American Conservatives once believed in until they were stricken with ObamaRage. India already has pilot programs in a few of its states and will likely follow China's lead. These countries are on the front lines of Climate Change (i.e. the Maldives ceasing to exist) and are leading the charge.

like_that;1754264 wrote:Remember when everyone (liberals) jerked off to Obama ridiculing Romney at the debate for his comments about Russia?

As if Russia cooperating with Iranian and U.S. intelligence to attack Isis is anything like acting like a "Geopolitical foe." Partisans are so ready to turn this into a morality play and talk about the communist ex-KGB "one-upping" Obummer it is crazy. Meanwhile the Russian economy flails.

BoatShoes;1754331 wrote:The Chinese just announced that they are adopting cap and trade nationwide and will let the marketplace cut its emissions - a great idea American Conservatives once believed in until they were stricken with ObamaRage. India already has pilot programs in a few of its states and will likely follow China's lead. These countries are on the front lines of Climate Change (i.e. the Maldives ceasing to exist) and are leading the charge.

I see you did not need Issue 3 to pass in order to partake.

majorspark;1754252 wrote:The Russians are making the Obama foreign policy team look like a JV squad. How do you go from Assad stepping across Obama's red line to the Russian federation putting boots on the ground and entering the Syrian civil war on Assad's behalf? Answer... weakness. This world is governed by the aggressive use of force. At this point I am not sure what comes next separatist movements in Baltic states or a successful Iranian nuclear test.

The Russian Bear is desperate seeing that Uncle Sam now has begun relations with both a moderating Iran and Saudi Arabia which is crushing Russia's economy at the behest of the U.S.

QuakerOats;1754337 wrote:I see you did not need Issue 3 to pass in order to partake.

And yet everything I wrote is correct. For example, here is the Republican nominee who you voted for on Cap and Trade in 2007 in the pre-ObamaRage era:

I have proposed a bipartisan plan to address the problem of climate change and stimulate the development and use of advanced technologies. It is a market-based approach that would set reasonable caps on carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions, and provide industries with tradable credits. By reducing its emissions, a utility or industrial plant can generate credits it may trade on the open market for a profit, offering a powerful incentive to drive the deployment of new and better energy sources and technologies; for automakers to develop new ways to lower pollution and increase mileage; for utilities to generate cleaner electricity and capture carbon; for appliance manufacturers to make more efficient products, and for the nation to use energy with maximum efficiency-building conservation into the economy in a manner that produces financial and environmental benefits.

P.S. it is laughable that you call yourself a defender of liberty and oppose issue 3. New Rule: Conservatives are no longer allowed to proclaim that they care about liberty because they are completely F.O.S. What you care about is puritanism.

God forbid somebody has the liberty to kick back after work with a toke rather than a 24 pack of Busch Light.

BoatShoes;1754336 wrote:As if Russia cooperating with Iranian and U.S. intelligence to attack Isis is anything like acting like a "Geopolitical foe." Partisans are so ready to turn this into a morality play and talk about the communist ex-KGB "one-upping" Obummer it is crazy. Meanwhile the Russian economy flails.

Cooperating? Now we have Iranian ground troops coming in to take part in a regime offensive.

Russian warplanes that joined the fight this week bombed a camp run by rebels trained by the CIA, the group's commander said, putting Moscow and Washington on opposing sides in a Middle East conflict for the first time since the Cold War.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/01/us-mideast-crisis-russia-syria-idUSKCN0RV41O20151001