Streamlining Government: Rick Scott Style

Rick Scott came into office vowing to steamline government. Scott ordered all agencies to review every regulation on the books. Scott promised that his business savvy would make government more efficient. Under Scott, government is running so efficiently that agencies missed the 90 day deadline to finished the regulations review.

A state website tracking the process said Tuesday that of the 13,201 rules analyses state employees started, about 2,200 weren't finished.

Scott was asked by the media what regulation should be repealed. Scott couldn't name a regulation that needed to be repealed. Yet Scott tasked all agencies with reviewing thousands of regulations. Giving state workers more paperwork is not making government more efficient.

Regulating Condom Use in the Porn Industry

Lindsay Beyerstein argues the porn industry should mandate condom use.

Porn performers have legal jobs producing legal products in a multibillion-dollar industry. Yet in practice, they lack basic health and safety protections that other workers take for granted. Less than 20 percent of hardcore straight porn features condoms, even though condoms or equivalent protection are required by law.

Male porn star Marc Wallice may have knowingly performed after testing positive for the AIDS virus. It is believed Wallice transmitted the viurus to female porn stars Brooke Ashley, Tricia Devereaux and Barbara Doll. Wallice may have also given the virus to Caroline Delfin and Jordan McKnight. The porn industry made Wallice to take the PCR-DNA April 30, 1998. Test results found Wallice was HIV positive for a year.

The Wallice fiasco serves as a good reason for condom use in the porn industry. I seriously doubt the federal government will step in. Hopefully, California's government is progressive enough to regulate condem use.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed a complaint with California's the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The AHF want to mandate porn producer Larry Flynt require all male performers to use condoms. The courts have sided with the porn industry in past legal battles over condom use. It is time for the California legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to step in.

John McCain Vs John McCain on Regulation

"I'm always for less regulation."

John McCain, March 3, 2008

"Casual oversight by regulatory agencies in Washington" is responsible for the crisis, John McCain, Sept. 17, 2008

"Do I believe in excess government regulation? Yes. But this patchwork quilt of regulating bodies was designed for the 1930s when they were invented."

John McCain, this year on CBS’s Early Show.