Democrats & Liberals: Archives

… bastards who I personally wouldn’t trust to tell the truth about the weather?

Well, they don’t even tell truth about weather: according to them, Global Warming is a myth yet to be proven by scientific facts.

PS: Typo found in the title: “Her” should be “Here”

Don’t forget that Bush’s choice to head up the Department of Homeland Defense, Tom Ridge, was totally against creating the Department of Homeland Defense.

But, But…. Bush is head of the “CEO administration” who is bringing back honesty and morality to the gov’t. How dare you question these decisions made for efficiency. It’s only a small price of corruption to pay for a quick response.

Go figure.

There are still people who defend and support this guy. Unbelievable

From the Washington Post:

“With Congress dangling as much as $200 billion in hurricane-related aid, lobbyists for oil companies, airlines, manufacturers and others are clamoring to get their share.”

Lobbyists and Politicians working together to make the world a better place.

Andre,
Nice post; but the use of govt credit cards to pay for breast implants is actually one of the best uses of tax dollars I have heard of.

You libs talk about truth. What in the hell do you libs know about truth? Truth to libs is like garlic to a vampire.

Did you hear about the FEMA deal with Carnival Cruise lines?
“Carnival’s bid totaled $192 million over six months, plus $44 million in reimbursable expenses, such as port charges, fuel, food and docking costs.”

Half full ships that just sit there.Priceless
Who needs oversight?

Thomas,

Excellent Bush supporter comeback. You said nothing and you said nothing with anger and conviction.

Good topic, Andre.

How about the latest crony that is going to be hired at Homeland security, namely Julie Myers for the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency? You know, the most troubled agency in HLS that deals with investigating immigrant, drug and weapon’s smuggling, illegal imports/exports and other important and potentially disastrous stuff in the age of terrorism?

Julie Myers Has No Credentials For That Job Whatsoever — so of course, she’s the perfect pick to oversee a law enforcement agency with over 20,000 employees and a 4 billion annual budget!
Especially since all she’s done is work:

as a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, N.Y., for two years, Myers held a variety of jobs over the past four years at the White House and at the departments of Commerce, Justice and Treasury, though none involved managing a large bureaucracy.

But wait, you might be saying, isn’t it true that the:

Unlike most political appointments, the head of ICE is required by statute to have at least five years of experience in both law enforcement and management.

Well, yes it is true. But that doesn’t seem like it’s going to be a problem for Ms. Myer’s since it just so happens that she:

worked briefly as chief of staff to Michael Chertoff when he led the Justice Department’s criminal division before he became Homeland Security secretary.

Myers also was an associate under independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr for about 16 months and has most recently served as a special assistant to President Bush handling personnel issues.

Her uncle is Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She married Chertoff’s current chief of staff, John F. Wood, on Saturday.

Oh, that explains everything, does it not?

Seems all this did briefly give Senator Voinovich some pause though, who during the Senate hearing regarding her appointment said:

that he wanted to meet with Chertoff to discuss Myers’s qualifications. “I’d really like to have him spend some time with us, telling us personally why he thinks you’re qualified for the job, because based on the résumé, I don’t think you are,” Voinovich said.

But then everything was all cleared up because:

Marcie Ridgway, Voinovich’s communications director, said yesterday that the Ohio senator had resolved his concerns by talking privately with both Chertoff and Myers. Ridgway said Voinovich was not available to speak directly about the issue.

Yes, better not to speak directly about the issue — it’s just too disturbing for words.

say andre,

This is a no spin zone, so please take you spin elswhere. You are not part of the main stream. not even close. The truth hurts andre the truth hurts.

Thomas,

Huh?
I’m not sure what your point is, but I’m sure it’s a good one.
The truth does hurt, I’m just not sure what that truth is. I hope that the next time you respond you will enlighten me.

Just caught wind of some fresh horsesh*t about FEMA’s horse judge… “Brownie” has been rehired!
That’s right, he’s going to be a consultant evaluating FEMA’s response to the Katrina disaster.
Oh what a topsy-turvy world we live in when Curious George is in control!

Read my post on the other side about bureaucracy. This is a good example. It is also an example of liberal killing the ability of government to be effective, while calling for more government.

YOu mention 250,000 government employees who have credit cards. Most of these people are career civil servants. I would guess that a majority are democrats. The cards are meant as a means to efficiency. There are some abuses. Now the efficency will go away.

BTW - another reason government issued cards was in response to complains that civil servants were benefiting by using their own cards when they traveled. YOu know, they got airmiles when they rented hotel rooms.

Another reason why government can’t be used to solve all your problems.

Another thing about government credit cards, the person using them still has to file the usual reports and to get the card paid. People writing these stories just havn’t bothered to do their homework. It looks sensational, but it is not.

“You libs talk about truth. What in the hell do you libs know about truth? Truth to libs is like garlic to a vampire.”

Political equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and saying “LALALALALALA!!! I’m not listening LALALALALA!!”

Thomas, stop telling our visitors to take their comments elsewhere, or you will be asked to do the same.

YOu mention 250,000 government employees who have credit cards.

Hey — I agree with Jack’s post about the credit cards. Who doubts that the same thing doesn’t happen in private companies.

But the rest of the post largely rings true, unfortunately.

Jack,

It’s not about Democrats vs. Republicans. It’s about our government doing a horrible job and mismanaging our tax dollars. It’s about the relationship between our gov’t and large corporations. It’s about Haliburton KBR overcharging and still securing gov’t contracts. It’s about waste. It’s throwing money around to the rich that the poor and middle class tax payers have to pay for. It’s about gov’t accountability in both parties at all levels of gov’t.

We liberals recognize skunks when we smell them
and this administration is full of them.
Now old DeLay has just been indicted in Texas,
but I am sure it is a Democratic liberal plot.

Andre M. Hernandez wrote: Does this sound like the United States government we were taught about ? For the people, by the people? Or does the government, in its current form ,sound like a rich get richer exploitive group of greedy, self-serving, manipulative, power-hungry bastards who I personally wouldn’t trust to tell the truth about the weather? Here we go again.

Ain’t it the truth. I hear you. Too bad more don’t.

And, here we go again is more appropriate than you know, because we’re stuck on this merry-go-round (not so merry really), and we can’t ever seem to break the cycle.

The arrogance of government grows and grows because of the cycle. There are too few people that know what’s really going on, and too many people that don’t have a clue, or don’t care, or are seduced to one side or the other by clever, distracting, petty partisan bickering. I’ve been one of those too, until I realized both main parties are just taking turns.

This is just the beginning of more government abuses likely to come in the near future; more corruption, cronyism, pardons to convicted criminals, irresponsibility, and unaccountability, as the nation declines further and further into fiscal & moral bankruptcy.

For a long time, I’ve been trying to find out why these trends seem unavoidable.
Our predicament seems inevitable.
It may all be the result of an 80 year cycle:

Harry S. Dent mentions an 80 year cycle ( www.financialsense.com/Experts/2004/Dent.html ).
The cycle was obvious, but the periodic nature (length of time) of the cycle wasn’t as obvious. Amazingly, it does seem to be about 80 years. For those that want to know how to protect their investments and pensions, they should read the book.

The problem is not just government. It’s a majority of the population, that largely ignores government. Thus, government, inevitably, abuses its power. That’s the era we are now within.

Whether the cycle really exists or not, I don’t see how we’re going to resolve the probable decline of America.

Oh, and watch the deal with Tom Delay. Even if he gets convicted (for campaign finance violations), he’ll get a pardon, just like Clinton gave Dan Rostenkowski a pardon (even though Dan Rostenkowski pleaded guilty). The hypocrisy, corpocrisy, corporatism, and arrogance of government, and those that tolerate it, know no bounds.

Andre

Government contracting is a fine art because of all the contradictory pressure. Everybody overcharges the government. This has been happening for as long as any of us have been alive. On the other hand, government procurement regulations make it so hard to do business with the government that many of the providers don’t really make that much money. And there are some people who won’t even deal with the G because of the trouble it causes. It will not get any better. It can’t get better because nobody will let it get any better. This is the weak link in bigger government arguments. It has nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with process.

Well gang, it’s all relative. How about the Defense Information System Agency, DISA? This government agency is run by the military and is the material solution provider for information system solutions. Let me tell you, they have no clue how to develop a software system. Their process is stuck in the 70s, systems end up not working correctly, if at all, no likes the system, it is hard to use, it doesn’t take the user into account, and they develop systems that costs more to maintain than it did to field it. Oh, yeah…they were in control of the Commache helicopter. Remember, the system that got cancelled because it cost too much and its capability was far short of the intended capability.

Ideology, process? Both! Only the government can be this incompetent.

Richard