Many Conservatives don't seem to see anything wrong with making a former lobbyist for the defence industry your defence minister.
Going from government to lobbying, das ist verbotten! But from lobbying to government? Alles gut. Warum nicht?
Sorry, back to English. I guess they figured it worked out so well for George W. Bush, so why not give it a try?
Courtesy Al Franken and his book Lying Liars...
| Name | Position | In charge ofPreviously lobbied for polluters of | In charge of |
| Mark Rey | Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment | Forests | Forests |
| Bennett W. Raley | Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science | Water | Water |
| Rebecca Watson | Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management | Water | Water |
| Carmen Toohey | Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior for Alaska | Alaska | Alaska |
| Patricia Lynn Scarlett | Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management and Budget | Government regulations | Everything |
And that's just from the Department of the Interior! I must admit though, it's an elegant logic. Who would be better suited to write environmental law than a former paid shill for the big polluters? Or, who better to decide what size the warning labels should be on cigarette packages than a former tobacoo lobbyist?
Just don't go back to lobbying after you leave government though, beause that would be wrong. Unless you're John Reynolds, in which case go for it brother.
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2 comments:
Are you sure about that Al Franken link? In the first case, it is an Al Franken smear site, and in the second, that chart doesn't seem to be on the website. Of course, Google's site search option might be broken.
Opps you're right. I linked the wrong site, I was preoccupied with the html code to format the chart. Thanks jimdandy. And I didn't find the chart online, I reproduced it from my hard copy of the book.
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