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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Politicization and Incompetence of the Federal Government

With an internal investigation of the US Department of Justice revealing that top aides in the department took political and ideological affiliations into consideration when making decisions on hiring career attorney's, it calls into question the competence of the different departments under the current Bush administration and also begs the question "Under the current Bush administration, which department has not been politicized"?.

There is the Housing Development Authority whose secretary Alphonso Jackson had to resign after being accused of favoritism involving HUD contractors for two years. Also there is an ongoing investigation by the FBI and the Justice Department into whether he steered business to friends. All of this when the US housing market is facing its worst downturn in history.

Then there is the EPA where three prominent US Senators are calling for administrator Stephen Johnson to resign. The charge, he sided with polluters instead of fighting global warming and other ecological problems. In addition there were reports that a White House official altered memos highlighting the seriousness of Global Warming.

And who can forget the embattled former FEMA director Michael Brown and Bush's famous remark Brownie You Are Doing a Heck of a Job. All of this when the entire city of New Orleans was inundated with the flood waters from Hurrican Katrina.

These are but a few examples of the Bush administrations approach when it comes to selecting political appointees for different positions in the Federal Government. Instead of looking for competence and experience in their respective fields, candidates were screened based on their political affiliations and their ability the further the administrations ideological positions.

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