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EPA needs to be told that the Clinton Administration is gone and Al Gore did not win the election

Setting aside the contents of the report for the moment, I note this is a rather stark example of an executive agency that appears not to be accountable to the executive.

If Bush really wants to do something good, he should aggressively correct this difficulty.

example of an executive agency that appears not to be accountable to the executive.

If Bush really wants to do something good, he should aggressively correct this difficulty.

The war could be used as a pro or a con toward that end. On the pro side, at this time we can't afford to have rouge agencies diverting attention and effort from the war so shape it up or ship it out. On the con side, those who will resist reform will waste time yelling about wasting time.

Wholesale house-cleaning is in order, damn the shrieks!

This is a quandry. And a very real problem. I have a relative who is a political appointee to the Justice Department and a moderte Republican. He is a midlevel figure and regularly sees Ashcroft. He told me that he was really shocked by the staffers at Justice and how Left Wing they are. I am not talking just Democrat left wing but real hard core neo communists! My relative is not given to such talk. But he said they are obstructionist and even actively work against Bush's policies through a variety of Buearcratic tactics. This is all throughout the Federal agencies- education, labor, EPA . . . even law enforcement such as ATF and FBI and the CIA! I of course- have known this for years. But to hear my rather laid back almost unpolitical reltaive who is an insider say it really brings it home. The prolbem is tremoundous. I am reminded of the Movie the Last Emporer in which the Emporer of china had no power but was at the mercy or the interests that made up his huge government. We have the same. Name the last agency that was eliminated? I think it would be a tremondous achievement for Bush to get rid of just one agency.

Setting aside the contents of the report for the moment, I note this is a rather stark example of an executive agency that appears not to be accountable to the executive.

If Bush really wants to do something good, he should aggressively correct this difficulty.

This is one of the most outrageous examples of cabinet-level insubordination that I have ever heard about. Time for Bush to clean house, starting with that clymer, democrat wannabe Whitman. No way she didn't authorize the release of this report. Send her back to the NJ Pine Barrens, where she belongs.