Texaco, for real this time
Just when you thought you'd ingested your fill of nauseating Bush administration news for the week, along comes something like this to remind you just how insane they really are. Apparently, oil companies don't run things enough as it is- they need to be dictators:
"As written, the executive order appears to cancel the rule of law for the oil industry or anyone else who gets possession or control of Iraqi oil or anything of value related to Iraqi oil," said Tom Devine, legal director for the Washington-based Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit group that defends whistle-blowers.
Our buddy Atrios broke the story earlier today.