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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Give me a break, you can't be as pollyanish as you seem to imply in your posts.
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ace.....let me try one more time to penetrate your veil of political fantasy with FACTUAL information that runs counter to your unique, but baseless insights into how the federal government works (or not work, in the case of the Bush administration)
Start with the high level DOJ official who admitted to breaking the Civil Service Act by using political afflilation in the hiring of career employees...
Add two other high level DOJ political appointees who resigned under suspicion of lying or withholding information on the firing US attorneys for political reAons....
Mix in the director of the GSA who was found to have violated the Hatch Act by being involved (and encouraging or reqiurement other emplyoees) in improper and illegal politcal activities on the job....and numerous other agency heads who were likely involved in the same acts with the complicity of the White House....
Stir in the actions by political appointees at EPA, DOI, NASA and NOAA to improperly influence or withhold research findings by career scientits/researchers for political purposes...
and other high level political appointees in several agencies who took improper and potentially illegal actions against whistleblowers in their agencies for political purposes....
Dribble in Dept of Ed and HHS political appointees who violated the law by giving grant money to several "journalists" to promote the Bush political agenda and pass it off as unbiased news.....
and cap it off with Inspector Generals at four separate agencies who are responsble for ensuring their respective agencies compliance with laws and procedures for proper agency administration who themselves are under investigation for illegal, improper or unethical activities.
(I can supply additional examples if I am not getting through to you yet)
No, ace...it is not pollyanish at all to say this is not how the federal government is supposed to operate..and in FACT, no recent Democratic or Republican administration has acted in such a manner.
THe Bush crowd is unique in its putting politics above the law and/or the ethical and proper administration of Executive Department agencies.
I know this is hard for you to accept...but I think most objective observers would see that my facts might just be a little more credible than your suppositions that "they all politicize".