DAMN, you're a wordsmith:
...trifecta...nepotism, cronyism, and affirmative action...
Great stuff.
And yeah, this move is stupid, idiotic, arrogant, and right in line with No Child Left Behind and McCain-Feingold.
Way to go W!
Another great appointment...
The Peter Principle at work.
The purposes of any bureaucracy (sp?) are various and hierarchical. Here are some of them in rough order of priority.
1. Insure its own continued sruvival.
2. Expand its area of influence.
3. Complexify its internal operations.
4. Obscure its activities from the view of outsiders.
5. Defend its turf.
6. Justify its existence to itself.
7. Do the job it was created to do.
As time goes on more time, resources and energy are expended on the first few of these at the expense of the latter until the former take up all the organization's efforts and the last receive almost none at all.
What the....!!!!
God Bless the government of the United States of America; I think that may be our only hope?????
This is NUTS!!!
I sent an email to Rep. Peter King of New York here
http://peteking.house.gov/
index....SectionTypeID=2
He is the newly elected Chairman of Homeland Security Committee.
http://hsc.house.gov/
does anyone have any other ideas who to contact regarding this extremely poor nomination?
thanks
You are a disgrace. It it wasn't for the government you would be working for Walmart.( not fair to Walmart, they would fire you)It is one thing to criticize the empty suit Garcia or the problems that have popped up since the merger. But your co workers. Unfair criticism on top of that. I guess you haven't noticed since you have been so busy playing SRT , but more criminal cases come from Immigration work. Good ones too. Just like their are good drug cases, and child porn cases. This outfit has been doing some pretty damn good work. You probably haven't noticed since you have been so busy praying for a return to CBP. Putz
I assume the above idiot isn't as operator, let's hope so.
He obviously couldn't make a literate point if it was printed on his fist and forcefully crammed in his anal canal.
Big mistake - HUGE! This is an appalling nomination especially in the wake of Katrina. WTF is going on at the White House?
Matt, great job at turning over the rocks and sending the insects and vermin scurrying. You got under their skin bigtime to which I can only say hurrah! While I was reading your post I was thinking (before I read that line), God Forbid AQ hits us while our pants are down around our ankles thanks to the joke that is DHS and all its ridiculous tentacles! The political fallout will be worse than the human toll.
Carol and Bob -- weren't we talking about peons, morons and isodopes the other night? Here ya go!
Illiterate,
The reason there are so many good immigration cases out there is because you and your pathetic band of loser 1811s from legacy INS never lifted a finger to close any of them before 9/11. The backlog is so massive that contraband investigations have been placed on the back burner so legacy Customs Agents can focus on cleaning up INS' horrific mess.
I'm pretty sure I could hold down a job at Walmart if I had to, but since I'm self employed and no longer sucking on Uncle Sam's tittie like you, I don't think it will be necessary.
The truth hurts jackass. If you can seriously look in the mirror and tell yourself that INS investigations hasn't been completely ineffective for dozens of years then you are either insane or drunk.
Peg C. you are absolutely correct and for those of you who may have missed that post here it is..
This is the funniest thing I have seen in a while...maybe since the Star Wars video we all watched. Or maybe the flip flop moment at the Repub convention, which I still smile about. CTG passed it my way and I just have to share it!
Scientists Discover New Element
A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named "Governmentium". Governmentium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 311.
The 311 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.
A minute amount of Governmentium causes one reaction to take over 4 days to complete, when it would normally take less than a second.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 years; it does not decay, but, instead undergoes a re-organization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.
In fact Governmentium mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of the moron promotion leads scientists to believe Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as "Critical Morass". When catalyzed with money Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element which radiates just as much energy, since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
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Illiterate,
why so angry?
If you are doing a good job no need to be angry.
Matt has always spoken his mind but no one has ever accused him of lying.
Well, happy days are finally here guys! This is great news when billions of our tax dollars are about to be poured down the drain!!!
I can't afford it but I am contributing to Katrina relief. Where is it all going...in whose pocket? Can anybody tell me where to send it where it won't wind up in some crooked and corrupt politician's pocket?
Hey, Illiterate - before you go talking about people who work at Walmart....check your brain. No one here wants to hear that sh*t!
Sorry Froggy. As usual your post is right on target and that's why it gets this attention.
Carol
'Bureaucracy is like a sewer, all the really big chunks rise to the top'...one of my favorite Murphy's Laws.
So they renewed Atta's visa...UNBELIEVABLE!!
I've been happily self employed for 20 years, Froggy. You can't beat it! You are way too bright to dwell daily among the 'illiterates' of the world.
Carol,
hope this helps you or anyone else.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/
Carol, It's an easy call- the Salvation Army. Minimum bureacracy, next to nil overhead because so many positions are volunteer. That's as opposed to the Red Cross which really isn't an NGO, it's more of a Para-Governmental Organization, with the bureacracy and overhead to prove it.
Froggy- well, this is why we conservatives can never win- we're honest about the shortcomings on our side, and frankly, the libs/left rarely are: anything to stay in power. At least we can feel good about having ethics, even when those who lead us forget theirs...
Aaarrgghhh!!!
The competence of Bush is beginning to be a concern of mine. You know half the nation isn't all wrong all the time. It is time we conservatives dealt with his shortcomings
Carol, ditto what douglas said. Mine goes to the Salvation Army (same as my charitable salary deductions). I agree; the Red Cross has ridiculous bureaucracy and overhead. I also boycott the United Way aka Boy Scout Haters Inc.
Don, judgement and competence are not the same. I have 100% confidence in W's competence, but maybe 90% in his judgement. He's also dependent on the knowledge and recommendations of his staff, or would you rather he be a micro-managing president like Clinton? Michael Brown was a disappointment, but the media acts like cronyism in the White House and government never existed before Bush was elected.
That said, I hope this Julie Myers doesn't get the job! However, remember that whenever an emminently qualified individual gets nominated for an important post, the DeMSM goes into full-riot mode. 2 names: John Bolton and Bernard Kerik. I'd bring Kerik back, myself.
OK, just read Malkin and Schlussel and I have to say 75% on Bush's judgement. This has all the makings of a true disaster. Shame on him!
We've got a cat 4 or 5 barreling down on Texas by the weekend. Sounds to me that the state government there has their poop in a group. Galveston is an island and is being evacuated as we speak along with Houston's newly settled evacuees from NO.
I wish I could say as much for the feds at this point. Michael Chertoff sounded vague and wishy-washy on Fox this morning. We DON'T need that... especially now!!! Asked point blank at what point they would have taken control from the state and local "authorities" (there's a laugh) he avoided answering directly.
Is there ANYONE in this freaking mess that ISN'T trying to cover their butt??? Is is unreal that the already homeless and devastated people of Lousiana have to continue to pay for their government's incompetency. The mayor lives in a self-centered dreamworld and the governor sits paralysed while waiting for someone to tell her what to do so she can refuse to do it!
Carol
Just went over to Newsmax and found out that the Pentagon is blocking Able Danger witnesses from testifying! We're screwed!
Carol
Looks like you aren't the only one concerned....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...1901930_pf.html
Carol, I saw that and while I'm not surprised, I am outraged. It will be interesting to see if the DeMSM follow this...I honestly don't know which they hate more - the policy behind Able Danger, or the Pentagon. Their heads might explode trying to choose.
Ed Morrissey over at Captain's Quarters says that Able Danger is migrating to a whole new level...i.e. now that we have their attention, they MUST act (meaning the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hear that Arlen Specter? Can you say supoenas?
An analyst named Eileen Pricer is prominently featured...also that Chris Shays is in this somewhere 1 MONTH AFTER 9/11!!! Here we go.
Did anyone catch the hearings this am on CSPAN? I wasn't able to.
Carol
I am really behind on this story it seems. Fox just did a segment on it an hour ago. In May or June of 2000 an order was given by a Pentagon lawyer to destroy the Able Danger data because it could have possibly contained information on American persons. Ok...redact those names...does it name Atta or not? He was NOT an American person!!!
Carol
Wow... I couldn't believe it when I got to the part about Garcia being named... then this Julie person takes the cake. You would think that is illegal (to hire someone with so little experience) and so many connections.
Illiterate: what are you even talking about? I doubt MUCH that Froggy criticized his own team, dear. He was critizing bureaucratic ineptitude where it forms a nexus with negligence.
Carol,
We are on full court press in Texas.
Evacuations are ongoing from all costal areas. Hotels are booked all the way to Oklahoma. Rental trucks are gone from Dallas. The Houston Toll roads are free. Flash flood watches will be issued for the Eastern half of the state soon. And in my area, the farmers are going 24 x 7 to finish planting.
I grew up on the coast near Houston and can recall several near misses. The big thing is the bayous back up with the storm surge and even if you are 50 miles from the coast, you still get flooded. I can still recall as a boy the water being 1 foot from my house that was 15 feet above the Bayou and with a clear sky overhead.
Carol,
The law was quite clear to us in the 80s about the US Citizen side of intercepts. We could collect and hold that info if ordered to do so by a field grade officer. Otherwise we had to throw it out.
It also depends on whether the system was operational as well. Testing we could do all day long.
Clinton threw up a huge wall between intel and domestic law operations during his term. I imagine the special orders were changed to be totally prohibitive. I don't know.
The two ( intel and ops ) need to be organically linked so one feeds into the other and vice-versa.
Certain types of crimes need to be exempt from Posse Commitatus. Terrorism is certainly one.
Why would the US Government not commit Delta or ST6 or a Ranger Battalion to capture a WMD on US Soil or to take down a Sapper Cell? Would someone argue with a lawyer rather than just execute?
Red River, be safe. It is a CAT5 now.
I wonder if Clinton even knew about the wall, he was so preoccupied with interns. He also didn't give a fig about terrorism, according to Dick Morris. That imbecile Jamie Gorelick (I still can't believe she was ON the 9/11 Commission) should be drawn and quartered, though.
red river,
I agree with Peg C. - do be safe down there! I have heard that even after Katrina some people who KNOW they have a cat 5 coming are staying put.
Keep posting and let us know that you're okay. Don't make us come and rescue your butt! 
Carol
Red River,
Echoing the thoughts of Peg C. and Carol - if your in harms way, get out of there. From your posts you seem like a smart guy so I'll assume that's your plan. I can't believe people on the news tonight that are definitely in the path of it that want to stay where they are. Being safe is more important than anything else.
Keep us posted.
Rich
I really feel for all the LA evacuees in Houston and elsewhere, now being evacuated AGAIN! Can't even imagine what it must be like.
I just read the latest media hype about Cindy Sheehan in DC storming the White House with...are you ready?...30 SUPPORTERS!!! God how pathetic. Lady, we've got a big, violent bitch in the Gulf of Mexico to worry about named Rita. Go home and look at yourself in the mirror. You're 15 minutes are over.
Carol
Thanks for the concern.
Latest forecast has Rita going right by Houston with 160 mph winds and 35 foot surge.
I sat in on a conference call today to help plan a business shut down in Houston. We are now planning for a total loss of Houston operations for two to four weeks. I am really glad our manager there is an ex Army Captain.
I have friends in Houston who are working all night at their jobs so they can bail tomorrow morning with their families. If they did not pull this duty, they would not have a job to come back to if its real bad. A lot of people are waiting to see what to do until the AM. They need our thoughts.
Austin, TX was going to have big outdoor concert this weekend. They still have not cancelled. 100 mph winds and 10 inches of rain will ruin the festival.
Dallas and Fort Worth sent their commuter trains to Houston to evacuate people. One train is carrying out 900 people. That's pretty clever.
We are NE of Dallas on a hill so out of harm's way. Forecast has Cat 1 winds this far North and *maybe* biblical flooding as Rita may stall out nearby. We are very dry. Cracks are six inches wide and four feet deep in our soil. We can take a lot of rain.
This appointment and refusing to deal with illegal immigration plus being such a big spender are what are driving the Presidents approval rating down. Katrina has nothing to do with it. These are big deal issues with Conservatives and ones that Lefties could care less about so the MSM won't report the real cause but will, with glee, report the low approval ratings with their own spin. I feel sick.
About those poor conflicted people in Galviston who think they are going to stay, I learned a long time ago in the medical business that you can't cure stupid. Just got the call to stand by for possible deployment. Time to see to the details. Stay safe ya'll.
Carol,
30 Cindy supporters at the White House. The poor dope!!! She's so dumb she probably thinks that is a good turnout. Someone stick a fork in her - she's done!!! The media isn't even paying attention anymore. That bus she's riding around the country in is almost out of gas.
Rich
Rich,
With everyone following the hurricane, I think Cindy will be missing a few cameras in her face (or up her butt, whatever). I certainly hope so...tired of her garbage.
Everybody, check out The O'Reilly Factor tonight...he had Donahue on last night but it got pre-empted by the Jet Blue thing. I caught a piece of it on Fox at noon today and there going to replay the whole thing tonight. O'Reilly threatened to throw Donahue off the set among other things. Old Bill got pretty hot! Is Donahue a Communist? He sure sounds like one. I'm not sure if O'Reilly doesn't ask for it sometimes by the people he lets on his show in the first place...he should know these idiots are going to behave this way by now! Then again, I appreciate the fact that he makes these morons look like just who they are. He knows how to bring out the true moonbat in all of them. Hilliary thinks she can trick people into thinking she is who she is not...and that's probably why she will never be on the Factor. Too bad.
Stay safe.
Carol
Guys,
I have a old friend in Houston right now, and I'm a bit worried for him. Please keep him in your prayers. His name is Glenn. Thanks.
I don't write nearly as poetic and smooth as Matt but being somewhat literate I do have some comments on some of your recent topics.
I saw on the news today a "WHITE WOMEN", being asked by a WHITE REPORTER why she was still on the Island of Galveston many hours AFTER the mandatory evacuation? She gave some crap about traffic being too bad and was not sure her car would make it but REALLY wanted to get off the Island. The reporter then asked her two or three times "why did you not take one of the free buses" offered to take her and her family off the island (she was really just calling her an idiot) she said that she really did want to leave but needed her car for work after the storm (that would put the island completely under water) so did not want to leave it. Okay...stupid! I am getting around to my first point. The New Orleans disaster was not racial...it was about stupid people not listening to advice and warnings and then waiting until it was too late and then expecting the federal government to save their butts and taking zero responsibility for their inaction. I felt personally attacked by Jessie Jackson who basically said I was a racist because I live in Houston and us white people didn't do enough to help the evacuees in from N.O. Did anybody watch the f'ing news. Gimme a break. He promotes racism so he can have a f'ing job. B.S. is what comes to mind. Our federal government has its issues granted, but, ultimately responsibility comes down to the individuals being given the same information as the "lucky" people that escaped or had food or whatever. I am in far North Houston right now and am not evacuating with Rita coming our way and if you see me on my rooftop then it is MY FAULT and just go ahead and shoot me, but you won't hear me say that it is Bush's fault. I bought my own food and supplies, filled all of our vehicles with gas last Monday as well as all the gas cans I could find, so if you do see me on my rooftop I won't be hungry and I can damn sure make a signal fire with all the damn gas I bought.
Bob
Cary,
I hope your friend Glenn will be okay. Can you still call him on the phone or are the lines all tied up already?
Bob,
You forgot to mention where Jesse gets all that lovely money from. He sure as heck doesn't work for it. Unless you want to call extortion a career. The NAACP, Jackson, Congressional Black Caucus, Al Sharpton, etc. ad nauseum are already pushing for reparations for victims of Katrina. Never mind that the government is not a bottomless pit and that all that money comes from taxpayers! I don't know about you but I don't respond well to guilt and blackmail.
The people of New Orleans will have stand on their own two feet. They sure don't need Jesse to tell them what to do. There is nothing so contemptible or so evil as that...to steal another human's dignity and self respect.
Do us a favor though and don't light that signal fire on your rooftop. Seriously, have you got a rubber boat or some other kind of floation device? Could come in handy to keep at the ready in your attic. Just a thought. Car probably won't do much good under water if it gets that high. Keep in touch let us know whats goin' on.
Carol
Thanks. I haven't spoken to him, but I've emailed him and left a phone message on his VM. There's an incredibly large amount of people who are praying for him, who don't even know him, so he's in good hands. Besides, he can handle anything that comes his way, after all he does manage to be my friend!
Bob,
I watched for you on the news. Good luck with that signal fire. I hope you and the family are enjoying a nice cookout about now since Rita decided to hit further east. Hopefully all of you in the Houston/Galveston area fared well.
If the refineries are damaged that gas purchase may prove to be a wise investment.
Let us know how you're doing, Bob.
While Matt's busy with the little one...I see TX may have dodged a big bullet and I pray so. Hope everyone fared well!
Carol, don't know if you saw this, but apparently the outrage over the Pentagon's antics over Able Danger testimony blew up on them and they seem to have had a change of heart. I should hope so!!
Bob,
I couldn't agree more with your points about Jesse Jackson. I hope you and your family are alright.
Peg C.,
Nice link! The Able Danger story is going to get interesting. Hopefully the 9/11 Commission will be exposed for the fraud it has committed against the American people.
CTG wrote: "'Bureaucracy is like a sewer, all the really big chunks rise to the top'..."
I would dearly love to write and say the thread topic is not true, but it IS true. I would like to say CTG is wrong, but he is NOT wrong. It doesn't seem to matter any more who we elect, Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum, they all let it happen, even foster it.
In my own little corner of DoD it happens all the way down to the Division level. It is almost as if ignorance, personal self-interest, and egotism are a job requirement that mandates actions impossible to actually perform and still manage to complete an ordinary mission. The created impediments to performance are awesome. Worse, if you query one of these senior leaders, they don't answer, they ask more questions. Problem is of course your fault for not answering their questions, never mind yours. I have never sought to "rise" to great heights, just to do the best job I can, leading and working with the best people I can. That makes me a chump.
I am leaving in early retirement this Friday, 30 Sep 05, and this crap is the reason why as much as anything.
aridog, good luck in your retirement! And FYI, corporate America doesn't escape CTG's big chunks rule, believe me. Oh, and CTG is a she, not a he. 
Peg C....Damn. Androgenous (sic?) nic's get me every time. And thanks, I will enjoy it...
Good luck aridog and thank you for serving our country! Fortunately capitalism still reigns and bright, hard working folks can do well for themselves in America. I wish you great success in your future endeavors. You just can't beat working for yourself.
Froggy, check out this Washington Times article about combining ICE and CBP.
http://www.washtimes.com/nationa...15954-
6184r.htm
I don't know anything about Michelle Malkin, but I would like to point out something you said:
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and then from your post on Harriet Miers:
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Froggy, what gives?
Stange comming from what is normally a very level headed and balenced blog.
But then, I expect fair and balenced from a SEAL. :D
I don't know anything about Michelle Malkin, but I would like to point out something you said:
-- that pretty much sum up their thoughts on hiring a snot nosed, 30something. --
and then from your post on Harriet Miers:
-- and if I could get away with a 30 something with impeccable credentials, then I’d take a crack at it. --
Froggy, what gives?
Stange comming from what is normally a very level headed and balenced blog.
But then, I expect fair and balenced from a SEAL. :D
PS: sorry about the double post, but the code of the comments dropped out my quoting of what you posted.
Hey Hero, why don't you stop blowing smoke up your own $#@, and realize that you are part of a team. Yes, you didn't choose the team, and if you don't like it leave. A true "operator" would make the best of any situation, and try to improve the team. (not taking pot shots at his teamates) I'm sure the private sector could use another burger flipper, instead of the heroic protector of the Gucci brand name.
Former INS Agent, who will put his cases and resume against yours any day.
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