The Daily Show does it again!!! Great Show tonight! PLUS...

[Up2Late]

...The interview is with, and I know this is going to sound crazy, an Intelligent AND reasonable Conservative Republican!!! Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Irvin.

He's got a new book that is VERY critical of the BS that is DHS!

But before that, Jon explains that Oil Prices thing, as only he can. AND They went and found all the times Candidate George W. Bush and then pResident Bush said he wasn't going to use the Strategic Oil Reserve for Political gain!

Excellent. :evilgrin:

[autorank]

1. Thanks, I'll watch it on rerun. n/t

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. Clark Kent Irvin is a real scumbag

He just bolted from the government because he couldn't get confirmed and his interim appointment was an embarrassment to all.

He didn't deserve to be on TDS. I was disappointed, because the skank was doing nothing but squeezing sour grapes and taking hits at the guys whose asses he kissed while he had his interim appointment.

A real lowlife, but it's always nice when they start devouring each other, isn't it?

Think: Claude Allen, who's now sending out letter asking people to donate money to his legal and living funds.

Nice folks you have around you in the White House, Fuckface.

[Up2Late]

3. He might be a scumbag, but now he's throwing bombs from our side!

And even though he says he's a Conservative Republican, he sure talks like a Centrist Democrat now.

He had a great interview on radio show "Fresh Air" from WHYY.

Sounds like he put all the good dirt in his new book, he said a lot of nasty things about Tom Ridge too.:evilgrin:

The best part is, DHS and Tom Ridge wouldn't talk to Fresh Air and said basically the same thing as you just said about the guy.:spray:

SWEET!:toast:

A Former Homeland Security Official's Warning

Listen to this story...(at link)

Fresh Air from WHYY, May 2, 2006 · Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, earned a reputation for being critical of the department while he was there. He was appointed in January of 2003, but after 18 months was not reappointed. He brings his perspective to the page with the new book Open Target: Where America is Vulnerable to Attack.

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5376743>

[Up2Late]

4. Here's his book btw...

Open Target : Where America is Vulnerable to Attack (Hardcover)
by Clark Kent Ervin

<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1403972885/sr=8-1/qid=1146720060/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-0488326-7185430?%5Fencoding=UTF8>

From Publishers Weekly
Appointed acting inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security in January 2003, Ervin left after 18 months when Congress refused to confirm him. The reason, he writes, is that he did his job too well, pointing out so much mismanagement and so many security lapses that the bureaucracy turned against him. Ervin sounds the alarm and attempts to settle scores in this book, a detailed warning that America remains frighteningly vulnerable to terrorism. Ervin explores the homeland's weaknesses, describes what the DHS should be doing and how it falls short. Ports, airlines, "soft targets" such as stadiums and critical infrastructure like the water supply must be further secured, as must mass transit (which receives a fraction the funding aviation does). Fragmented intelligence allowed the 9/11 plotters to succeed, but the DHS has not yet achieved coordination of intelligence. Finally, the massive DHS budget requires the establishment of strict accounting and antifraud policies. Though the author notes progress in some areas, he thinks the department has made woefully inadequate headway, is incompetently administered and starved for funds. Ervin's criticisms ring true, and they were well covered in the media, but readers may prefer an account less colored by personal feeling.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Review

“Almost five years after 9-11, we are still not safe. Clark Kent Ervin brings an inside perspective as to why and what needs to be done. A must-read for those interested in the security of our people in this age of terror.”
—Tom Kean, Chairman of the 9/11 Commission and former governor of New Jersey

"Open Target is a sobering perspective on what still must be done to secure the homeland against terrorists who remain determined to strike. You don't have to agree with everything in it to recognize what an important contribution it is to the national dialogue."
—John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence

(more at link) <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1403972885/sr=8-1/qid=1146720060/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-0488326-7185430?%5Fencoding=UTF8>