A TAD INTROSPECTIVE--2006

Now I know I'm not the only one who believes that some members of our government speak out of both sides of their mouths! As the NBC news anchor calls it "The Fleecing Of America". Nearly two months after he resigned, Michael Brown is no longer on FEMA's payroll. How better an example of government misdeeds shoved down our throats than the fiasco covering Mike Brown, the man our president stood besides, patted him on the shoulder and said "Brownie...yer doing a heck of a job." Two days later, Brownie was replaced as the Director of Fema, (wonderful insight and judgement shown by our top leader two days earlier) ehh? It was a known and proven fact that this high paid cretin was not up to the task of directing and fulfilling the responsibilites of FEMA. Yet, he was allowed to remain on the payroll even though he had in fact formerly submitted his resignation. This man was hired at a salary of $148,ooo.oo greenbacks. After he resigned, Brown had no decision-making or management responsibilities, yet he got paid! There are qualified persons nationwide who can't find employment that matches their real skills and work for much less than they are worth and our government gives that loser all that money for doing nothing, its disgraceful! Politicians (most) are not fair and play very nasty games with us.

It is okay to pay someone who was quilty of malfeasance but then they turn around and submit to Congress a budget that puts many worthwhile and needed government programs on the chopping block...i.e. Education, Health and Human Services, Energy, Labor and Housing. As the saying goes, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. Politics, politics, a sad commentary in our society.

My final thought here concerns the situation surrounding the New York Times reporter Judith Miller. I read that she has left that paper, this after spending time in jail protecting a source of a story. Something doesn't quite mesh here, but,like I often say...they, them, and those are strange bedfellows!

Keeper