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Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:00 pm
by travelinman67
Almost surreal.

At a time our country's drowning in regulation and bureaucracy, the Obama Administration bureaucrats are

ADDING

more regulations which will annually cost Americans $5.8 BILLION!!!!!!

This isn't a joke.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45722
The Obama administration is setting new workplace regulations to assist foreign workers who fill goat herding positions in the U.S. , including employee-paid cell phones and comfy beds.

These new special procedures issued by the Labor Department must be followed by employers who want to hire temporary agricultural foreign workers to perform sheep herding or goat herding activities. It describes strict rules for sleeping quarters, lighting, food storage, bathing, laundry, cooking and new rules for the counters where food is prepared.

“A separate sleeping unit shall be provided for each person, except in a family arrangement,” says the rules signed by Jane Oates, assistant secretary for employment and training administration at the Labor Department.

“Such a unit shall include a comfortable bed, cot or bunk, with a clean mattress,” the rules state.

Diane Katz, a research fellow in regulatory policy at The Heritage Foundation, unearthed the policy in the "Federal Register​," the massive daily journal of proposed regulations that Washington bureaucrats publish every day.

Under the Obama Administration, the nanny state has imposed 75 new major regulations with annual costs of $38 billion.

“This captures what is wrong with government,” Katz said. “I could not have made this up.”

With unemployment holding steady at 9% and government regulations adding more burden to small businesses, such as those run by ranching families, Katz said, bureaucrats aren’t helping.

“Instead of remedying the problem, the regulations make it that much harder,” Katz insisted. “We may need a whole set of regulations just to define what a comfortable bed is. I imagine it’s not straw."

The new lighting standards say that in areas where it is not feasible to provide electrical service such as tents or mobile trailers, lanterns must be provided. “Kerosene wick lights meet the definition of lantern,” the regulations say.

“When workers or their families are permitted or required to cook in their individual unit, a space shall be provided with adequate lighting and ventilation.”

“Wall surfaces next to all food preparation and cooking areas shall be of nonabsorbent, easy-to-clean material. Wall surfaces next to cooking areas shall be of fire-resistant material,” the regulations say.

“It makes you wonder,” Katz said, “how they ever did this before the government got involved?”

“Who knew we needed all of this federal help for herding goats?” Katz quipped.
Please...for any bureaucrat listening:

Do nothing.

Please.

For God and Country.

Do nothing.

Pick up your paycheck.

Listen to the radio all day.

Do your nails.

Read magazines.

Surf the web.

Masturbate.

But, PLEASE, don't do what you believe you are being paid to do.

:ohno:

Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:11 pm
by Cap'n Cat
Funny, I heard Rush Limbaugh say the exact same thing this afternoon!


You parrot!


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:31 am
by D1B
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Tdog :lol: :lol:

Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:38 am
by 89Hen
Cap'n Cat wrote:Funny, I heard Rush Limbaugh say the exact same thing this afternoon!
Funny, you listen to Rush Limbaugh every day. :|

Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:38 am
by 89Hen
D1B wrote:Image

Tdog :lol: :lol:
Oh, the irony. God I hope you see it. :rofl:

Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:41 am
by GannonFan
We actually have sheep herders and goat herders in large numbers in the US? Who knew?

Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:28 am
by CitadelGrad
GannonFan wrote:We actually have sheep herders and goat herders in large numbers in the US? Who knew?
Didn't you see Brokeback Mountain? I'm surprised the new regulations don't require employers to provide condoms and anal lube.

Oh, and enemas.

Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:51 am
by Bronco
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With the majority of Americans now feeling that Barack Obush is over his head...it's time he steps down for the good of the country

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Re: Oba-a-a-ma's Na-a-a-nny State's Ba-a-a-ad Timing

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:35 am
by Appaholic
89Hen wrote:
D1B wrote:Image

Tdog :lol: :lol:
" " :rofl:
Hen, I'd quote you to give you props, but fear I'd be the next parrot.....well-played, sir.. :thumb: :rofl: