Post #229,486
10/13/05 4:54:22 PM
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Bush administration extends control of Park Service
[link|http://www.peer.org/news/print_detail.php?row_id=598|PEER] The National Park Service has started using a political loyalty test for picking all its top civil service positions, according to an agency directive released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Under the new order, all mid-level managers and above must also be approved by a Bush administration political appointee.
The October 11, 2005 order issued by NPS Director Fran Mainella requires that the selection criteria for all civil service management slots (Government Service grades or GS-13, 14 and 15) include the \ufffdability to lead employees in achieving the \ufffdSecretary\ufffds 4Cs and the President\ufffds Management Agenda.\ufffd In addition, candidates must be screened by Park Service headquarters and \ufffdthe Assistant Secretary [of Interior] for Fish, and Wildlife, and Parks,\ufffd the number three political appointee in the agency.
The order represents a complete centralization of Park Service promotion and hiring in what has traditionally been a decentralized agency. More strikingly, the order is an unprecedented political intrusion into what are supposed to be non-partisan, merit system personnel decisions. The selection of top posistions has always had a political side, which is natural of a government agency. But this extends the politics down all of the mid level managers also, and gives Bush's political appointee a direct veto of any promotion they don't approve of. \ufffdPresidents come and go but the civil service is designed to serve whoever occupies the swivel chair in the Oval Office,\ufffd Ruch added. \ufffdIt is downright creepy that now every museum curator, supervising scientist and chief ranger must be okayed by a high-level political appointee.\ufffd Creepy isn't the word I would use. Fascist comes to mind. Jay
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Post #229,489
10/13/05 4:57:24 PM
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Coming soon to your squad (military)
the political observer... :-(
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #229,494
10/13/05 5:21:48 PM
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Has the \ufffd on 'Mein Kampff' expired or, reassigned: Rove LLC
This ain't anything about 'political contests' - it is about the Last Contest before the Permanent ""Christian""-Corporate One-USA-Party - bastard-offspring de M\ufffdxico's: PRI
Took ~ 70 years to dump PRI. Once Established.
Impeachment - in months? or Never.
Autopsy report on the Republic:
Proximate cause of death: hubris
Contributory, some chronic:
sleepwalking, Dumbth, distraction-with-toys, cupidity and a persistent yeast infection of unctuous-form Sanctimony
Malformed *spine*, MotesBeams-in-eyes and neural-network Jello\ufffd-ish flocculent precipitate also observed.
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Post #229,512
10/13/05 8:49:28 PM
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Reminds me of the Political Officer
on the crew of the submarine in the Hunt for Red October (admirally played by Tim Burton, IIRC)
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #229,523
10/13/05 10:27:51 PM
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You mean Tim Curry.
That Sweet Transvestite.
Lips!
Amy
Oh Freddled Gruntbuggly!
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Post #229,524
10/13/05 10:35:53 PM
10/13/05 10:36:09 PM
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From Transexual
Transylvaniiiiiiiiaaaaaaaa!!!!!
AHAHA!
Get down!
Edited by broomberg
Oct. 13, 2005, 10:36:09 PM EDT
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Post #229,525
10/13/05 10:39:29 PM
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I see you as Dr Scott
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Post #229,527
10/13/05 10:46:28 PM
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But...
He has a neck!
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #229,528
10/13/05 11:33:18 PM
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I've done Dr Scott
Prelude to the pool scene to the end.
TLA has a stage, we used to pick scenes to enact before the movie started.
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Post #229,544
10/14/05 6:22:02 AM
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o/ Former Brad...
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #229,570
10/14/05 1:27:18 PM
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same here
Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #229,573
10/14/05 1:48:32 PM
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Then I've just got one thing to say to the both of you
Asshole
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Post #229,607
10/14/05 7:38:28 PM
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Re: Then I've just got one thing to say to the both of you
Muahahaha .... Slut! :-)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #229,617
10/15/05 1:19:04 AM
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:-)
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Post #229,550
10/14/05 9:15:02 AM
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I was thinking last night
Is TLA still showing it? Would they be showing it one of the nights we're all there at Beep's?
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Post #229,608
10/14/05 8:03:23 PM
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Stopped years ago
At various other places.
Check this out:
[link|http://www.transylvanians.org/|http://www.transylvanians.org/]
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Post #229,553
10/14/05 9:25:30 AM
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Blimey.
Peter
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Post #229,554
10/14/05 9:29:12 AM
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You're picturing him in fishnet right now, aren't you? Muaha
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Post #229,556
10/14/05 9:32:41 AM
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No, but it seems that you are.
I've never actually seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Peter
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Post #229,557
10/14/05 9:45:06 AM
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!
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Post #229,558
10/14/05 10:14:16 AM
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Well, he has been ranting about his shapely new calves...
Jesus was a star last week.
Now he's tending bar on Melrose.
Welcome to Hollywood.
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Post #229,586
10/14/05 4:18:35 PM
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leering-LRPD: Too bad dark languages rarely survive...
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Post #229,813
10/17/05 10:46:41 AM
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Yes, of course. Thanks!
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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