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(I'm promoting this because the penultimate paragraph is absolutely hysterical... except for the part about it being true, which makes it breathtakingly sad as well. - promoted by Dean Barker)
Saturday's New York Times had two interesting stories that you probably won't find in the Union Leader in the near future. One was about how a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud by employees of KBR, the former Haliburton subsidiary, had increased U.S. government costs of freight delivery into Iraq.
The other was about how the Department of Interior is reviewing and may overturn eight decisions made by a politcal employee with respect to wildlife and land use issues; the since resigned employee improperly favored industry and landowners over agency scientists.
These are just two more examples of what happens when Congress fails to provide oversight into the operations of government agencies and contracts. By not doing his job, John E. Sununu enabled the incompetence and corruption that are the legacy of the Bush administration. John E. Sununu (and his colleagues, including Judd Gregg) failed to ask questions, demand accountability or even show a scintilla of interest in what was happening in federal agencies.
John E. apparently thought "checks and balances" referred to the open checkbook he and other members of the House and Senate gave to George W. Bush.
John E. Sununu failed to do his job; he not only failed to demand accountability on Iraq, he did not demand accountability on ANYTHING from this administration. Our country is suffering from both the worst adminstration in our nation's history and from some of the laziest senators and congressmen in our nation's history. Unfortunately for New Hampshire, our state elected two of them. We can fix that mistake in 2008 (and 2010).
