snake Cheney won't tell who is on his staff or how many staff he has

[donsu]

AND WE PAY THEM

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/012162.php


the article won't copy so you will have to read it at the link

let's not let the snake get away with this!

[fasttense]

1. What an arrogant, evil SOB

We should just shut up and pay his huge administrative bills while he gives us the great and wonderfully privilege of being our President of Vice, I mean Vice President. :grr:

[donsu]

2. like since when does a VP need a staff of 80 plus?

nt

[Parche]

8. staff

20 staff-Halliburton contracts
20 staff-Exxon/Mobil contracts
20 staff-Bechtel contracts
20 staff-US/coal contracst (Formerly Enron staff)

[donsu]

9. there you go - and the she Cheney probably works out of his office

doing her work of destroying universities

[LiberalEsto]

3. Cut off funds!

Now there's a place for Congress to start balancing the federal budget!

[helderheid]

4. It copied for me - 1st 4 paragraphs:

Laura Rozen has a piece in the current Washington Monthly titled "Cheney's Dead-Enders" that is worth a read. But I wanted to home in on this parenthetical:

(When I inquired about a staffer’s rumored move to the Veep’s office, a Cheney press officer answered sweetly, “If we have a personnel announcement we’d like you to know about, we’ll tell you.”)

This is not the first time I've seen a reporter denied information about who even works in the Office of the Vice President (I can't find where I've seen this refusal reported before, although I think it was about the time Cheney shot that Texas lawyer in the face; if anyone recalls, please forward me the link).

Think about that. The Vice President of the United States refuses to divulge who works in his office. Rozen's article provides an estimate of 88 persons on the VP's staff, which I take to mean that the OVP won't even say how many people are on staff. These are people on the public payroll. Wouldn't you say the public is entitled to know?

Most of the debate over the nexus between national security and official secrecy is about where to draw the line. That is, how to balance the necessity of openness and transparency in a democratic society with the need to protect important operational details of the nation's defense. I lean heavily toward transparency, but I will acknowledge that there is a legitimate question of where to draw that line.

[donsu]

6. thanks for the copying

nt

[Ganja Ninja]

5. With all the secrecy surrounding Cheney do we even have to ...

wonder where all the dirty tricks like the anthrax attacks come from? What on earth does a vice president have to keep secret from the American people? He's not the head of the CIA or NSA or any military intelligence agency so what's all the spooky behavior for? What's he hiding?

[A Simple Game]

7. Knowing who is on his staff could give clues as to what he is doing

when he goes underground for days at a time.