…before we rush to grant this administration hundreds of billions of dollars with no caveats, control, or oversight (…sounds eerily like the Iraq debacle, no?)
Consider this:
“Section 8 of the proposed plan says: ‘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.’ more
And then watch this.
Yes, it’s the Daily Show…but, as has become the norm, Stewart and Co have completely shown the media up when it comes to both the oh-so-desperately-needed muckraker-style journalism (under the guise of satire, of course) and the highlighting of the manipulations, shortcomings and failings of this administration.
So contact your officials to tell them that you’re not going to be fear-mongered into this sort of thing again…and that you expect the same of them.
And what’s the alternative? Certainly not “do nothing.” For instance, here’s an idea: listen to Chuck Schumer.
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September 27th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
That was the first thing brought up in Congressional hearings last week, and it won’t stick. Paulson tried to get around it by saying that he didn’t think it was right for him to decide how oversight should be handled and he was looking forward to working with Congress on the issue. That was a clear lie. Why else would you put in a clause saying there will be no oversight? Anyway, whenever we get a final version of the bill, there will most definitely be oversight, because both parties have insisted on it and don’t want to be on the hook for $700 billion with no say in the matter.