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Tom Harkin Hearts Cass Sunstein – WTF!?

It was a sad day for us on September 10th, 2009; fitting seeing that it was only a day before the anniversary of 9/11 and I'm guessing not a coincidence seeing that most people were concentrating on annual memorials of that day.  It is sad that it is probably Cass Sunstein who will probably do more damage to us than the terrorists did on 9/11 as the new Regulation Czar.

I have posted Senator Harkin's response to a letter I had sent him demanding that he NOT vote to confirm Cass Sunstein.  I hope that fellow American's will wake up and smell the horse shit that Congressman like Harkin keep throwing at us on a daily basis.  I have posted Harkin's letter in its entirety below; look for my response and more information on Cass Sunstein at the end of the letter:

Thank you for contacting me to share your views regarding President Obama's decision to nominate Cass Sunstein as head of the White House Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). As you may know, with my support, Mr. Sunstein was confirmed by the Senate on September 10, 2009.

In his new position, Mr. Sunstein will oversee the OIRA, which works with federal agencies to ensure that their rules and regulations comply with federal laws and administration policy. As a professor at the University of Chicago Law School for nearly three decades, Mr. Sunstein has made a name for himself as one of the nation's most respected scholars and a supporter of objective, evidence‐based regulation. He is widely respected by liberals and conservatives alike, and his nomination is strongly supported by diverse groups, including a bipartisan group of former OIRA administrators, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the American Farm Bureau Federation. I am pleased the Senate confirmed Mr. Sunstein for this important position.

Again, thanks for your input on this matter. Please don't hesitate to contact me in the future with any questions or concerns you may have.

Sincerely,

Tom Harkin

United States Senator

Yuck, I cant believe that Senator Harkin has done this.  What part of Cass Sunstein is INSANE doesn't he understand!?  You can bet that this Senator will NOT be getting my vote in 2010 and I will do whatever I can to convince as many other Americans as I can to do the same because this man has truly lost his way in the world of reality.

For more information on who Cass Sunstein is and why I loath him so much (and why you should too!) please review the following and watch the video's below:

(The following courtesy of GlennBeck.com)

Regulatory Czar - Cass R. Sunstein

Title: Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Salary: unknown

Reports to: Office of Management and Budget head Peter Orszag

Appointed: January 2009

Nomination was sent to Senate on April 20, 2009 - no action yet taken

Agency that might have handled similar issues: OMB

• Will be responsible for reviewing draft regulations and assessing their costs and benefits

• Is a Harvard Law School professor; prior to that, was a professor at the Univ. of Chicago Law School (1981-2008)

• Academic specialties: constitutional law, administrative law, and regulatory policy

• Obama: "Cass is not only a valued advisor, he is a dear friend"

• Known for advancing a field called "law and behavioral economics" that seeks to shape law and policy around the way research shows people actually behave; though embraced by conservatives, critics say it fails to account for the sometimes less-than-rational aspects of human behavior.

• In his 2002 book, Republic.com, discussed the drawbacks of limitless choices on the Internet that allow people to seek out only like-minded people and opinions that merely fortify their own views; he talked about the idea of the government requiring sites to link to opposing views. He later came to realize it was a "bad idea."

• In his 2004 book, Animal Rights, suggested that animals ought to be able to bring suit, with private citizens acting as their representatives, to ensure that animals are not treated in a way that violates current law.

• In a 2007 speech at Harvard he called for banning hunting in the U.S.

• The American Conservative Union started a website, Stop Sunstein, in an effort to keep him out of the White House.

What are you thoughts on Cass Sunstein's appointment and the fact that Senator Harkin voted for him?

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