This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Showing posts with label DHS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DHS. Show all posts
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Privatizing Our Government
Ronald Reagan was the primary mover and shaker behind the outsourcing of our government. I am sure there was some before him and there have been definitely several after him who reduced the size of the bureaucracy, but it was his claim to fame. We still see the impact of it today.
Ronald Reagan broke the back of the Air Traffic Controllers Union when they went on strike for higher wages and more controllers. Today, there are far too controllers (wages are too low and stress too high) resulting in a much higher rate of near misses in our skies.
Ronald Reagan escalated the use of private business to do the job of the government while downsizing the government itself. As I've noted in this blog before, it means that instead of hiring government employees at $50,000 to $100,000 per year, we now pay private contractors to do the work for $400 per hour and up. BUT - the money goes into the pockets of big business and their friends.
As an example, one need only look at Blackwater, KBR and Halliburton as huge corporations making a fortune from no-bid contracts to do jobs that used to be done by the military and the grunts working for the government.
Following is a video pointing to some of the cronyism and crookedness that rewards the fat cats in just one department - DHS.
Ronald Reagan broke the back of the Air Traffic Controllers Union when they went on strike for higher wages and more controllers. Today, there are far too controllers (wages are too low and stress too high) resulting in a much higher rate of near misses in our skies.
Ronald Reagan escalated the use of private business to do the job of the government while downsizing the government itself. As I've noted in this blog before, it means that instead of hiring government employees at $50,000 to $100,000 per year, we now pay private contractors to do the work for $400 per hour and up. BUT - the money goes into the pockets of big business and their friends.
As an example, one need only look at Blackwater, KBR and Halliburton as huge corporations making a fortune from no-bid contracts to do jobs that used to be done by the military and the grunts working for the government.
Following is a video pointing to some of the cronyism and crookedness that rewards the fat cats in just one department - DHS.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Did You Know - Crazy in Alabama
My mother had a theory about why there was always persistent fighting and political unrest in the mid-east. She said it was due to the constant heat. Her claim was founded on the belief that people who are too warm all of the time lose their patience and start acting ugly. Do you suppose that could be true? Do you suppose it could also explain some of the less-than-rational behavior of many Americans who live in the south?
From the Los Angeles Times...
From the Los Angeles Times...
The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has taken down a website it operated that included gay-rights and antiwar organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists.
The website identified different types of terrorists and included a list of groups it suggested could spawn terrorists. The list also included environmentalists, animal rights advocates and abortion opponents.
The website identified different types of terrorists and included a list of groups it suggested could spawn terrorists. The list also included environmentalists, animal rights advocates and abortion opponents.
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