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KD’s “PESKY REGULATIONS” Comments #1 - #5 ; Carl Davidson (KD); Facebook; February 4, 2017.
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This review is a five-in-one, covering KD’s first five “PESKY REGULATIONS” comments.
On 2/2/17, local/national lefty leader Carl Davidson (KD) wrote, “ABOUT THOSE PESKY REGULATIONS: While you weren’t looking today, the GOP Congress found a sneaky way to start getting rid of those nasty, job-killing regulations. How did they start? Coal companies are now permitted to dump their coal waste or ‘slurry’ into mountain streams that supply fresh drinking water to the families of miners. The bosses get a break and your family gets poisoned. What was next? They got rid of a regulation that big firms like Exxon had to report ‘bribes’ in overseas dealings. Now they’re allowed to hide it in general expenses. We’re off to a good start here, folks, showing just how Trump’s GOP is going to stick up for the working class! I’ll keep you posted on more upcoming ways they play us for suckers..”
[RWC] Does anyone believe current regulations allow “Coal companies … to dump their coal waste or ‘slurry’ into mountain streams that supply fresh drinking water to the families of miners?” If that were true, why did the Obama regime wait until BHO’s 95th (December 20, 2016) of his 96 months in office to announce the rule? KD said his original source was MSNBC then he added Vox.com. Does anyone believe it was a coincidence the rule’s effective date was January 19, 2017, the day before DT’s Inauguration Day?
The press is also pitching in to mislead us. For example, Bloomberg published a piece entitled “Senate Votes to Reverse Obama-Era Coal Rule, Sends to Trump.” “Last minute” should have been used instead of “Obama-Era.” The idea behind headlines and/or titles like this is to lead readers to believe the two-weeks-old regulation has been in effect for years. Let me repeat my question: if the rule was so crucial to protect our streams, why did the Obama regime wait until the very end of BHO’s eight years in office to announce the rule?
As Bloomberg did with the new coal rule, the AP used the “Obama-era” deception regarding the new “overseas dealings” reporting rule (4th paragraph). Since KD’s “‘bribes’ in overseas dealings” have been illegal since at least 1977 (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), what is the purpose of the new rule? Most people don’t know this, but the IRS has teams onsite for many large companies. I worked for an evil <g> multinational oil company for most of my career and some projects were such that the tax treatment was a major consideration. In those cases, we’d consult with the onsite IRS agents to make sure we didn’t get blindsided during audits.
According to Exxon’s Jaime Spellings (JS) (Vice President and General Tax Counsel) during an API blogger conference call in 2011, “[ExxonMobil has] a permanent team of 35 IRS agents who live here year-round. You know, we accommodate them, we deal with them every single day.” Later in the call, blogger Mark Perry (Carpe Diem) asked JS, “Could you please verify again, did you say you have 35 full-time IRS agents working at ExxonMobil year-round?” JS replied “Yup.” Call moderator Jane Van Ryan (API) asked, “And that’s true for the rest of the companies, too, is it not? For many of them, for the large integrated companies?” JS replied, “Absolutely. I think we’re all in the IRS program where we’re audited every single year. We’re audited in two-year cycles, and they finish one cycle and they go home and they come back the next day and start the next cycle.” Nothing is impossible, but with this level of IRS onsite oversight, “hid[ing] ‘bribes’ in overseas dealings … in general expenses” would appear to be pretty difficult.
On 2/4/17, KD wrote, “PESKY REGULATIONS Report #3: THAT METHANE STINK IS GOOD FOR YOU! Another Obama nasty regulation revoked, the one that required frackers, miners and drillers on public lands to make an effort to capture methane released as a byproduct, since the gas is at least 10 times more dangerous in creating the ‘greenhouse effect’ as CO2. Once again, sticking up for the working class! Why shoulder rural workers be the only ones to enjoy the smell of cow farts in the air?”
[RWC] As with the coal rule, the Obama regime waited until the very end to announce the new natural gas rule. In this case, the Obama administration waited until BHO’s 94th month (November 18, 2016) in office to announce the rule with an effective date of January 17, 2017. KD correctly notes the rule applies only to activities on federal land.
Just as Bloomberg did for the coal rule, the AP used the “Obama-era” wording (4th paragraph). You’ll find just about every piece on this topic is based on the AP story.
According to the AP, “A government report said about 40 percent of gas being flared or vented could be captured economically and sold.” Unfortunately, the AP didn’t identify the alleged report and I haven’t found it yet. Making the search tougher is just about every piece on this topic is based on the AP story.
KD referred to “METHANE STINK.” Though most of us learn this when we’re kids, it’s probably a good time to note methane is a colorless/odorless gas. What we smell when there’s a natural gas (methane) leak at home is an odorant added for safety.
Contrary to what KD wants us to believe, “frackers, miners and drillers on public lands [already] make an effort to capture methane released as a byproduct.” To “frackers, miners and drillers,” an active flare is like burning dollars. That said, I can see situations where capturing NG would not make economic sense.
On 2/4/17, KD wrote, “SMASHING EVIL, NASTY REGULATIONS UPDATE #4, especially where OBAMA wants to LIMIT GUNS! Our GOP Congress has just rescued us from pansyism by voting 285 to 180 to allow those with a Social Security status of severe mental disorders like schizophrenia TO ARM THEMSELVES! No more liberal wimps now that we’ve got real red-blooded Americans defending the working class under Trump! We want our mentally ill brigades in our Oath Keeper militias if we’re really going to be safe from unknown immigrants. No more Kenyans playing us for suckers. (And if you think this is satire or some other form of fake news, check it out yourself -CD)”
[RWC] Did you notice KD chose to rant instead of providing some analysis?
Yes the “GOP Congress” and the NRA opposed the new rule, but so did the ACLU and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). KD failed to mention that inconvenient truth. Among the issues is no due process before a person finds himself on the Social Security list. Please read the ACLU and NAMI letters for more details.
One of KD’s followers (Bob Hodge) asked, “Who in the world is the constituency that agitated for this change?” KD replied, “Some low lifes who got themselves tagged ‘mentally ill’ so they could get an SSI check, but still want to carry their guns with their buddies.”
As I mentioned above, KD’s “low lifes who got themselves tagged ‘mentally ill’ include the ACLU and NAMI.
Yeah, KD wrote, “check it out yourself,” but he really hopes you don’t.
On 2/8/17, KD wrote, “GETTING RID OF NASTY REGULATIONS UPDATE #5. Our GOP leaders making sure we have the best elections money can buy.” KD linked to “House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked - Republicans would make it easier to steal an election by killing the Election Assistance Commission.”
[RWC] Though the first part of the subject story’s title is technically correct, in the second paragraph we learn the subject bill “transfers the EAC’s authority to the Federal Election Commission. … The EAC is not a perfect agency. It lacked a quorum of members from 2010 to 2014 and was paralyzed by inaction. Then, last year, its executive director unilaterally approved controversial proof-of-citizenship laws in Kansas, Georgia, and Alabama, which the federal courts subsequently blocked.”
Assuming the story is correct, all that will happen is the FEC will take over the EAC’s responsibilities.
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