Geithner to be confirmed, proving once again that the Treasury Secretary is untouchable

Would you be hired as a police officer if you were caught with a meth lab? Would you be hired as a firefighter if you had past convictions as an arsonist? Would you be hired as a pilot if you had a history of crashing planes?

Of course not. These obvious statements of logic do not apply to the Federal government, however.

Don't you just love the political appointee system. Or is there a system at all? Apparently not, since it's been proven on several occasions that the backgrounds of appointees have no bearing at all on their confirmation, no matter how egregious. The peons are forced to resign, simply because their posts are too insignificant relative to the negative press on the administration (re: Bill Richardson). However, posts like Treasury Secretary will not be given up. Tim Geithner is likely to be confirmed as Treasury Secretary, despite failing to pay taxes in several years. I remind the casual visitor that this guy will be heading up the...wait for it...IRS. More than that, this guy is supposed to be a brainchild, a wizard, a financial genius, yet it is beyond the scope of his skillset to properly fill out his tax form, or pay up when the error was brought to his attention.

Dare us question the intentions of King Secretary, who has been instrumental in the looting of the American taxpayer with bank giveaways. According to our great media, "Geithner is likely to be confirmed because he was so instrumental in the process alongside Paulson." Fantastic, wouldn't that be a reason NOT to confirm him? Does Congress forget that the first 350 billion (along with trillions more that is not reported in our media) was a complete failure under Paulson and his brain trust Geithner? I guess so, because the guy will be confirmed no matter what, and the looting will continue.

The perpetual debt death spiral, at the expense of the innocent, will continue as planned.