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Krongard to Bush: Thanks, Homie
Here's Cookie Krongard's letter informing George W. Bush of his resignation. Long story short, he's very grateful for the opportunity to have... zzz. And lest there be any doubt about Cookie's legacy, he lets the president know that he's training a new generation of IGs:
I believe very strongly in the obligation of all good citizens to do public service at some point in their lives. I was pleased this year to create the Howard J. Krongard Scholars in the Nation's Service at Princeton University... I remain deeply committed to these objectives, but I fear that if the current environment in Washington persists, too many of the most qualified prospective public servants across the country will be dissuaded from serving.
Imagine the horror: the next generation of would-be investigators, making money up in investment banks when they could be looking the other way while contractors line their pockets with taxpayer money. A grateful nation turns its eyes to Cookie Krongard.
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Comments (5)
Mitch wrote on December 7, 2007 5:08 PM:heh. "public service." i love to be reminded of how thoroughly this term has been abused. also, given how much attention has been paid in recent years to twisting words into stupid acronyms (PATRIOT ACT, etc.), i'm surprised cookie settled on SINS for his organization.
Carolyn wrote on December 7, 2007 6:37 PM:And who might these folks be that he is so proud of appointing to serve in Jordan and Iraq? Perhaps some of those blackwater cowboys who have been moved out of their company to prevent (possibly) criminal prosecution?
RepubAnon wrote on December 7, 2007 10:30 PM:By the way, given all he's done I am sure he's up for a freedom medal.
When Krongard speaks of public "service" - he is using the word's alternative meaning, as in "we paid the man $10.00 for his bull to 'service' the cow, so she would give birth to a calf we could raise for veal."
In other words, during the early portion of the Bush Administration, it was possible to steal significant amounts of money from the public and route billions more to political pals in return for cushy post-government private sector consulting jobs. Now that the Democrats are investigating these abuses, people like Krongard are no longer attracted to public "service."
Dennis wrote on December 8, 2007 9:52 AM:Whenever one of these crooks gets caught doing wrong, there's always the crock of bull that he could have made more in private industry but chose "public service" instead.
No one gets into big time politics as a "public service". And a crook is a crook.
You don't have to be a blind conservative not to see it, just an ignorant one to deny it.
2turk wrote on December 10, 2007 12:34 AM:The high speed gravy train traveling at twice the speed of light - has just left the tracks and been derailed. The free lunch for these fascist welfare queen corporatists is finally coming to it's end.