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If you are interested in some preparation for some activism. I'd like to give you all a little lesson in administrative law and how you can 'help' the Next Administration in the U.S. to listen to you.

 
Now to condense a semester-long law school course into a quick post: Congress delegates significant quasi-legislative power to administrative agencies, e.g. the EPA. These agencies have a great deal of power to shape  your everyday life, but our system of civics education is so abysmal that chances are, you have no idea what kind of power you hold to shape their decisions.
 
Administrative agencies have to navigate a maze of laws and procedures in order for the rules they make to be effective and binding. These laws and procedures mean that there plenty of ways the agencies can mess up, and when they do, opponents of a rule can bring legal challenges and invalidate it. (This is frustrating for agencies, but delightfully fun for antagonistic nerds.)
 
When an agency wants to create an informal rule, it has to go through a process called "notice and comment." Basically, the agency announces a proposed rule and permits the public to submit comments on it. The public includes you.
 
When the comment period is over, the agency has to take the comments into account and justify it's ultimate decision on the proposed rule in light of the comments. If you submit substantive, meaningful comments that challenge the policy or evidence behind a rule, and the agency fails to acknowledge them and explain its reasoning for its final decision, the rule can be challenged and invalidated.
 
So how do you comment on proposed rule? This site: https://www.regulations.gov/ 
Really, it's that easy. You can search for topics that interest you and submit your comments online. And you can do it anonymously too!
 
So please, check the website frequently and comment when it matters to you, so that your voice can be head and the Agencies have to acknowledge  your perspective. If they fail to take your comments into consideration and disregard the American people they'll have to answer for it in court.
 
Keep calling and writing your representatives and senators about policy issues, but remember this little lesson in admin law in the years ahead.
Source: southernslytherin

 

https://www.regulations.gov/

 

1)Zoloft- 6/99 to 8/04 2)Escitalopram- 8/04 to 8/10 3)Citalopram 8/10 to 4/14 (C/T), 4)Paxil a week or so, 5)Wellbutrin a week or so, 6)Reinstated Citalopram- 9/14 to 7/15

Before Taper- Celexa/20 mg....Taper Start- 04/21/15- 15mg....05/26/15- 10 mg...06/22/15- 5 mg...07/18/15- 0mg. http://tinyurl.com/qjfoqe9 Ativan/Lorazepam use/taper 10/14 to 2/15- http://tinyurl.com/ljebp84

Baclofen- Intermittent use of from 2008 till 2014. Some use of Promethazine. Some use of Zofran. Clobetasol Propionate- for Lichen Planus. Some Flexeril use. 

Ativan- GABA,A receptor Agonist., Baclofen- GABA,B receptor Agonist., Celexa/Lexapro- Serotonin 5-HT1A Receptor Agonist., Zofran- Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Agonist..Promethazine- Histamine H1-Receptor Antagonist. Flexeril- Serotonin 5HT2a Antagonist.

 

My self imposed Amino Acid Therapy: Tyrosine 500mg 1xday, Theanine 200 mg 1xday, & Taurine 500 mg 2x day. (All neurotransitter pre-cursors)- seems to have helped me immensely. And of course- eating healthy, including Black Beans for the oligosaccharides for gut health.

 

The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of trick learned while mastering the Art of Living. - Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning.

 

 

 

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