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  Cronyism and Incompetence, a Bush Hallmark First there was FEMA chief Michael D. "heck of a job Brownie" Brown and his botched handling of the federal response to hurricane Katrina. Prior to his appointment as head of FEMA, Mr. Brown was a politically connected do-nothing with no real job skills applicable to a job of this magnitude. The list is long and distinguished so I'll just pull a few off the top of my head. Next we have US Forest Service chief Mark Rey who is about to be held in contempt by a US District Court Judge for failing to properly analyze the potential environmental harm of using ammonium phosphate to put out forest fires. The chemical is thought to kill fish. The US Forest Service has essential ignored prior orders from the court in this case. US mine safety chief Richard Stickler is a Bush classic. Knowing Stickler, an industry hack, would never get Senate confirmation, Bush made a recess appointment bypassing Congress. The recent collapse in Utah happened in a mine using a risky mining technique which maximizes coal production at the expense of worker safety. Stickler's federal mine safety organization approved the risky plan for the Utah mine before the collapse. Stickler was on site in Utah overseeing the rescue effort when three more workers were killed trying to save / recover their colleagues trapped by the earlier failure. Congress is not amused. 08/23/2007. Add Comment Permalink
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