The Bureaucrat in Your...
Posted 1/9/07 (By Travis)
The Bureaucrat in your Trash (not real title)
1/8/07 Las Vegas Sun
Local officials unfairly hurt private trash haulers by requiring them to process garbage at government-owned facilities, the haulers' lawyer told the Supreme Court Monday.
Posted 1/13/06
1/10/06 Misses.org The Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 mandates that "all faucet fixtures manufactured in the United States restrict maximum water flow at or below 2.5 gallons per minute (gpm) at 80 pounds per square inch (psi) of water pressure or 2.2 gpm at 60 psi."
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'The Bureaucrat in Your Toilet' (not the real title)
4/12/05 Associated Press Current standards require toilets to use 1.6 gallons of water per flush instead of the 3.5 gallons that was the previous norm.
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'The Bureaucrat in Your Air Conditioner' (not the real title)
6/24/05 The Augusta Chronicle
Energy-hungry air conditioners are getting the cold shoulder from the government. And after January, you'll no longer be able to buy them.
For consumers, this means more energy efficient -- but higher priced -- air conditioners.
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'The Bureaucrat in Your Milk' (not the real title)
6/1/05 The Seattle Times So what we have is the government, prodded by large corporations, saying it is helping small family farms by destroying one of our most successful small family farms.
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'The Bureaucrat in Your TV' (not the real title)
12/22/05 Fox News require broadcasters to end their traditional analog transmissions by Feb. 17, 2009, and send their signals digitally.
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'Another Bureaucrat in Your TV' (not the real title)
11/29/05 USA Today In a sharp reversal, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that the agency now thinks cable companies should stop forcing people to subscribe to bundles of channels and instead should let them choose the channels they want.
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'The Bureaucrat in Your Internet phone' (not the real title)
5/6/06 Fox News In the current case, Edwards appeared especially skeptical over the FCC's decision to require that providers of Internet phone service and broadband services must ensure their equipment can accommodate police wiretaps under the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, known as CALEA.
'Another Bureaucrat in Your Internet phone' (not the real title)
5/19/05 Washington Post The Federal Communications Commission gave companies that offer Internet-based phone service 120 days to certify that their customers will be able to reach an emergency dispatcher when they call 911. Also, a dispatcher will have to be able to tell where a caller is located and the number from which he is calling.
And on And on And on... The point is that government controls or influences nearly ever facet of our lives. Why should we let them determine how we live? Who is it that controls our actions, our pocketbooks, and our very lives? Why do we stand for it? Why do we sit here and take it? Why do we put up with the constant Tyranny stemming from the Federal Government of the United States?
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
- Benjamin Franklin