Sentences with phrase «who rubber stamped»

The school authorities are the politicians of the Reich who rubber stamp the madness because they share the same values as Hitler but lack the imagination and initiative to act on their own.

Not exact matches

According to a former cabinet minister who spoke on condition of anonymity, the ministers acted as a symbolic «rubber stamp» — the cabinet has no actual approval power — and accepted the plans presented to them by the military.

Latest case in point comes from a NY Times report that de Blasio is trying to strong - arm trustees of NYC employee pension funds — who are supposed to be fiduciaries of their beneficiaries, not mayoral rubber stamps — into divesting from oil stocks:

It's a lot better than having a pastor who makes all the decisions and expects everyone to rubber stamp whatever he says.

Others told of coaches» steering players to outside medical providers who rubber - stamp their calls.

He blamed such acts to ignorance on the part of the aspirants who know little or nothing about parliamentary duties in the country indicating that they also account for the reason parliament has now become a rubber stamp.

The fourth EU money laundering directive, about to be rubber - stamped after political agreement was reached in December, will call on banks to carry out due diligence on MPs, judges, peers, council chiefs, diplomats and anyone else «who are or have been entrusted by the member state with prominent public functions».

But, what else would you expect from a president who has a NY Democrat, Senator Christian Gillibrand, as a rubber stamp, regardless of the will of her NY constituency.»

«I'm deeply concerned that this board will now be stocked with industry representatives who will rubber stamp the president's anti-environmental agenda,» Slaughter said.

Tenney, R - New Hartford, called Brindisi a «slick politician» who pretends to be a moderate while rubber - stamping the policies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«We don't need another DEC Commissioner who just rubber stamps the directives and politics of the second floor.

Bevin, who has never before held elective office, has portrayed Conway as a career politician who would rubber - stamp President Barack Obama's agenda.

Mayor de Blasio doesn't seem to want to have that discussion and just wants a rubber stamp renewal, but when 8 out of 10 students who walk across a stage and receive a New York City high school diploma need remediation in college, how can we say that this public school system is doing its job?»

Michael Meyers of the New York Civil Rights Coalition, who had been sure the panel members — many of whom had close ties to the mayor — would rubber stamp the request, was thrilled with the news.

In his questions to Recchia, Grimm sought to portray his rival as a tax and spent progressive who would serve as a rubber stamp for the policies of President Barack Obama and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Were it not for the inconvenience of the current coalition government - which includes Lib Dems who promised to delay Trident if possible - it would probably have been rubber - stamped already.

Mr. Altschuler, who spent $ 3 million of his own money on the long campaign, tried to capitalize on anti-Democratic sentiment nationwide, calling Mr. Bishop a «rubber stamp» for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership — which took a major hit across the country Tuesday.

Brown's selection — to be rubber - stamped at a meeting of the state Democratic Committee — is worrying many city and suburban Democrats, who say the Buffalo mayor, unlike Percoco, won't have direct access to the governor when important decisions have to be made.

This Ethics Commission is a rubber stamping whitewash outfit, who refuse to do anything but declare: «Oh, that really isn't that bad!»

O'Donnell, the Tea Party backed candidate who upset the mainstream Republican favorite in the primary, appeared nervous at the start but quickly went on the attack, accusing Coons of raising taxes and offering a «rubber stamp» to Obama administration policies if elected.

Former Mayor Bloomberg was notorious for axing PEP appointees who did not rubber - stamp his policies — and de Blasio seems to be keeping up with the tradition.

It is a tribute to Uma Thurman and the other cast members that they are able to bring presence and substance to characters who have been written with rubber stamps.

The boys also have seven sisters, gum - smacking, couch potatoes sporting mullets who function as a veritable Greek chorus inclined to rubber stamp their momma's every wish, however unreasonable.

For those who are closely following this storyline, they watch aghast as this very school board rubber stamps contracts worth tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes even millions.

The protest, which attracted thousands of others who were not arrested, received widespread media coverage and made it so the Obama Administration can no rubber - stamp the pipeline without consequences.

But the more times the process is repeated, the greater the incentive of people who want their views to get authoritative support to get themselves or their friends positions of influence within the organization, to keep those they disapprove of out of such positions, and so to divert it from its original purpose to becoming a rubber stamp for their views.

«Details of the sham agreement are spreading far and wide and I am now being contacted by boat builders who fear Tasmania's wooden boat building industry will be ruined... Despite the fact that 90 per cent of two key iconic species, Celery Top Pine and King Bill Pine, are already in reserves the Greens are still not satisfied... More than 70 per cent of remaining sources of these timbers are in the 430,000 hectares rubber stamped by former Wilderness Society director Jonathan West in his flimsy advice accepted by the Prime Minister and the Premier last week... The wooden boat industry has an estimated annual value of $ 50 million but without a timber supply it has no future.»

When a supermajority of the public wants action on climate, it's worth it for the Kochs to buy the allegiance of candidates who will walk the climate denial line, work to protect fossil fuel subsidies, and rubber stamp pet fossil fuel projects like the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

Don't stack the board with «yes» people who will just rubber stamp the CEO's plans.

In an ideal world every seller would be knowledgeable enough and honest enough to be able to accurately initial «yes» or «no» or «unknown» boxes (of course with an ethical Realtor's explanations but non-coaching abilities) leading to an educated buyer who will nevertheless hire an ethical and knowledgeable home inspector (not a rubber - stamp artist, i.e., an obligated friend of the Realtor, be it the listing Realtor or the buyer Realtor) as a condition, which hopefully will culminate in a purchase with little or no subsequent surprises for the buyer.

One influential skeptic has been Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, who pledged his committee wouldn't be a «rubber stamp» for the plan.

Avoid recommendations from Realtors when selecting these professionals because Realtors are financially motivated to steer you towards professionals who will «rubber stamp» your deal so that they can collect their commission.

That coercion takes several forms, but all of it amounts to what some appraisers describe as «economic terrorism,» whereby appraisers who don't rubber - stamp predetermined values are blacklisted or otherwise hit in their pocketbook.