Comic from the most excellent blog Geek and Poke.
I came across this while doing my rounds. Though at first blush I always cringe at the idea of any government agency getting more power or infringing on the free market. Much of the problem stems from government enforced monopolies to begin with so minimizing the damage makes a certain amount of sense.
Excerpt and link after the break.
Ah, Washington, land of the power nabbing elite.
Not content with control over banks, auto industry, healthcare industry, wall street, executive pay, and anything else they can get their hands into; Capitol hill is busy drafting (or rather re-drafting) a bill to give the White House control over non-governmental critical infrastructure systems or private computer networks in the case of a “cybersecurity emergency”.