Posted on 02/22/2014 4:11:46 AM PST by Kaslin
Now that he's solved the problem of the economy being so bad-- by deciding to ignore it-- Obama's turned his attention to the latest improvements he can make to the automotive industry. And government.
He’s going to get tough on trucks.
Again.
“President Obama will announce on Tuesday that his administration will begin developing the next phase of tighter fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles, according to the White House,” reports USAToday.
And once again, he’ll use an executive order, bypassing Congress for your own good.
“The president will order the Environmental Protection Agency and Transportation Department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,” continues the four-color national rag, “to develop and issue new fuel-efficiency and greenhouse gas standards by March 31, 2016, according to a White House report on the executive action Obama will announce.”
In cooperation with the Obama White House the term “executive order” appears nowhere in the story.
Instead, the administration has continued their Orwellian assault on the English language by changing the words "executive order" to “executive action.”
While it’s true that the term “executive action” has been around for a while, this is the first time that the emphasis has been so widely put on turning it from a verb into a noun.
I think Congress ought to order Obama to wear a special “executive action figure” suit whenever making these announcements, so they can emphasize the verby nature of the administration’s assault on Congress.
After all, many employers have mandatory dress requirements: the military, the NBA, Carl’s Jr.
Why not the president?
He could even sell space on the suit to his bundlers in return for his presidential support for one lucky bundler to become King of Siam or His Highness the Akhund of Swat.
The presidential announcement on fuel efficiency comes from the parking lot of a Safeway distribution center—pick me, pick me!—which was selected because Safeway has been VERY cooperative with other Obama EPA initiatives, according to USAToday.
Previously Obama jacked up light duty truck standards, in cooperation with Ford, GM, and the other lackeys of the corporate state.
In January, light duty truck sales inched up 2.4 percent, while car sales were down 8.3 percent compared to 2013.
The light duty fuel efficiency standards won’t go into effect until AFTER Obama is in office in 2017. So get them while they are hot.
After me, the deluge.
Light duty trucks are an integral part of the economy because they are used in the construction and utility trades.
Heavy-duty trucks are an integral part of the economy because they haul freight for us.
Obama would have you believe that without government intervention, businesses don’t care about fuel efficiency.
They actually care more than the government does because it really is their money they use to pay for gas.
Fuel efficiency standards cost more than any benefit they create for businesses-- as much as $2 billion per year-- they cost lives because they under-power cars and trucks, and finally, they address a problem that doesn’t exist.
The United States is a fairly efficient user of carbon per dollar of GDP compared to other countries. The European Union does better, but they have a more urbanized, central populations, oh, and have you seen the price of gas in Europe?
The Presidential Poseable Executive Action Figure has, and he likes what he sees.
So when the fuel efficiency thing doesn't work, expect more Presidential Poseable Executive Action on gas prices too.
The President can go truck himself.
Are they just talking commercial ones are all trucks? As Vans are considered Trucks.
This climate crap is a bunch of hooey.
Frost fair: When an elephant walked on the frozen River Thames S, look at the dates! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25862141
You said it
Or AF2, or the plane for his dogs?
More like stealing his horse. For years they knew what to do with a horse thief. You take a persons mobility you take away all his freedoms. I don’t want to be limited to where I go by the train tracks and I want to be able to take my boat, atv or whatever else I choose to haul. Progressives plan to have us all living in cities in high rises and if do leave our zone we will ride a bike or take a train.
Why not that stupid Purple Dinosauer sining “I LOVE YOU. YOU LOVE ME.” ?
Why not that stupid Purple Dinosauer singing “I LOVE YOU. YOU LOVE ME.” ?
Exactly
Also what you completely ignore is that we only have the House and without having also the majority in the Senate we are helpless.
Do you really think dingy Harry would let his fellow rats agree with the Republicans and defund the EPA?
Get real and stop dreaming
Yeah, of course you’re right. Republicans ought to just pack up and go home. Why didn’t I think of that?
Wrong, we must make sure that we take the Senate back in 2014, plus increase our seats in the House. Are you willing to do that or will you just on your behind because you want to punish the GOP, like probably did in the 2006 election
I own a Ford pickup truck, it is my third, I wonder why I’m not a millionaire ;>)
I guess we are going to have to buy a couple more trucks, before 2016.
whats next obamacontrolling the end product of what we eat?
“Our pretend republic must rise again or fall headlong into open despotism.”
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
I wouldn’t even call it a “pretend” republic any longer, it seems that most of the citizens, including a lot of Freepers, don’t even know it is SUPPOSED to be a republic. I even took an online history and civics multiple choice test that asked what form of government the constitution gave us and the correct answer of constitutional republic was not even listed. The listed answer which was CALLED the correct one was “representative democracy”. The “experts” who wrote the danged test didn’t even know the correct answer. Of course there are plenty who think they know that a republic and a democracy are the same thing but they are the same ones who remember the impeachment of Richard Nixon even though it never happened because Nixon left office, and think Bill Clinton was NOT impeached because he served out his term. Their numbers are growing daily AND THEY VOTE. IDIOCRACY is a documentary of current conditions in at least half of America and some of the dumbest of the dumb are holders of advanced degrees.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.