No rest for the wicked Bushies. Greenspan bails, Hagel bails, Chaffee bails. Hess Oil signs a side deal with the Kurds. Polluters signal their willingness to cooperate with the EPA. Coke sales are down in high schools. What else can collapse? (The mine safety program?)
Now, over a morning espresso, news of the ultimate indignity: the grocery industry wants more regulation.That's the big boys, Wal-Mart, Safeway and Kroeger complaining that laissez-faire has gone too far. That's their suppliers, Kraft and Coke, complaining to the refs about blind tackles and failure to call overseas offsides. The official announcement, according to this morning's Wall Street Journal, is expected tomorrow.
Americans don't want a go-it-alone, Wild West mentality when they shop for meat and potatoes. Personal responsibility is all well and good, but it's no defense against predators, and the food industry has been listening to its customers. Seems the free market has spoken, Georgie, and it wants the government to watch the scales again.
