GWB: Fighting regulations so you don't have to.
As if we needed another reason to love George W. Bush, the New York Times reported recently that the Bush administration has been working hard to "eliminate burdensome regulations" and thus "protect billions in commerce." From opening federal forests for logging to scaling back needless OSHA staff, no president in recent years has passed as many regulations favoring big business like our Mr. Bush.

Of course, the administration has not deregulated without compassion. To "save hundreds of lives" from driver fatigue accidents, for instance, they extended the maximum drive time without rest for truckers from ten hours to eleven. If that's not compassion for our profits, I don't know what is.

Sadly, many of these regulations have been struck down by activist judges who seem to think there ought to be limits on presidential power. Just one more reason we need to privatize the judiciary and keep someone in the White House who will protect our billions from the special interests of public health and safety.

- posted by Owen Dwight Howse @ 8:32:20 PM