More Bushstink

Since the Decider only has 6 weeks left in office (unless he stages an illegal coup like Stephen Harper), I guess he figures he has to hurry if he wants to give the country away to the corporate empire.

For years, Congress has enjoyed a check that lets it stop unreasonable mineral exploration on public lands. Congress has employed this power 6 times since a 1976 law gave them this power. This year, Congress placed a 3-year moratorium on uranium mining at the Grand Canyon.

That anyone would even think of opening a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon (of all places) boggles the mind. But Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne chose to illegally ignore this congressional order - resulting in a lawsuit by environmentalists.

Yesterday, Bush's Department of the Interior just decided to remove Congress's veto power altogether.

Uh, George? A law gives Congress this veto power. You can't just decide that a law doesn't apply anymore. Or is Bush relying on his "damn pieces of paper" theory again?

Evidently, Bush is trying to make sure the constitutionality of Congress's law is challenged. Nothing in the 1976 law is unconstitutional though. However, Bush unilaterally gutting the law is.

Obama is going to have his work cut out for him cleaning up Bush's mess, isn't he?

(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05withdraw.html)