We Don't Need No Stinkin' Protection

When the Bush assministration talks about smaller government, by Goddess they are damn well serious. I guess I am going to have to re-evaluate my assertion that the Bush Cabal will grab whatever power they can.

On the eve of an important Senate committee meeting to consider the legislation, Nancy A. Nord, the acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has asked lawmakers in two letters not to approve the bulk of legislation that would increase the agency’s authority, double its budget and sharply increase its dwindling staff.

Ms. Nord opposes provisions that would increase the maximum penalties for safety violations and make it easier for the government to make public reports of faulty products, protect industry whistle-blowers and prosecute executives of companies that willfully violate laws.

When your local Republican says that they want to limit the government's intrusion into your lives they are "dead"(pardon) serious. That is, of course, if you don't count warrantless eavesdropping, torture and throwing you in prison indefinitely sans habeas corpus. The devil is always in the details.