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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2697732" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>I used to date a girl from Pryor... I knew there was something off about her, but I couldn't ever figure out what. </p><p></p><p>As far as the EPA goes, they are further proof that this country's government is not a Republic, as many GOPers are so fond of saying, but is in fact more an Administrative State than anything. Those 435 suited sociopaths in the District of Mordor have so many plans for how they want to regulate and control our lives that they could not possibly codify them all themselves, so they delegate their authority to a bunch of unelected bureaucrats under the executive branch, who make the majority of what passes for law in this country. It's a nice little end-run around the notions of separation of powers and the "consent" of the governed (which was enough of a crock to begin with). No wonder polls show that the government does not have the consent of most voters. You don't GET to vote on the people who make most of the laws. The only real check on their power is the unelected, lifetime tenured federal judiciary. And with the sheer volume of regulations in this country, no court or legislature could begin to really put a meaningful check on the process... in the time it takes to get a bill or a court case through the system to invalidate a regulation, hundreds more have been written. The best anyone can hope for is that a few of the very most egregious abuses committed by agencies are stricken down each year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2697732, member: 4235"] I used to date a girl from Pryor... I knew there was something off about her, but I couldn't ever figure out what. As far as the EPA goes, they are further proof that this country's government is not a Republic, as many GOPers are so fond of saying, but is in fact more an Administrative State than anything. Those 435 suited sociopaths in the District of Mordor have so many plans for how they want to regulate and control our lives that they could not possibly codify them all themselves, so they delegate their authority to a bunch of unelected bureaucrats under the executive branch, who make the majority of what passes for law in this country. It's a nice little end-run around the notions of separation of powers and the "consent" of the governed (which was enough of a crock to begin with). No wonder polls show that the government does not have the consent of most voters. You don't GET to vote on the people who make most of the laws. The only real check on their power is the unelected, lifetime tenured federal judiciary. And with the sheer volume of regulations in this country, no court or legislature could begin to really put a meaningful check on the process... in the time it takes to get a bill or a court case through the system to invalidate a regulation, hundreds more have been written. The best anyone can hope for is that a few of the very most egregious abuses committed by agencies are stricken down each year. [/QUOTE]
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