Yup, Obama fails the acid test.....but did he "have to promise such appointees" in order to become President so that he could do at least some good here and there?
Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > How could Obama be up on all the agencies such that this > > issue would have be spotlit? All the agencies are infested > > with industrial goons and all the by-laws are written by > > them, and they ignore them anyway!! Coal, nuclear, gas, > > oil, food, commodities, forests, EPA, and on and on. Best > > I could have hoped for him to do would have been to get > > some non-goonies in the Oval Office and appoint them to > > scour their various venues for any sort of hankypanky > > Yes, they're called cabinet secretaries. Ken Salazar is > Interior Secretary; the MMS is an agency of his department. > > There was quite a bit of squawking when he was nominated > because of his ties to the industries his department > supervises and regulates. From the NYTimes shortly after > his nomination: > > "Daniel R. Patterson, formerly an official of the Interior > Department's Bureau of Land Management and now southwest > regional director of the Public Employees for Environmental > Responsibility, an advocacy group, said that Mr. Salazar > has justifiably become the most controversial of Mr. > Obama's cabinet appointees. > > "'Salazar has a disturbingly weak conservation record, > particularly on energy development, global warming, > endangered wildlife and protecting scientific integrity,' > said Mr. Patterson....'It's no surprise oil and gas, > mining, agribusiness and other polluting industries that > have dominated Interior are supporting rancher Salazar > he's their friend.'" > > Read more: > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/us/politics/18salazarcnd.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&hp > > http://tinyurl.com/2f8kz4l >
