http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/04/28/the-crony-fairy/ Progressive News and Opinion Since Nov. 3, 2004 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:55:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/04/28/the-crony-fairy/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 RLR Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:48:28 +0000 http://truebluestaging.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/28/the-crony-fairy/#comment-1542 Mel makes a very good point. Talented leaders are able to anticipate and stop problems before they occur. God help us all with our leadership. Mel makes a very good point. Talented leaders are able to anticipate and stop problems before they occur. God help us all with our leadership.

]]> http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/04/28/the-crony-fairy/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Mel Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:40:51 +0000 http://truebluestaging.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/28/the-crony-fairy/#comment-1541 The next disaster is rarely where expected--this years FEMA will probably be the FDA or the SBA--who knows? Wolfowitz is at the World Bank and Rummy still controls the DofD--the game of Risk is being played with American lives at stake. The next disaster is rarely where expected–this years FEMA will probably be the FDA or the SBA–who knows? Wolfowitz is at the World Bank and Rummy still controls the DofD–the game of Risk is being played with American lives at stake.

]]> http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/04/28/the-crony-fairy/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 The Mahablog » FEMA Follies; or, Adventures with the Crony Fairy Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:08:26 +0000 http://truebluestaging.dreamhosters.com/2006/04/28/the-crony-fairy/#comment-1540 [...] Paul Krugman is not hopeful, either. He writes that the Lieberman-Collins proposal would change the agency’s name but not get to the root of what’s wrong with it. The U.S. government is being stalked by an invisible bandit, the Crony Fairy, who visits key agencies by dead of night, snatches away qualified people and replaces them with unqualified political appointees. There’s no way to catch or stop the Crony Fairy, so our only hope is to change the agencies’ names. That way she might get confused, and leave our government able to function. … [...] [...] Paul Krugman is not hopeful, either. He writes that the Lieberman-Collins proposal would change the agency’s name but not get to the root of what’s wrong with it. The U.S. government is being stalked by an invisible bandit, the Crony Fairy, who visits key agencies by dead of night, snatches away qualified people and replaces them with unqualified political appointees. There’s no way to catch or stop the Crony Fairy, so our only hope is to change the agencies’ names. That way she might get confused, and leave our government able to function. … [...]

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