greenzoneblues

* "A high-ranking business executive who is familiar with Kerik's tenure as police commissioner and as head trainer of Iraqi police recruits expressed shock at his selection, and said Kerik is not an accomplished manager." (he was a bodyguard 10 years ago) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29236-2004Dec2.html

* "Johanns (new ag sec) has come under criticism from civil liberties groups for official actions that they said promoted conservative Christian beliefs. In May 1999 he signed a proclamation declaring a March for Jesus Day, and he later endorsed a Back to the Bible Day in honor of a fundamentalist Christian group in Nebraska."

* "NBC’s elections manager Ana Maria Arumialso revised NBC’s estimate for Hispanic support for Bush in Texas, changing a reported 18-point lead for Bush to a 2-point win for Kerry among Hispanics, a remarkable 20-point turnaround from figures reported election night."
http://rawstory.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=114

* "Was Sept. 11th Commission member John Lehman on to something when he called Kerik's leadership after the terror attack "scandalous" and "not worthy of the Boy Scouts."" (ftr kerik thinks colormethreatmo is effective and it will stay 'people understand it') klerik was a bodyguard 10 years ago. he has worked for the saudis, and completely failed at his job in iraq - policing there isnt going great. http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyhen034063947dec03,0,2592726.column?coll=ny-news-columnists

* "Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson resigned Friday, warning of a potential global outbreak of the flu and health-related terrorist attacks. “For the life of me, I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do,” he said." ari2's bro to prolly take over... nice. i feel better.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6644980/

* btw - thats 8 outta 15 gone. rummy to stay. Interior, Labor, HUD and VA, transport and the janitor all unchanged so far (none of whom i could name). ftr - ive always said i thought rummy would stay - altho billy kristol has been screaming for his head.

* how much fun is the confirmation process gonna be for *all* these people??? it'd be extra fun if rummy had to be reconfirmed.

* in a cute twizt, klerik finished his (first) autobiography at 2am on 911. best to get that chapter closed.

* "When Mr. Kerik was appointed to a top job in the New York City Department of Correction in the mid-1990's, one official told the department's commissioner: "Congratulations. You've just hired Rambo.""
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/03/nyregion/03bernie.html?ei=5090&en=37f005d649c7c619&ex=1259730000&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=all&position=

* "Mr. Kerik, who declared bankruptcy as a young police officer, also could face questions about how he made millions of dollars since leaving city government, mainly through his partnership in a consulting firm led by Mr. Giuliani. Most recently, he sold $5.8 million of stock in a company that makes stun guns used by many police forces."

* " Kerik, whose wife, Hala, was born in Syria..." who wants to be at the breakfast table that morning?

* ""Rudy cashed in a chip on this one," said a White House source, who earlier this week predicted there was "no way" Kerik could land a cabinet-level job in the Bush administration." http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/258597p-221354c.html#q1

* i sat in a room with a human for an hour yesterday

* demnow looks at foil4ood - http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/03/1451205

* 60mins did a bit about dod undercounting of amgrunt injuries in iraq - ive been saying the same thing forever - but the intersting thing is that one of the soldiers they interviewed claimed that he *stabbed* 3 iraqis to death. i somehow missed the news that there was mano-a-mano combat going on with knives...



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