“It’s self interest” said Buzzy Krongard

On Friday at 4:43 pm this report, regarding conflicting accounts from a State Department official and his own brother, hit the news wires. The most interesting part of this article is that Krongard, the official in jeopardy, “had begun the hearing by denying the “ugly rumors” that his brother was associated with the company, which is under scrutiny for a September 16 shooting incident in Baghdad in which 17 Iraqis were killed.” According to the article he then took a break and came back into the same exact room and recused himself from the probes into Blackwater.

This is a clear example of a Public Official so used to doing things the Bush/GOP way that he didn’t even bother to check his facts before taking part in a hearing of this magnitude. I’ll say that again, this is a clear example of a Public Official so used to doing things the Bush/GOP way that he didn’t even bother to check his facts before taking part in a hearing of this magnitude.

Did it sink in?

And Krongard is the man responsible for independent internal investigations of the State Department. Shocking? It gets worse, when told that his brother had already informed the panel that Krongard did know about his brother’s involvement he uttered this gem: “I am not my brother’s keeper.” Why is it that as soon as the shit hits the fan Republicans get all biblical? That’s a topic for another essay I suppose. And how quickly can Krongard throw his own brother under the bus? Pretty damn quick! Let’s have a round of applause for those Family Values we are always hearing about. I guess it has morphed now to: plunder, pillage, but don’t get caught or perhaps that’s what it always was.

Krongard(warning government site) used to work here. Buzzy used to run this (warning government site). When asked why he would want to join the CIA Buzzy responded with “I’m not sure this second career has anything to do with patriotism. It’s self-interest,*”

On Saturday Krongard’s lawyer spoke up and said the following on his client’s behalf:

waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Apparently Sunday was a day of rest. Things to ponder include what does this have to do with Rice? And why isn’t this intriguing story of corruption, scandal, war, and all the little people in between being discussed on the Corporate Media?

Waxman’s Memo pdf (gov’t link)

Special thanks to aek all over and night owl for helping with the research.

Trudeau teaches the netroots a thing or two

War Dispatches to ‘Doonesbury’

In this article we discover that a man with a vision and the willingness to work for it can change a lot of lives.  Now…where are the netroots people that are willing to work?

Friday Nov. 16th 2007

Politics
State Department official and brother queried on Blackwater

Rep. Henry Waxman decided to call State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard and his brother A.B. “Buzzy” to the same hearing after they separately gave the committee conflicting accounts about Buzzy Krongard’s ties with Blackwater, which protects U.S. diplomats and other State Department officials in Iraq

Business
Huntington sees surprise loss from mortgage client

The bank projected a charge of up to $300 million, or 81 cents per share, to boost reserves for losses stemming from its relationship with Franklin Credit Management Corp (FCMC.O: Quote, Profile, Research), which had borrowed $1.5 billion from Huntington as of September 30.

Vioxx plaintiffs can settle or lose lawyer: report

The provision — agreed to by Merck and the lead lawyers in the case — requires that if one client of an attorney enrolls in the settlement, then the attorney must recommend the deal to all other clients, according to the Journal.

Abu Dhabi Firm Takes $622M Stake in AMD

Diet Drug Rimonabant Tied to Depression, Anxiety

…those taking rimonabant were also 40 percent more likely to have an adverse reaction than people not taking it. In fact, those taking rimonabant were 2.5 times more likely to stop taking the drug because of depression and three times more likely to stop the drug because of anxiety, compared to people on placebo.

Oil group withdraws Smithsonian donation

A decision on accepting the oil industry money had been postponed earlier this month when two members of the Smithsonian’s board of regents raised concerns about accepting money from the oil industry for an exhibit on the oceans.

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Displacement Neglect

The Displacement of Iraqi Citizens

This is a story which has been making the rounds on the blogs for some time now but has seen little if no play on the Corporate Media. Today McClatchy Newspapers released an important piece regarding the US complicity in this tragedy called U.S. accused of ignoring crisis for 4.5 million displaced Iraqis.

This will serve as a good test. The concept is to follow this story and see just how long it will take for the displacement of millions of human beings courtesy of American folly to actually make it into the mainstream news stories, interviews, or in depth series.

Synchronize watches….begin.

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