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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (88278)	7/28/2010 1:01:53 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

I'd like to know why we started importing chicken from China a few years ago. The same people that put lead into everything from kids' toys to toothpaste selling us chicken...

To: TimF who wrote (88278)	7/28/2010 1:02:13 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224757

SEC Says New FinReg Law Exempts It From Public Disclosure h/t John foxbusiness.com excerpt: Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act. The law, signed last week by President Obama, exempts the SEC from disclosing records or information derived from "surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities." Given that the SEC is a regulatory body, the provision covers almost every action by the agency, lawyers say. Congress and federal agencies can request information, but the public cannot. ----------- This is the latest example of the federal government circumventing an existing law, such as the FOIA, with a new, contradictory law.