Did Bush learn nothing from Hurricane Katrina? Check out this article at Boston.com. Bush once again says “everyone except me,” to a new law enacted by Congress. So what is it this time? It’s a law that sets forth “minimum qualifications for future heads of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.”

The funny thing is (well, it’s not funny really, it’s actually fairly pathetic), this law was most likely written specifically in the hopes that it would apply to Bush and other future residents of the White House, given what a disaster most of Bush’s appointments have been.

Bush signed the homeland-security bill on Wednesday morning. Then, hours later, he issued a signing statement saying he could ignore the new restrictions. Bush maintains that under his interpretation of the Constitution, the FEMA provision interfered with his power to make personnel decisions.

The law, Bush wrote, “purports to limit the qualifications of the pool of persons from whom the president may select the appointee in a manner that rules out a large portion of those persons best qualified by experience and knowledge to fill the office.”

Hmmm… “Those persons best qualified by experience and knowledge to fill the office.” Since when have these qualities EVER been looked at when determining who will fill positions in this administration??

And once again, our great and noble Commander-In-Chief waited until all the press left before adding the signing statement. What a brave and courageous man. It’s just another example where this administration promotes exactly the opposite of what it says in public. Bush claims he adds these signing statements to protect his Constitutional rights as (p)resident. In reality, it takes an executive totally consumed with all-out contempt for that sacred Document to embark on such a brazen power-grabbing scheme. We all know what the Republicans would’ve said if Kerry had won and done what Bush is doing. But then again, Kerry never would’ve appointed a fired Arabian Horse Association supervisor with no emergency management experience as head of FEMA.

In all, Bush has challenged more than 800 laws enacted since he took office, most of which he said intruded on his constitutional powers as president and commander in chief. By contrast, all previous presidents challenged a combined total of about 600 laws.

At the same time, Bush has virtually abandoned his veto power, giving Congress no chance to override his judgments. Bush has vetoed just one bill since taking office, the fewest of any president since the 19th century.

Earlier this year, the American Bar Association declared that Bush’s use of signing statements was “contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional separation of powers.”

Last month, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service concluded that Bush’s signing statements are “an integral part” of his “comprehensive strategy to strengthen and expand executive power” at the expense of the legislative branch.

Some good news, though… It appears Bush’s approval ratings are heading south yet again.