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Ken Salazar 
Thu Jun 02, 2011 at 14:43:31 PM MST
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Originally, I was going to write only about my continued disappointment in the failure that is Ken Salazar. As I re-read an article from the Denver Post about Salazar's "Wild Lands" Policy Revoked For Local Approach, more specific language used by the stenographer jumped out at me, especially when compared to another article in the paper about Paul Ryan's disastrous budget plan. More on that in a moment.
First, a note about the Salazar article. You can read the sub-lede and not even need to read the article, really: "GOP welcomes Salazar's backtrack". Kenny-boy never was one to be interested in disappointing the GOP, no matter how destructive or psychotic they got. Nope, just months after defending his wild lands policy (to set aside large areas of federal land as having wilderness characteristics, thereby precluding their desecration at the hands of the dirtiest corporations in the name of next-quarter profits) to Congress, Salazar is now completely reversing the plan. Does anyone think that might be a little counter-productive to Interior employees? Who cares?! The Teabaggers wanted it scrapped, so scrapped it is! By the way, congratulations, Ken.
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Wed May 26, 2010 at 10:11:45 AM MST
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar would have made a dodge ball player. In his testimony this morning before the House Natural Resources Committee he engaged in all five of the rules of dodgeball, he dodged, ducked, dipped, dived and dodged. Maybe it is his history of being a Senator but the Secretary would not be pushed off message in regards to what is going on at MMS, the Deepwater Horizon leak or the Administrations intention to continue to try to develop the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
The Chairman started the questioning with questions about MMS and its ethical lapses. Secretary Salazar was quick to point out that there had been terminations and referrals for prosecutions as unethical behavior was identified. Unfortunately he used the now infamous term "a few bad apples" to describe the state of the agency. Later on under tough questioning by Rep Kildee the Secretary admitted that there was a culture of corruption that had to be addressed, which kind of disputes the "few bad apples" theory.
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