Of course they ignored the parts of the law on oversight. It's in their genes to not only resist setting up oversight, but to ignore it thereafter. It's not the law, it's the people running things. They're crooks and power-hungry, and no specificity about what's expected of them will help.

The Republicans in power threw away what they could of our money, our values, our integrity and our historic envy of the world...

Now it's the Democrats' turn to throw out whatever is left and not tied down...

BOTH SIDES are scoundrels... and We the Lemmings will follow each other off the cliff, all the while thinking our leaders are going with us...

It is now impossible to even pretend that the Wall Street crowd is capable of serving anything beyond their own self-interest. Given a choice between fixing the economy or taking advantage of an opportunity to steal even more money, there is little doubt where Paulson, Bernanke, and the bankers will direct their efforts.

Looks like we are inescapably facing some pretty tough times. Why not cut the nuts off these arrogant pricks and preserve the billions dedicated to this abomination of a bailout for more transparent and effective uses that hold promise to actually serve OUR interests, the taxpayers. (Or maybe forego the assumption of this debt altogether!)

It's god-awful hard to believe just how much these "Masters of the Universe" have assumed the title for themselves. We can simply no longer afford them nor the silly-ass games they play.