(snickers) Toby Keith? really?

haha cat!

I'm against drilling anyway but definitely the people running that Department should be fired - not given jobs elsewhere because obviously, they're ethically bankrupt. The people involved with taking gifts and whatnot should be fired too - they knew they were crossing every professional and ethical line possible. We don't need them working elsewhere in the government.

Holy sh!t.

Now I'm just picturing a bunch of drunken cokehead bureaucrats running around stoned and having sex all over their office.

"The people involved with taking gifts and whatnot should be fired too - they knew they were crossing every professional and ethical line possible. We don't need them working elsewhere in the government."

Agreed, stephley.

:lol:@ Jude ---really ---drunken coke head bureaucrats running around stoned and having sex all over their office.

Jude -- that's exactly what I pictured.

sounds like a party

not!

It's like the movie Blow, but grosser, and without Johnny Depp.

without Johnny Depp it is certainly not a party

Jude! I pictured that too. They should all be fired! They misused their job titles. But, now it makes everyone that works in that department look bad.

Ooo sexy - suddenly "Drill Baby Drill" has new meaning.

"Drill Baby Drill" ... ew....

Hey, I give them props for the Toby Keith tickets. Not because I like him, but because the only way to see him would be on someone else's dime.

Tinkerbell, that comment coupled with the "Drill Here" hat just made me laugh my ass off...

I keep picturing this in my head, and getting more and more nauseated.

I kind of just assumed this was what happened...so I'm not too outraged, whatever, fire whomever...

Tinker..lol.

And plz, where can I get a "drill here" hat, I definitely need one of those!

Man, I have got to get a government job. What do you have to do to get fired?

Hey how can I get one of those hats?

yes i would have sex with a fat old white guy for cheap gas. wait, that was the question, right?

I thought that picture, at first, was requesting drilling in that person's head...

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This is what happens when we let beauracricies run things with little or no accountability. They corrupt it. This is what will happen with everything that is government run. Look at the VA system. Do we really want a government known for a lack of oversight running our health care system?

The government needs to be transparent!

I agree. But transparency without accountability doesn't do us a lot of good.

I agree UD. Transparent and accountable. Wouldn't that be great!

The problem with all large companies (not just the government) is that eventually you get a level of management that just don't care. That's where you get the mismanagement and corruption. I'd like to see power taken away from the national government, and given to the states and local government. We should also send the money directly do the various states, and allow those states to use the money as they need.

Dave, that's absurd. Everyone knows the larger that government gets, the better it is gets at efficiently solving problems.

So, should power also be taken from large corporations?

Of course it should. It should be put in the hands of the people. Only when the people/state own the means of production will the workers truly be free.

i think that there's always going to be some level of gift giving/receiving in business - that's not going to stop just because some people claim that it's unethical - but i think that there is a need for bidding and comparing what people can do - since it's not fair to just go ahead and use 'nepotism' to an extent and give the work to a certain person. i wonder what they are really going to do to police this - so that they can curb this.

wasn't there a huge controversy about several congressmen last year for taking bribes/gifts etc?

also, you have to put things into perspective - if they are making more money than most other departments - then i'm not sure they are going to be so willing to ruffle the feathers internally. it's a catch-22 i think.

omg-Hypo, I was thinking the same thing. I want one of those hats.