Sunday, February 11, 2007

Banana Republic Watch, February edition

And here's something that you only used to see in third-world "democracies" of dubious character:

The executive branch arbitrarily firing attorney generals who happen to be conducting sensitive corruption investigations, and replacing them by political operatives and hacks. All of this, made "legal" by an obscure provision slipped at the last minute into a "patriotic" bill.

1 comment:

Que-ni said...

Wow, this whole Banana Republic series are truly frightening