11/22/2008 01:08:22 PM EST

Bush sets his sights on internal targets

posted by guttermutt

I posted links to this before, but here's an excerpt from the actual post.

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Soviet-style Purge in Final Days of Bush Administration: the Silent Coup d’etat
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2008-11-18 18:40

By David Swanson

Half the story has been told. On Tuesday the Washington Post reported that Bush is creating civil service positions for loyal appointees, in order to make it hard for Obama to get rid of them.

Bush has also, for some time now, been terminating large numbers of employees in the federal government, people known as whistleblowers, people suspected of disloyalty. Some of the higher profile cases are well known.

But there is more to the story. And it follows the strategy described in Thomas Frank's recent book, "The Wrecking Crew." I've been given what is believed to be a very incomplete list of 33 names of people terminated or forced to resign. These people are being forced into the ranks of the unemployed. They include, by salary ranking, 13 people classified as GS-15 or GS 14, and another 20 GS-13s and GS-12s. Some of these people do not want their names made public. Others are perfectly happy to talk. They include:

At the EPA:
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Coriolana Simon

At the Department of Commerce:
Janet Howard

At the Department of Labor:
Charolette Yee

At the Department of Transportation:
Taft Kelly

At the Department of Commerce – Trademark and Patent:
Renee Berry
Willie Berry
Norman Wright
Mary Dixon
Fetfum Abramham
Binta Robinson
Dusta Yevassa

I've spoken with Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and Renee Berry. Coleman-Adebayo called what's happening a "silent coup d'etat." The Bush administration, she said, is "embedding their foot soldiers inside the government in order to sabotage any Obama initiatives while at the same time terminating federal employees who they assume would be supportive of the new administration." She compared this process to a soviet purge.
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Can't Obama just nullify this? (none / 0)
Can't he just say "no, those civil service positions were never needed and can be cut, however those appointees are free to re-apply for other positions in the Obama administration?"

I feel like this is a hopeless endeavor on Bush's part.

by jarett on 11/24/2008 10:18:59 AM EST

I'm with Jarret on this one. (none / 0)

Surely, if Bush can Do this then Obama can just as easily and quickly Undo this ??!!

In fact, if sufficient research determines that those already let go, are more or most qualified for those jobs, then Obama should ensure that they are Reinstated to their previous (or higher) positions.

Unfortunately, I fear the same tactics are soon to be used in Canada as the Grassroot so-called "Progressive" Conservatives have rekindled their attempts to have Harper swing back towards the extremely Right Wing party it once was. This would in-part entail eliminating government positions that can be seen as counter-productive to their cause.

People both North and South of the Canadian/US borders, must Wake Up NOW and smell all of the realities which are coming to bear. None of which are in favor of anyone except those in government and the heads of corporations (who are simply trying to take over the world).

by SnowTiger on 11/24/2008 01:20:37 PM EST

My Apoligise (none / 0)
to Jarett for miss-spelling your name.

by SnowTiger on 11/24/2008 01:21:45 PM EST

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