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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (13729)	5/18/2001 4:42:35 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

Here's an update on an old topic. <<Political Insider GSA: Clinton Aides Did Not Vandalize White House By Charles Babington washingtonpost.com staff writer Friday, May 18, 2001; 12:31 PM It's official: President Clinton's aides didn't vandalize the White House, scrawl lewd notes or steal presidential trinkets as they departed and the Bush administration moved in, as some critics had charged. The General Services Administration, which investigated the alleged misdeeds, said the rumors were unfounded. "The condition of the real property was consistent with what we would expect to encounter when tenants vacate office space after an extended occupancy," said a GSA statement. Many news organizations, including The Washington Post, reported on the alleged vandalism shortly after President Bush took office in January. The Post and other outlets soon raised doubts about the claims, and also reported on Bush's statement that the allegations were false. "I think it was this calculated effort to plant a damaging story," said Alex S. Jones, director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University, the Kansas City Star reported today. "There was a sort of fertile ground for believing anything bad.">> washingtonpost.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (13729)	5/18/2001 5:39:12 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The ones who leave are always the ones you can least afford to lose Of course. They're the ones other people are glad to hire at higher salaries. and you're left with the dregs who work full time on their complaints. Equally of course. They're the ones nobody else will hire. So they have no real options, since they're incompetent to get their jobs done right. the last opponent you ever want to face as a manager is unionized lawyers. Can you imagine!</i That's why you're paid the big bucks! <g>