Chimp Strike!

[elfs]

President Bush has suspended the Davis-Bacon act of 1931 for workers in declared disaster areas. This means that contractors will not be required to pay prevailing local wages to federal employees.

In a letter to Congress, Bush said he has the power to suspend the law because of the national emergency caused by the hurricane: "I have found that the conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina constitute a 'national emergency'."

Lovely. By fiat, George Bush has given himself the power Nixon once craved. Now, I'm scared.

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[woggie.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think it's the recent political (in)actions combined with the wake of hurricane Katrina that are conspiring to make my stomach hurt of late.

...but I have no proof.