Comments on: GSA Hearing Heating Up, Part III http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:42:14 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: LiberalsRule http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-591752 LiberalsRule Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:08:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-591752 <p>Did anybody else catch the very end of the hearing after the I.G. testified? One of the Tories, er, I mean Republicans (Mica?) slammed Waxman just after he called an end to the hearing. Apparently he wasn’t done chastizing the I.G. enough, and didn’t like Waxman coming to the defense. Waxman seemed to ignore the putz, and just walked out.</p> <p>The partisanship and hositility from Davis and his crew is getting tiresome. They act like little boys who’ve had their toys taken away.</p> Did anybody else catch the very end of the hearing after the I.G. testified? One of the Tories, er, I mean Republicans (Mica?) slammed Waxman just after he called an end to the hearing. Apparently he wasn’t done chastizing the I.G. enough, and didn’t like Waxman coming to the defense. Waxman seemed to ignore the putz, and just walked out.

The partisanship and hositility from Davis and his crew is getting tiresome. They act like little boys who’ve had their toys taken away.

]]> By: Constance Shea http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590636 Constance Shea Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:32:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590636 <p>I’ve been looking at the OMB website, ExpectMore, which shows its performance ratings of our government programs, to illuminate how they rate their favorites versus how they rate their not-so-favorites. This site was set-up as an adjunct to the Sunset Commision (which did not pass 12/06), which was to be appointed by the president (serve at the pleassure of) to target non-performing programs and schedule them for elimination by that commission acting alone. Now, I know I might have my consiracy hat on too tight with all of these oversight hearings, but it looks like the party soldiers run the program into the ground, get a bad rating from OMB and possibly OMB recommends funding cuts, which further undermines the program, and then they can Sunset the whole program. Imagine oversight hearings on why the OIG was eliminated by a commision “serving at the pleassure of the president”. And isn’t it serving the American people at the pleasure of the president?</p> <p>Anyway I was just wondering where the OMB is in all of this because I have a much younger brother who has worked there for several years. He has quietly been looking for another job, but says they want him to stay. As indoctrinated as these Bush solldiers are, I feel badly that 30-40 year-olds are going to jail, and those old assholes are still sipping champagne.<br /> Let me know if you think my hat’s too tight.</p> <p><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/topic/Government_Administration.html">first OMB link</a><br /> <a href="http://www.ombwatch.org/article/archive/330">second OMB link</a></p> I’ve been looking at the OMB website, ExpectMore, which shows its performance ratings of our government programs, to illuminate how they rate their favorites versus how they rate their not-so-favorites. This site was set-up as an adjunct to the Sunset Commision (which did not pass 12/06), which was to be appointed by the president (serve at the pleassure of) to target non-performing programs and schedule them for elimination by that commission acting alone. Now, I know I might have my consiracy hat on too tight with all of these oversight hearings, but it looks like the party soldiers run the program into the ground, get a bad rating from OMB and possibly OMB recommends funding cuts, which further undermines the program, and then they can Sunset the whole program. Imagine oversight hearings on why the OIG was eliminated by a commision “serving at the pleassure of the president”. And isn’t it serving the American people at the pleasure of the president?

Anyway I was just wondering where the OMB is in all of this because I have a much younger brother who has worked there for several years. He has quietly been looking for another job, but says they want him to stay. As indoctrinated as these Bush solldiers are, I feel badly that 30-40 year-olds are going to jail, and those old assholes are still sipping champagne.
Let me know if you think my hat’s too tight.

first OMB link
second OMB link

]]> By: Woodhall Hollow http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590600 Woodhall Hollow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:11:57 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590600 <p><a href="#comment-590553"><em>Thinking Southerner @ 296</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>can anyone direct me to an archive of the oversight hearing wrt GSA that was held earlier today?</p></blockquote> <p>Go to <a href="http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1224">oversight.house.gov</a> for the entire video. I recomend that everyone watch it in it’s entirety.</p> <p>And watch the Dems hone in on the crooks and liars, and more entertainingly (is that a word?) the Rethugs simply freak out. In a sense, this is waaaaaay bigger than the US atty scandal, and that is a HUGE scandal.</p> <p>Example: Doan, the GSA administrator, asks in the GSA, in a federal building during work hours, ” how can we help them [rethugs] win?</p> Thinking Southerner @ 296

can anyone direct me to an archive of the oversight hearing wrt GSA that was held earlier today?

Go to oversight.house.gov for the entire video. I recomend that everyone watch it in it’s entirety.

And watch the Dems hone in on the crooks and liars, and more entertainingly (is that a word?) the Rethugs simply freak out. In a sense, this is waaaaaay bigger than the US atty scandal, and that is a HUGE scandal.

Example: Doan, the GSA administrator, asks in the GSA, in a federal building during work hours, ” how can we help them [rethugs] win?

]]> By: Thinking Southerner http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590553 Thinking Southerner Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:48:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590553 <p>can anyone direct me to an archive of the oversight hearing wrt GSA that was held earlier today?</p> can anyone direct me to an archive of the oversight hearing wrt GSA that was held earlier today?

]]> By: mdh http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590470 mdh Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:07:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590470 <p>It may be time for popcorn, as it appears we we will have a lot of good video to watch. </p> <p>Someone is SO going to jail.</p> It may be time for popcorn, as it appears we we will have a lot of good video to watch.

Someone is SO going to jail.

]]> By: Moon http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590416 Moon Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:42:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590416 <p>Depo Prep 101<br /> Yes…….No…….I don’t know…….I don’t remember. If you know keep your answers as short as possible. Never speculate or theorize. Don’t volunteer answers to questions that haven’t been asked. Never lie!! Different versions of I don’t remember…..I don’t recall, not to my recollection, I can’t be sure, gee…I just can’t put my finger on it. Just remember that the memory excuse get old fast….if all else fails, throwing up works and you be safe ’till another day (hopefully in the distant future).</p> Depo Prep 101
Yes…….No…….I don’t know…….I don’t remember. If you know keep your answers as short as possible. Never speculate or theorize. Don’t volunteer answers to questions that haven’t been asked. Never lie!! Different versions of I don’t remember…..I don’t recall, not to my recollection, I can’t be sure, gee…I just can’t put my finger on it. Just remember that the memory excuse get old fast….if all else fails, throwing up works and you be safe ’till another day (hopefully in the distant future).

]]> By: Knut Wicksell http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590309 Knut Wicksell Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:30:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590309 <p><a href="#comment-589898"><em>Neil @ 143 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>I’ve never been a big fan of Orrin Hatch. I have trouble with severe self-righteous conservative types but I want to thank him today for his work on The Hatch Act.</p> <p>Thanks Orrin.</p></blockquote> <p>Wrong Hatch. Probably a great great grandaddy or something. That Act dates to the 19th century.</p> Neil @ 143

I’ve never been a big fan of Orrin Hatch. I have trouble with severe self-righteous conservative types but I want to thank him today for his work on The Hatch Act.

Thanks Orrin.

Wrong Hatch. Probably a great great grandaddy or something. That Act dates to the 19th century.

]]> By: bookwoman http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590251 bookwoman Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:57:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590251 <p>What is it about these people and their convenient memory loss? Maybe this quote from Nobel laureate, Andrew Webster, will shine some light.</p> <blockquote><p>Memory is the glue that binds your whole life together, it’s how you remember what you did yesterday and what you plan to do tomorrow,” he said. “Without memory you would be a zombie.</p></blockquote> What is it about these people and their convenient memory loss? Maybe this quote from Nobel laureate, Andrew Webster, will shine some light.

Memory is the glue that binds your whole life together, it’s how you remember what you did yesterday and what you plan to do tomorrow,” he said. “Without memory you would be a zombie.

]]> By: Think Progress » VIDEO MONTAGE: Lurita Doan Has A Horrible Memory (Except About Cookies) http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590238 Think Progress » VIDEO MONTAGE: Lurita Doan Has A Horrible Memory (Except About Cookies) Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:51:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590238 <p>[…] More video from the hearing HERE and HERE. Firedoglake was liveblogging all day. […]</p> […] More video from the hearing HERE and HERE. Firedoglake was liveblogging all day. […]

]]> By: Thad Beier http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590224 Thad Beier Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:46:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/28/gsa-hearing-heating-up-part-iii/#comment-590224 <p><a href="#comment-590202"><em>hawaiilaw @ 288</em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-590013"><em>JEP @<br /> 230 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Shays “What am I missing?”</p> <p>THE BIG LIE!!!</p></blockquote> <p>Here’s link to Miller’s written report. It’s a doozer & hopefully will lead to an indictment. The last document is his memo to Doan re: her attorney’s refusal to allow Miller (the IG) to view certain GSA records! Sleaze, sleaze & more sleaze. This admin is a cesspool.</p></blockquote> <p>Where is that link!</p> hawaiilaw @ 288

JEP @
230

Shays “What am I missing?”

THE BIG LIE!!!

Here’s link to Miller’s written report. It’s a doozer & hopefully will lead to an indictment. The last document is his memo to Doan re: her attorney’s refusal to allow Miller (the IG) to view certain GSA records! Sleaze, sleaze & more sleaze. This admin is a cesspool.

Where is that link!

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