Ex-Bush health chief's firm wins Sept. 11 work (Tommy Thompson)

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - As President Bush's health chief, Tommy Thompson trumpeted millions of taxpayer dollars to help workers sickened by the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center, even amid complaints that his agency wasn't doing enough.

Now, Thompson's private company has won an $11 million contract to treat some of those same workers — the latest twist in a fitful government effort to determine how many people were made ill by the toxic debris — and to care for them.

The contract awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is aimed at tracking the health of between 4,000 and 6,000 workers who live outside the New York City area, where a separate health monitoring program is in place. The CDC is part of the Health and Human Services Department, which Thompson headed in Bush's first term.

Internal e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show that the one-year contract went to Logistics Health Inc., a La Crosse, Wis.-based company where Thompson is president


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[Doctor_J]

1. Culture of Corruption

say it, every day.

[Festivito]

3. Make them sick, then make money caring for the sick. Sick! /nt

[whistle]

2. Does he mean trumpeted or trumped?

...trumpeted would be a resounding call or advocating with great zeal

...trumped would be preventing an opponent from getting something

I think he meant trumped at the time of Setp 11 calls for helping victims and now that he has the upper hand channeling all those funds over to his company. Just another Bush crony getting rewarded.

<snip>
trumped, trump·ing, trumps
v.tr.
1. Games To take (a card or trick) with a trump.
2. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
v.intr. Games
To play a trump.

[young_at_heart]

4. The cabal strikes again!

It would sure be nice if the American people cared about their government. What has our country descended into?

[BrklynLib at work]

5. SUH-PRAZ! SUH-PRAZ! SUH-PRAZ!

[badgervan]

6. Toxic Tommy Strikes Again

Yep, that's his nickname here in Wisconsin. This guy is dumb as a rock, but comes out smelling like a rose every time due to a lifetime of political favors. Toxic Tom left our state heavily in debt, yet gets rewarded with better job after better job. I use the term "job" very loosely, as Tom is never more than a figurehead... others do the dirty work... the Republican Way.
Just one more reason to vote for Obama.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

7. Classic Tommy Thompson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD56ypCjgno

My co-workers and I have to watch this video once a week!