September 22nd, 2008
Lame Ducks Can Still Steal Real Good
And people say that Bush has lost his mojo. Buried in the weeds of the Treasury Secretary’s demand for $700 billion in Wall Street bailout we find this little gem, a power grab with all the panache of Administration attempts to put Iraq up for no-bid contract: “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” Lame ducks can’t fly, but Lordy, they can steal.