Bush Nominates Anti-Regulatory Zealot To Head Public Safety Office

[Roland99]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/06/susan-dudley/

President Bush is expected to nominate Susan Dudley as the next head of an obscure but “super-powerful office that oversees many business regulations.” The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs holds sway over federal regulatory agencies like the EPA and helps set regulatory policy for a wide range of issues, from workplace safety to water quality.

The most recent head, John Graham, has “demonstrated consistent hostility to protections for public health, safety and the environment over his career.” And according to Frank O’Donnell of Clean Air Watch, Dudley “makes John Graham look like Ralph Nader.”

As the director of regulatory studies at the industry-backed Mercatus Center she has worked to oppose vital public health regulation as a “hidden tax” that hinders profits. Some of her targets:

...

Not surprisingly, Exxon Mobil has donated $80,000 to Dudley’s think tank.

[whistle]

1. Apparented a weasel to watch over the hen house

[saigon68]

3. She has the regulatory ability of a "leaky condom"

[Kutjara]

2. Colonel Saunders to head Chicken Welfare Office

[Greeby]

4. Naturlich

:eyes:

[joemurphy]

5. Another wise choice from the man who gave us "Brownie"

[napi21]

6. Why would anyone choose a person with the name Dudley?

All I could think of when I read this was Dudley Do Right!

http://www.toonopedia.com/dudley.htm

This whole administration has become a giant cartoon, and NOT a funny one either!!!!!

[Roland99]

7. I feel some photochops of Dudley Do Wrong coming up somewhere

;)

[napi21]

8. ROF! I can[t wait!!!! n/t

[Roland99]

9. Me either (cuz I lack the skills)

:(

[vixengrl]

10. Okay, okay, sorry, need to say it, need to say it.

"Anti-regulatory? Bush appointee? Naaaaaawwwwwwwwww." :sarcasm:

Whew, okay, out of my system, not.

[wakeme2008]

11. Edwin Meese, III is on the Board of Directors for Mercatus Center

http://www.mercatus.org/People/typeID.81/people_byType_detail.asp

[Roland99]

12. Iran Contra criminal and responsible for murdering student protestors.

What a guy!

[htuttle]

13. If her job title is 'public safety',...

...then you know she's *really* supposed to make things more dangerous. It's a Bush thing.