European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 192007 stars and stripes o Page 19 opinion firing us attorneys fits pattern of abuses w Arianna Huffington Ere inside the White House now so says Bob Wood Ward As portrayed by Robert Redford in All the presidents men he was of course talking about watergate a scandal in which the White House criminally used various arms of government for partisan political purposes sound familiar it will if youve been Fol lowing the sordid Saga of the firing of eight us attorneys by me Justice department and were inside the White House now in an interview with Mcclatchy newspapers Alan Weh chairman of the new mexi co Republican party revealed that in 2005 he asked a White House staffer who worked for Karl Rove for help in getting rid of us attorney David Iglesias then Fol Lowed up directly with Rove in 2006 Weh was unhappy that Iglesias refused to Rush an investigation of democratic officials in time for the 06 election according to Weh his conversation with the boy Genius went like this Weh is anything Ever going to happen to that Guy Rove Hes gone you can almost picture Rove letting out a satisfied laugh and pressing a Button on his desk a la or evil causing a trapdoor thousands of Miles away to open under Igle Sias chair Hes gone unfortunately for Rove so is Scooter Libby Cheney Cheney took the fall for Bush brain once already but now that Hes gone who will be the one to fall on his sword for the presidents be loved thug maybe Rove can give Libby a Call and convince him to take the hit on this one too with Bush offering up a Pardon twofer in january 2009 As could be expected Weh has already started to backpedal telling the associated press that Rove has Little or nothing to do with this it Doest take one of Fox Hotshot fifth graders to figure out that someone got to Weh after the Mcclatchy Story broke before his name surfaced in connection with the scandal Rove was playing Down its importance saying at a speech in Arkan Sas my View is this is unfortunately a very big attempt by some in the Congress to make a political stink about it but now that the turd Blossom has hit the fan its the White House that is starting to reek not that we should be surprised by any of this its just one More vile example of How Bush treats every part of the executive Branch instead of protecting the environment the Epa is used to weaken it the a screws veterans the state department campaigns against diplomacy the Faun de mines food safety and now the injustice at Justice the busies have a Long his tory of playing fast and Loose with the Law evading it stretching it getting around it weakening it ignoring it nullifying it but now that this use of the Justice department for partisan advantage is unravel ing Rove and the White House must know the investigations will continue to gather steam in recent Days the new York times called for the ouster of us attorney general Alberto Gonzales As did sen Chuck Schumer on face the nation its an outrage that us attorneys were fired because of their unwillingness to go along with the abuse of the judicial system being imposed from the top but the real scandal lies in those who did go along with the abuse according to a recent study re ported by  79 percent of elected officials and candidates under Federal investigation Between 2001 and 2006 were democrats and Only 18 percent were Republican hard to believe that just a coincidence and that the pressuring phone Calls weve Learned about Are the Only ones that were made now that democrats have the Power of subpoena we can finally uncover the White House connection to those Calls in deed according to Newsweek the list of which us attorneys whose Heads were to go on the chopping Block was generated by Kyle Sampson Alberto Gonzales chief of staff with input from the White House Sampson resigned March 13 input from the White House who do you suppose gave that input who in the White House is really really helpful with giving input on people whose integrity stands in the Way of amassing and abusing More Power the biggest scandals always Start slowly this one is just beginning to boil and you can bet its not going to be a fun year to be inside the White House As congressional investigators journalists and blog Gers fill in the gaps of whats shaping up to be one of the worst abuses of our judicial system since Woodward met with deep Throat in that parking garage we might even be in for a slightly rewritten sequel to this cinematic Exchange deep Throat the Little rats Are now running our government Woodward who be specific How High up deep Throat Well have to find that out wont we indeed we will the Only question is who will play Rove Walter Reed victim of a civil disservice Ann Coulter democrats have leapt on reports of Mold rats and bureaucratic hurdles at Walter Reed army medi Cal Center As further proof of president Bush failed War policies to the contrary the problems at Walter Reed Are further proof of the democrats failed Domestic poli cies to wit the civil service rules that pre vent government employees from Ever being fired a policy that also May account for Robert Byrds longevity As a us Sena Tor thanks to the democrats government employees have the worlds most complicated set of Job Protection rules outside of the old East Germany oddly enough this has not led to a dynamic work Force in the nations capital noticeably the problems at Walter Reed Are not with the doctors or medical care the problems Are with Basic maintenance at the facility unless us army generals Are supposed to be spraying fungicide on the Walls and crawling under Beds to set Rattrap the Slov enly conditions at Walter Reed Are not their fault the military is nominally in charge of Walter Reed but because of civil service rules put into place by democrats the maintenance Crew cant be fired if the general in charge cant fire the people not doing their jobs i dont know Why he is being held responsible Tor them not doing their jobs you will find the exact same problems any place Market forces have been artificially re moved by the government and there is a total absence of incentives Competition effective oversight Cost controls and so on the Washington Post could have done the same report on any government facility in the Washington area in a typical Story from the nations capital last year a 38yearold woman died at the Hospital after her blood pressure dropped and a do ambulance took 90 minutes to pick her up and take her to a Hospital that was five minutes away for 90 minutes the 911 operator repeatedly assured the Wom ans sister that the ambulance was on its Way you read these stories every few months in Washington new York times reporter David Rosen Baum also died in Washington last year after being treated to the famed work ethic of the average government employee Rosenbaum was mugged near his House and hit on the head with a pipe a neighbor found him prickly City by Scott Stantis Youaw 27atwe lying on the sidewalk and immediately called 911 first the ambulance got lost on the Way to Rosenbaum then instead of taking him to the closest emergency room the ambulance took him to Howard University Hospital nearly 30 minutes away because one of the emergency medical technicians had per Sonal business in the area once he finally arrived at the Hospital Rosenbaum was left unattended on a Gurney for 90 minutes because the emergency med ical technicians had completely missed his head injury and listed him As drunk and Low priority months later the Deputy mayor for Public safety told the Washington Post that to the Best of my knowledge no one involved in the incident had been fired no one has any authority Over civil service employees in the nations capital Bush prob ably lives in terror of White House janitors the White House bathroom could be flood ing and hed be told ill get to you when i get to you listen Fella youre fifth on my fist in not making any promises just dont flush for the next week its especially adorable How democrats and the Media Are acting like these Are the first rats Ever sighted in the Washington area there Are rats in the Capitol building there Are rats in the Washington Post build ing Bush has seen rats but lets leave Chuck Hagel out of this for now on Abc news last year a lbs radio re Porter described a rat jumping off the Cam Era in the White House press briefing room in the Middle of a press conference the Washington Post called the White House press Between the residence and the Oval office a broke Down rat infested fire trap instead of an investigative report on the problems at Walter Reed How about an investigative report on what happens when the head of janitorial services at Walter Reed is told about the dirt Mold and rats at the facility if its before in the afternoon and Hes still at work and he Hast taken a sick Day a vacation Day a personal Day or a mental health Day i predict the answer will be in on my break the democrats response is we must pass even More stringent rules to ensure that All government employees get every single break so that Public sector unions continue giving massive Campaign do nations to the democrats this was you will recall the precise Issue that led to a partisan Battle Over the Home land Security Bill a few years ago whether employees at an emergency terrorist response Agency could be fired As republicans wanted or if they would be subject to civil service rules and unfair table As the democrats wanted hello Homeland Security theres a bomb in the Well of the Senate sorry not my Job try the department of Public works when Georgia Republican Saxby Chamb Liss challenged Democrat Max Cleland in a 2002 us Senate race he ran an and attacking Cleland for demanding civil service protections for workers at the Homeland Security department naturally republicans were accused of hating veterans for mentioning Cleland vote on the Homeland Security Bill now that the democrats Are once again pretending to give a Damn about the troops by wailing about conditions at Walter Reed How about some Cham Bliss introduce a Bill to remove civil ser vice protections from employees at Walter Reed and All veterans hospitals and dont worry about the useless sloth Ful government employees who can Only hold jobs from which they cannot be fired Well get them jobs at the Epa and depart ment of education