Cabinet Rocking, Rolling and Shaking
Indeed it seemed that each hour of this past week had new information on who was going to resign, who was going to replace the resignee, who was fired and who was simply not re-hired.
Grandmother’s track record as compiled when the events unfolded:
Secretary Colin Powell resigned as Secretary of State; Spencer Abraham resigned as Secretary of Energy; Ann Venemann resigned as Secretary of Agriculture; Tom Ridge resigned as Director of Homeland Security; John Ashcroft resigned as Attorney General; and Condaleeza Rice resigned as National Security Director.
Condaleeza Rice was appointed Secretary of State. Alberto Gonzales was appointed Attorney General.
The shakeup at the State Department was quite serious in that the Deputy Secretary of State-Richard Armitage, also resigned/got fired, take your pick.
We also hear that Goss is shaking things up over at the CIA, a wise missive about same already germinating in my mind for later this week.
Anyway, it all seems indicative of a re-elected President with no intention of riding out his lame-duck presidency. He’s putting his people in place and beyond thoughts on Colin Powell, it seems like nothing more than a normal shuffling of people to positions more suited to them. It’s how a good business is run.
The Department of State, along with the CIA to my surprise, seems to have worked actively and heartily against this President and his policies quite lustily during this past presidential campaign.
What right does a government agency have to campaign against a sitting President?
Now the liberals will argue that such debate is a good thing, that freedom of speech encourages this sort of thing, that we can’t have a monolithic government acting as one great body to advance the policies of one administration.
Oh yes we can.
Goodness knows the United States of America has plenty of free speech and now that even conservatives have a voice we really don’t need the help of the Department of State to tell us how to vote.
The liberals have already passed the “whistle blower” act dear Lord this should be enough. If any government employee spots ill-doing, damn, all they have to do is dash off an email to the NY Times. Toot de sweet the Times will be all ears, especially on anything that makes Bush look bad.
Besides, why should we expect the Department of State and CIA employees not to be working to advance their own agenda? An agenda that I’m beginning to get more and more suspect about.
I’ve never been a great believer in nobility to advance an ideology. Michael Moore has no ideology for which he’s fervent. He’s simply an innovative American that found a way to make money and if he managed to do it selling lies well how creative is that?
Follow the money, as the wise men say. The Wise I is beginning to sniff the beginnings of some major scandals involving these very government bureaucracies created to protect us.
Stay tuned for more on this later this week.
Another Liberal Complete Waste of Money
How many poor familes can be fed on $113,600? Would not that money make a nice down payment on a house for some family who’s never known such a thing? How many Sudan babies couldn’t be closer to a cure for Aids with the help of this money?
And yet it goes to a bogus and completely lost cause. Forthwith:
A statewide recount of the presidential vote appears inevitable after a pair of third-party candidates said they have collected enough money to pay for it.
The recount would be conducted after the election results are certified in early December.
Libertarian Michael Badnarik and the Green Party's David Cobb said on Monday they raised more than $150,000 in four days, mostly in small contributions.
Ohio law requires payment of $10 per precinct for a recount, or $113,600 statewide.
Badnarik and Cobb said they aren't trying to overturn President Bush's 136,000-vote victory in Ohio, but just want to ensure that all votes were counted properly in the face of concerns about Election Day irregularities.
Clinton Writes His Own Legacy
There’s an old saying: “You have a right to your own opinion but you don’t have a right to your own facts.”
A truth, for sure. But William Jefferson Clinton, this past week, was honored by the Grand opening of his library and massage parlor.
Under a downpour not that anyone considered this eventuality, a lack of planning reflected in the administration of the President it honored.
I watched ole Bill with my own eyes during that interview with Peter Jennings when he warned Mr. Jennings “not to go there”. Bill’s jaw clenched in that manner he has, a visage with a hardened and determined jaw ready to tackle the world. Especially a world which would accuse him of allowing terrorist attacks go unfettered for his entire eight years as he fooled around in the peoples’ oval office.
At the moment I witnessed this pathetic man’s jaw begin its strident clench I knew this would be possibly the first US President who would burn in hell forever. Yes, I see him right down there with OJ, another moron who could never own up to his crime.
Poor honest Ken Starr did not bring you down, Willie. You did terrible things and took advantage of your position in the most disgusting manner possible.
And your little trailer home fantasy library will never change the facts, Mr. President. Because you don’t get your own set of facts.
From the very non-partisan Bruce Lindsay, we have this:
"It's the way we believe history will record it. We have a point of view. I don't know if we have influence," longtime Clinton adviser Bruce Lindsey said.
Lindsey said Clinton wanted to include details of the attacks on his presidency but wanted to do so within the context of Republican efforts to "delegitimize" Clinton's tenure.
I Told You So Dept…
As predicted, more news came out this week on the two subjects I specified.
...ok, anyone could have predicted Fallujah would remain in the news. But hey, there's a whole bunch of people SHOCKED I tell you, that a soldier would actually shoot an enemy combatant....Below..
The United Nations has called for an investigation into a series of alleged abuses in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
Human rights official Louise Arbour said those responsible for any violations should be brought to justice.
Controversy over the Fallujah offensive was fuelled by video footage showing a US Marine shooting dead a wounded and unarmed Iraqi.
The pictures showed some marines entering the mosque on Saturday.
Although we shouldn’t be surprised by this either. I mean, the UN is going to investigate American abuses, damn I’m scared.
And then there’s
Specter
Anti-abortion conservatives on Tuesday protested the possible elevation of Sen. Arlen Specter to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman just as the Pennsylvania senator was trying to convince his Republican colleagues that he would be a strong advocate for President Bush's judicial nominees.
It was all for nought. The door mat Senator, also known as Orrin Hatch, informed the angry base that Specter was in.
We knew those lily-livered senators wouldn’t have the courage to do it. No mind Majority Leader Frist’s tough talk.
Most Under-Reported Story of the Week
House Committee on International Relations Begins Probe to UN Oil for Food Program
Henry Hyde chairs this committee. Below a quote from the committee’s statement of purpose. IF, and it’s a big IF, this committee does its job, this volcano should begin its eruption.
Saddam Hussein corrupted every aspect of the program, and various sources indicate that he may have received help from some of our Allies, and perhaps even U.S. citizens, in doing so. This is why this issue has taken on a sense of urgency. We must determine to what extent Saddam’s corruptive influence tainted others and perhaps even those we trusted most to help us to isolate and disarm him.
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