Impeach George Bush, Impeach Him Now

As someone who got a B.A. in Economics a long time ago but still has a morbid curiosity in the havoc BushCo is wreaking on the American economy, I was having a conversation on this topic with an economics prof at our local university a couple of years ago, when he told me that I should be reading Brad DeLong's blog. I have been doing so and enjoying it/him ever since.

Some of his signature stylings are subject lines such as: "Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps?" "Why Oh Why are We Ruled by These Idiots?" "The Order of the Shrill" and "Impeach George Bush, Impeach Him Now". It's to one of the latter that I'm linking below. I have written about GWB's penchant for signing statements before (here and here) but I came across two more egregious example of this reprehensible practice today and we should make sure voters are made aware of them.

Brad DeLong:

Impeach George W. Bush. Impeach him now for failing to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

First Draft writes:

Calling the Arabian Horse Association: So much for Katrina lessons...

Bush's signing statement Wednesday challenges several other provisions in the Homeland Security spending bill. Bush, for example, said he'd disregard a requirement that the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency must have at least five years experience and "demonstrated ability in and knowledge of emergency management and homeland security."

His rationale was that it "rules out a large portion of those persons best qualified by experience and knowledge to fill the office."

Josh Marshall:

Let's not mince words: President Bush is a profound threat to the US constitution.

From the AP ...

President Bush, again defying Congress, says he has the power to edit the Homeland Security Department'’s reports about whether it obeys privacy rules while handling background checks, ID cards and watchlists.

In the law Bush signed Wednesday, Congress stated no one but the privacy officer could alter, delay or prohibit the mandatory annual report on Homeland Security department activities that affect privacy, including complaints.

But Bush, in a signing statement attached to the agency'’s 2007 spending bill, said he will interpret that section "“in a manner consistent with the President'’s constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch.Â"

His contempt for the rule of law needs to be ended.