Look I have not read the whole "stimulus" package but the parts I have read verge on scary as hell. Like the "mandated health care" I wrote about last week. If you think THAT'S bad take a look at this:
"The provision, which attracted virtually no attention in the debate over the 1,073-page stimulus bill, creates something called the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board — the RAT Board, as it’s known by the few insiders who are aware of it. The board would oversee the in-house watchdogs, known as inspectors general, whose job is to independently investigate allegations of wrongdoing at various federal agencies, without fear of interference by political appointees or the White House.
In the name of accountability and transparency, Congress has given the RAT Board the authority to ask “that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation.” If the inspector general doesn’t want to follow the wishes of the RAT Board, he’ll have to write a report explaining his decision to the board, as well as to the head of his agency (from whom he is supposedly independent) and to Congress. In the end, a determined inspector general can probably get his way, but only after jumping through bureaucratic hoops that will inevitably make him hesitate to go forward."
So....It's like this... the inspector general is NOW under the command of the president. This is now law, this was signed when Barry signed the porkapalooza bill. Instead of actual oversight, The White House now has carte blanch "rights" to control what is and is not "looked into.
A crooked, dirty administration with complete control over what does and does not get "looked into". Now that is disturbing.
(H/T to Vinny over @ erConservative)
