I Love Dancing, BUT:

Ever watch a rubber stamp dance?




That is exactly what I felt I was viewing today while watching "W"'s nominee for OMB Director, the job that Portman recently vacated. This hard-core neoconR served before in the Congress and when Vilsack decided not to run again for governor of Iowa, Nussle decided to run for that office and lost.


Now we get to be stuck with the loser; but perhaps, if confirmed he cannot do too much damage before another administration takes over the federal reins in Jan.-09.


The thought passed through what serves as my mind, this morning while watching the various exchanges between Nussle and the Senate members that a covert scheme of the administration's deliberate construction of the Everest sized national deficit is to serve as the tool by which they then eliminate Social Security, Medicare and other safety net type programs. By the way, I must offer my objections to these being referred to as entitlements. Actually they are more like insurance co-ops, we pay into them. either by taxes or premiums or both. Do you ever hear any citizen in the government bureaucracy refer to the federal highway system we all benefit from, as a use of an entitlement by them?


Since Nussle left the Congress and lost the Iowa governship election, just what do you think he had turned to for lining his pocket. Well, nothing less than that old standby, lobbying.
Here is a link where you can view his record while a House Representative in the Congress;


http://www.issues2000.org/House/Jim_Nussle.htm


I would hope he is not confirmed but it is doubtful that this late in the Bush final term that any other nominee willing to take the position will be any better. I expect the senators will take the path of going with what you know. At least they have that advantage. Senator Kent Conrad made great use of that knowledge during his turns at questioning the nominee. The record will at least reflect that.


The administration is becoming a shell with no ability to fill vacancies given the low ratings of the POTUS and the accumulation of facts showing the huge deficiencies in competency at the top.





graysmoke