Hank <"stopbu$h"@lies.gov> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
Quoted message said:
This life and death matter is far too important to
be managed by another unqualified and incompetent
Bush crony. Please help us save lives by submitting
the petition below.
Hank
Dear friend,
Apparently the Bush administration did not learn anything from the
Michael Brown/FEMA debacle. The Bush administration's point man for a
flu pandemic is another crony with no experience related to his job.
Stewart Simonson, the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency
Preparedness at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), has no public health management experience. He got his job
because he is close with former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson.
Will you join me in urging the Bush administration to replace Simonson
with a more obviously qualified person?
http://political.moveon.org/flupandemic/
We can't sit by and let another unqualified appointee put our public
health at risk.
Thanks.
A few points.
A) Past performance is no indiciation of future performance.
B) The worst manager I have ever encountered was a man who had years of
management experience in the field. His bumbling cost the company millions
in one year alone. I couldn't stand it. I quit.
This whole thing should make it obvious that it isn't Bush, and it isn't
the people Bush appoints, but the entire system itself. It is flawed and
has been flawed for years. We are seeing it now for the first time for two
reasons.
1) The [censored] is hitting the fan. For the first time in many a moon we
actually could use a little expertise and authority when dealing with
issues. No wonder the FBI and the rest walk in and take over cases. It
pisses the local off, but the locals are clueless. Add to this mix the
fact that the level of misperception by the public has reached an all time
high and you have a mess no one can fix.
2) With the current political climate no matter what someone does it is
wrong. It is like trying to live with a screwy woman that is [censored].
Consider the following:
She just spent the last 4 hours cleaning the kitchen.
"Hey hon, I just cleaned the kitchen. What do you think?"
If he answers an emphatic "Looks great!!!" she responds with "So I
take it that you think I am a lousy housekeeper for letting it get
this bad? Ungrateful [censored]! I am leaving you."
If he responds "It looks fine" with no enthusiasm she says "I do all
this work and for all my trouble what do I get? I get a "fine".
Ungrateful [censored]! I am leaving you"
If he says nothing she says "Ignoring me again and after I worked all
day cleaning this hell hole? Ungrateful [censored]. I am leaving you"
You couldn't pay me enough money to take any position in the USG.
pierce
