tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post116499835396596341..comments2023-10-31T06:25:46.016-04:00Comments on SLANTblog: Of bubbling teapots inside the beltwayF.T. Reahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1165038809763356082006-12-02T00:53:00.000-05:002006-12-02T00:53:00.000-05:00That's probably the most sane commentary about the...That's probably the most sane commentary about the Bush v. Webb incident. <BR/><BR/>It's not entirely a bad thing though that a story like this helps print journalists to sell papers. I have friends still in the business--including at the RTD--and want to make sure that they keep the revenue coming in. Stories such as this one help to ensure that newspapers are still operating when genuine big news hits.<BR/><BR/>In reference to calling out B.S. I recommend checking out the following Washington Post article on cuts by the General Services Adminstration's chief administrator.<BR/><BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120101645.html<BR/><BR/>The choice passage in question . . . <BR/><BR/>"Soon after Doan was nominated to lead the GSA this spring, she promised outside vendors that she would make contracting with the agency much easier for both government bureaucrats and corporations. After she assumed the post, she began trimming the budget proposal of the inspector general's office. She wrote in her annual report that the office's budget and staff had 'grown annually and substantially' in the past five years."<BR/><BR/>Here comes the hammer . . .<BR/><BR/>"Since 2000, the number of employees in the inspector general's office has grown from 297 to 309, according to the office."JPRS2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/05527755235220303537noreply@blogger.com