Bush perverts science again/still

[xoxoxoBruce]

The president of the nation's largest general science organization yesterday sharply criticized recent cases of Bush administration political appointees gaining permanent federal jobs with responsibility for making or administering scientific policies, saying the result would be "to leave wreckage behind."

It seems the rats are scurrying for cushy jobs before the USS Bush sinks.

Todd Harding -- a 30-year-old political appointee at the Energy Department -- applied for and won a post this month at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There, he told colleagues in a Nov. 12 e-mail, he will work on "space-based science using satellites for geostationary and meteorological data." Harding earned a bachelor's degree in government from Kentucky's Centre College, where he also chaired the Kentucky Federation of College Republicans.

Erik Akers, the congressional relations chief for the Drug Enforcement Administration, gained a permanent post at the agency after being denied a lower-level career appointment late last year.

Jeffrey T. Salmon, who has a doctorate in world politics and was a speechwriter for Vice President Cheney when he served as defense secretary, had been selected as deputy director for resource management in the Energy Department's Office of Science. In that position, he oversees decisions on its grants and budget.

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[TheMercenary]

Yea, I am sure there are still a load of Clinton staffers out there with jobs as well.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But they were all well qualified for their jobs. :p

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But they were all well qualified for their jobs. :p

Don't you wish that was true. Most of the Congressional staffers I ever met were idiots.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's because only the idiots would bother meeting someone who was not politically powerful/a career booster.

[TheMercenary]

Seriously, these were Clinton and Congressional staffers. Made me want to vomit. Crawling all over stuff they had no business being involved in on military bases and at the Pentagon. Total idiots.

[xoxoxoBruce]

So they found the porn you hid in the bandage cabinet, eh.

[TheMercenary]

Ha!

I was the porn officer for deployments.

[richlevy]

The only solution is to immediately promote them someplace where they can't do any more damage.

"We are prepared at this moment to offer you the rank of Special Ambassador Haud Potentiary to Leichtenstein".

[xoxoxoBruce]

I was stirring up shit, I doubt Bush has his fingers in this.

These guys are looking for jobs. I'm sure they're networking, calling in favors, and conjuring up as much influence as they can. I can't blame them, but I'm not happy with a system that slot's people in jobs they're not qualified for, or over people more qualified. I can't tell, from the article, if it's all political whining, or there is merit to the objections.



But, I'll bet Cheney is behind it.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But, I'll bet Cheney is behind it.

Yeah, Cheney's a topper all right. And I'll bet he doesn't even offer a reach around.

[tw]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Yea, I am sure there are still a load of Clinton staffers out there with jobs as well.

But Clinton staffers did not overtly promote the destruction of American popularity all over the world, the destruction of the military, destruction of world treaties to maintain the peace, destruction of the Oslo Accords, and destruction of the American economy to enrich their rich campaign contributors. Why would you associate decent people with scumbags who even use Fox News and Rush Limbaugh as their mouthpieces of hate?

Where is Paula Jones? As soon as the scumbags no longer needed her to promote hate, suddenly Paula Jones discovered she had to make Mercedes payments, had to pay for renewing her driver's license, and had to pay the rent on a beachfront Pacific condominium. Just another example of a frontman for hate. Why does TheMercenary forget who these Bushie people really are? Because it is convenient?

[TheMercenary]

Did twweeny comment. I have no idea what it posted.

[tw]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Did twweeny comment. I have no idea what it posted.

Kiss your asshole. Rush Limbaugh told you to. You know better than to argue with the political agenda.

[TheMercenary]

I still can't see what the dweeb posted. Someone tell me because Golum is trying to say something. But every idiot should have his day! Go TWEEB!