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Thanks for bringing this up, William. Somehow I missed the story. I guess it didn’t make any splash because, as you said, $21k is nothing compared to Bush’s billions. My real question is more along the lines of how long has this type of thing gone on, rather than how many are currently doing it. Yes, current instances of this type of underhanded promotion need to be brought out, but I’d love to know what past policies have been hyped in a similar fashion.

One precedent was established by the Treasury in advertising its dollar design changes through private media sources at a very hefty tax payer expense.

David:

That’s different. There was nothing political about Dollar Design. The Treasury was trying to calm public fears about the stability of the new design. It’s like the Post Office advertizing a newdelivery method. Better Service to the people.

It’s like the Post Office advertizing a newdelivery method. Better Service to the people.

And some conservatives argue that the SS reform will provided better service to the people. The precedent was established, the federal government has used paid marketing and advertising in a number of ways. The precedent is established. Doesn’t make the practice right or ethical in the use of taxpayer dollars, in fact, it brings us closer to the world of George Orwell’s 1984. But the fact remains, the precedent was established some time ago. Folks just did not see the slippery slope.

david, was the president set??
lol

William,

To the best of my recollection, for doing the same job, this is the first time a Black person has been paid more than a White person. Isn’t that the silver lining?

Although, NYTimes’ Maureen Dowd has now offered up her paid services to the Bush administration, as a minority member of the WatchBlog Blue Column team, I may be able to earn an even larger supplemental income than her.

You will be receiving my press release announcement, shortly.

mariniwitz, apparently NOT, by his hasty backtracking of support for the actions.

Maureen Dowd was hilarious, but I doubt she’ll get an offer from Bush anytime soon.

Meanwhile, Salon tells us there’s yet another one that’s been outed.

Hey Eric, Kirk, Jack - are you guys in on this? you’re doing a hell of a job, you should get your fair share :-)

William

I wrote about this in the middle column. I am flattered that you appreciate my writing.

re the general subject. I am not outraged. Actually, I can’t remember the last time I was outraged about anything. I don’t even like that word – outraged. People use it way too much. If someone burns down your house of crushes your cat with a rock, I suppose you might be outraged. When you simply read about something in the paper, it is much harder.

There are two other ways that the Republicans are winning so many issues and offices.

One, they hire young people as lobbiests. They send them out with talking points on an issue like Social Security. They go to Kiwanas Clubs and gyms and places like that and start casual conversations and gradually get in points to privatize Social Security. Some of them are from the University of Virgina.

It makes you wonder how much of the millions that Bush is spending for privatization is spent for stealth lobbying.

They also are each befriending a democrat. Karl Rove befriended Donna Brazil, etc. Some of the top Republicans golf with the Supreme Court Justices.

They can befriend a Democrat in office and persuade them about a subject long before the average Joe knows what is going to be on the agenda.

We need to take a good look at our Democratic Representatives and see who they e-mail and hang around with.