Good old product placement.LOL

Three quarters — 74 percent — of voters throughout the country
believe that businesses and consumers are over-regulated, according to a
Public Notice poll released recently. And they strongly suspect that much of that over-regulation has
been implemented recently: 67 percent believe that regulations have
increased over the past few years.

In fact, they’re right. The rate at which regulatory burdens are
growing has accelerated under the Obama administration, according to a
Heritage Foundation backgrounder.
During its first 26 months, the Obama administration imposed 75 new
major regulations with reported costs to the private sector exceeding
$40 billion. During the same period, six major rulemaking proceedings
reduced regulatory burdens by an estimated $1.5 billion — for a net
increase of more than $38 billion.

“No other President has burdened businesses and individuals with a
higher number and larger cost of regulations in a comparable time
period,” Heritage’s James Gattuso and Diane Katz write. “President Bush
was in his third year before new costs hit $4 billion. President Obama
achieved the same in 12 months.”

Businesses have proven that they are unable and/or unwilling to regulate themselves. Therefore, we have government regulation. Most regulation is necessary.

You should start a campain-:BRING BACK JOE CAMEL!

Not according to a SUPER majority of American’s comrade.

Colbert plays his idiot fans like fiddles. 

Ah, I see Michelle is out trolling this morning. Non-right wing mouthpieces, i.e., legitimate polling, other than the Heritage Foundation asked the same type of questions but also asked consumers follow-up questions such as ‘which regulations should be done away with.’ Food inspection? A resounding “no.” Product safety? No, again. Banks? Nope! Air traiffic control? Are you crazy, came the response. And on and on through the list of what government regulates to protect citizens.

The reason George W. Bush’s new regulations only totalled $4-billion in supposed cost to the economy was because he didn’t propose any. Not for mine safety or air quality or carbon emissions or food safety or toy safety or anything else businesses didn’t like.

Michelle, please use real facts and honest polls when trying to make a poor point badly.

Sorry, next time, I’ll use a Daily Kos poll. 

— The Environmental Protection Agency has said new greenhouse gas
regulations, as proposed, may be “absurd” in application and “impossible
to administer” by its self-imposed 2016 deadline. But the agency is
still asking for taxpayers to shoulder the burden of up to 230,000 new
bureaucrats — at a cost of $21 billion — to attempt to implement the
rules.The EPA aims to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through
the Clean Air Act, even though the law doesn’t give the EPA explicit
power to do so. The agency’s authority to move forward is being
challenged in court by petitioners who argue that such a decision should
be left for Congress to make.
The proposed regulations would set
greenhouse gas emission thresholds above which businesses must file for
an EPA permit and complete extra paperwork in order to continue
operating. If the EPA wins its court battle and fully rolls out the
greenhouse gas regulations, the number of businesses forced into this
regulatory regime would grow tremendously — from approximately 14,000
now to as many as 6.1 million.

:Yawn:…

The poll was done for the independent economic resource by the Tarrance Group, a Washington based company that works primarily for GOP organizations. The Tarrance Group surveyed 801 “likely voters” last week.

Well you used a right wing poll. So that’s alright?

Maybe there was a time when Colbert’s routine was funny.  But he’s been working the same tired routine for far too long.  

heritage foundation

nuff said

I refuse to believe corporations are people until Texas executes one.

Yeah, kill the rich!

to me, the product placement was Colbert. i didnt know he was still on the air…. 

dudes gotten boriiiiiing

Yeah! Destroy Viacom!

As of 1/1/2013, the EPA is in the business of regulating dust.

Obviously. belching and farting is next. Because we can’t be trusted. 

No, not Daily Kos. I’m speaking of actual polls such as Quinnepac, Harris, Pew, etc.

What ? You’de never have to watch “Green Acres” again.

How about the EPA regulations that stop builders from building or farmers from farming, all based on junk science? Here’s just one example from CA, where thousands of farmers lost their livelihoods because of a law that allowed the irrigation to be shut down without any proof of benefit. It’s not about science, it’s about environ-activism, damn the consequences to peoples lives and the economy.

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=563747&p=2.

How about the EPA regulations that stop builders from building or farmers from farming, all based on junk science? Here’s just one example from CA, where thousands of farmers lost their livelihoods because of a law that allowed the irrigation to be shut down without any proof of benefit. It’s not about science, it’s about environ-activism, damn the consequences to peoples lives and the economy.

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=563747&p=2.

Oh lord.. you just insulted one of the prodigal sons.. prepare for massive amounts of poop flinging.

Ohhh looky!!!! 12 voltcommie and 4 other socialist lemmings “liked this”. You must be onto something!!!!!

I laugh at him. In the same way I laugh when I see a lawn gnome in front of someone’s house.

Minus South Park and re-runs of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Comedy Central sucks.

If you’ll do a little more home work you’ll find out that a lot of the regulations are written by corporate lobbyists. Case in point. The health insurance bill, the Affordable Health Care Act, was written by the heath insurance industry. That’s why when it passed their stock went up. Half the American public live on slogans from the Republicans becasue they’re to ignorant about how their government works, or what it even suppose to do. The EPA was created in the 70′s because the American public demanded clean air and water, and singed into law by Nixon.

Very good points.  When one says govt. regulations, its too general and it sounds terrible.  When one breaks it down into specific regulations one can see , decide for themselves if they like the specific tasks.  Personally when rightwingers complain regarding environmentalists.  I worked for the Clean Air Council, Phila, PA in the 80s.  My hubby worked with chemicals for 7 years.  He passed away 2008 from I believe from exposure to benzene by products.  I know the American Chemical Council is at odds with the Environmental Protection Agency.   What that means is the ACC does their best to protect chemicals including carcinogenic ones at the expense of people’s health.  In other words profits before people.

Very good points.  When one says govt. regulations, its too general and it sounds terrible.  When one breaks it down into specific regulations one can see , decide for themselves if they like the specific tasks.  Personally when rightwingers complain regarding environmentalists.  I worked for the Clean Air Council, Phila, PA in the 80s.  My hubby worked with chemicals for 7 years.  He passed away 2008 from I believe from exposure to benzene by products.  I know the American Chemical Council is at odds with the Environmental Protection Agency.   What that means is the ACC does their best to protect chemicals including carcinogenic ones at the expense of people’s health.  In other words profits before people.

You’re right, I would rather watch something entertaining like Greta lesbianating about Sarah Palin or a rerun of the O’Reilly factor crying about media bias.

Maybe you should tell us what the Book of Mormon says about this stuff.

True, if anyone knows anything about comedy, it’s right wing conservatives who are often the target of his jokes.

K, go watch Red Eye & that show on GBTV then.

So you get mad and start crying about a liberal bias whenever you see a garden gnome?  Interesting.

You mean like George W. Bush who didn’t even realize that Colbert was a satirist?

Just because the EPA was a good idea, doesn’t mean they aren’t grossly over-reaching now.