Feeding the beast
In These Times
by Christopher Moraff
08/18/08
When President Bush exits the White House in January, he will leave behind a federal government in shambles. Since his first term, Bush has pressed forward with a radical view of the executive branch. Beyond adopting autocratic positions on foreign policy and taking broad liberties to subvert the Bill of Rights, Bush has waged a quieter — and perhaps more damaging — war at home against the very agencies under his charge. From formaldehyde-soaked FEMA trailers, tainted pharmaceuticals and politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys, to allegations of retaliation against government whistleblowers and an exodus of career officials from key regulatory positions, the Bush administration has lorded over a highly politicized and increasingly ineffective federal bureaucracy...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3852/feeding_the_beast/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bill+of+Rights
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=FEMA
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Christopher+Moraff
by Christopher Moraff
08/18/08
When President Bush exits the White House in January, he will leave behind a federal government in shambles. Since his first term, Bush has pressed forward with a radical view of the executive branch. Beyond adopting autocratic positions on foreign policy and taking broad liberties to subvert the Bill of Rights, Bush has waged a quieter — and perhaps more damaging — war at home against the very agencies under his charge. From formaldehyde-soaked FEMA trailers, tainted pharmaceuticals and politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys, to allegations of retaliation against government whistleblowers and an exodus of career officials from key regulatory positions, the Bush administration has lorded over a highly politicized and increasingly ineffective federal bureaucracy...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3852/feeding_the_beast/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bill+of+Rights
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=FEMA
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=firing+attorneys
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Christopher+Moraff
rudkla - 19. Aug, 11:07
