The Dusty Dog

As the King plays.......................

.......... your rights erode. Are we gonna be able to survive till he's outta here? How much more damage can this dirtball do in the few months he's got left? What's the next misery making decision he's gonna make? Cancel the elections? I have no doubt that if he could go to that extreme, he most certainly would.

While the dubya regime was out and about trying to convince its subjects that all hell will break loose in Iraq and around the world if we don't win that eternal whore on terrah, his loyal legal appointees have been very stealthily undermining whisleblower protections for federal employees. It's not like they haven't done it before. This time, however, it's specifically targeted against employees who exposes federal wrongdoings specific to the Clean Water Act. Huh?? And, that serves whom? And, what? Oh, yeah. It only protects the dubya regime. Does nothing to protect whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing. Does nothing to protect American citizens at large. Period. End of discussion.

This, according to PEER. Notice the reference to the unpublished legal opinion, and the date this release:

For Immediate Release: September 4, 2006
Contact: Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337

BUSH DECLARES ECO-WHISTLEBLOWER LAW VOID FOR EPA EMPLOYEES — Stealth Repeal of Clean Water Act Protections by Invoking “Sovereign Immunity”

Washington, DC — The Bush administration has declared itself immune from whistleblower protections for federal workers under the Clean Water Act, according to legal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). As a result of an opinion issued by a unit within the Office of the Attorney General, federal workers will have little protection from official retaliation for reporting water pollution enforcement breakdowns, manipulations of science or cleanup failures.

Citing an “unpublished opinion of the [Attorney General’s] Office of Legal Counsel,” the Secretary of Labor’s Administrative Review Board has ruled federal employees may no longer pursue whistleblower claims under the Clean Water Act. The opinion invoked the ancient doctrine of sovereign immunity which is based on the old English legal maxim that “The King Can Do No Wrong.” It is an absolute defense to any legal action unless the “sovereign” consents to be sued.

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Will someone please give him a blowjob so we can impeach the sunnovabitch already? Please.........

King George image found at Spawn of Blogorrhea

posted by Dusty Dog at 9/05/2006