Purge the Foxes in the Henhouse!!

[Joanne98]

Fire the Industry Friendly Bush Appointees Still Defending Industries Instead of Americans!!

We now know, with some certaintly that Bush appointed, Oil and Coal Industry friendy MMS administrators ignored regulations and gave broad passes to BP, Massey and other companies. They failed to implement and require meeting of regulations in place.

Obama has still not removed these miscreant, if not criminal appointees, from their jobs. It's very, tragically late, but better late than never.

President Obama should appoint a special team to identify and remove the remaining Bush political appointees and the former political appointees who, near the end of Bush's disastrous presidency, were shifted, inappropriately to civil service positions.

That team should identify foxes guarding the henhouse, including foxes appointed by Obama, like Ken Salazar, who should also go.

The American people were betrayed by George W. Bush appointment of thousands of industry-friendly foxes guarding henhouses, happily following Bush administration policies to not require adherence to regulations.

The Obama administration, by failing to clear out the Bush rats nest, also betrayed the American people's trust. I'm not talking about just oil drilling and coal mining. The Justice Department is still loaded with toxic Bush time bombs Eric Holder has failed to remove and or replace and I am sure there are thousands more spread throughout all all the agencies that are supposed to protect we the people.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Purge-the-Foxes-in-the-He-by-Rob-Kall-100524-344.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. Fire the industry appointees Obama placed! Like GE's pro-pollution toadie in DOJ. nt

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

2. Some will be on here immediately to say that this is not possible

because many of these hires were civil service and not political appointees, which is true. BUT, that still doesn't mean that you can't clear out all the Monica Goodling political appointees where possible.

PLUS some of the civil appointees in some divisions of Justice are just clearly not doing their jobs. The Civil and Voting Rights area has apparently been asleep on the job for years just like the Wage and Hour Divisin of Labor. In cases like these, it should be pretty easy to ask - how many complaints, how many investigations, how many resolutions, how many fines, prosecutions, etc. and fire people for non-performance when it becomes apparent they have no interest in upholding these laws.

[AndyA]

3. Obama needs to purge a lot of people, including a few of his own.

The problems may have began with Bush, but Obama hasn't done such a great job with some of them as well. These industry insiders, for instance. Obama should have known better, but apparently he doesn't.

[Scuba]

4. It's beyond comprehension that this hasn't already happened

[yurbud]

5. Obama appointed miscreants of his own like Larry Summers, Geithner, Arne Duncan...

who would be equally at home in a Republican administration.

[Demeter]

6. The Henhouse Is Now a Fox Condominium

there are no hens left.