[BOBTHENAILER]

Long read, but worth it. The title of this article should really be "Do you want some cheese with that whine?" Thank goodness people of this ilk are leaving.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Big mass exodus from EPA/BLM PING

[dead]

He realized his conservationist ethic might not always prevail. But he was ready to say his piece and then accept the new administration's direction.

Judging by the facts alone, the man is a liar.

He probably just got a better job offer, and decided a little political grandstanding would make him a semi-celebrity at his next wine-and-brie social.

[=Intervention=]

Great find! What this country NEEDS is more government beauracrats leaving! Fewer syncophants that we the people have to support! Pro-liberty BTT!!!

[Still Thinking]

Kind of encouraging that they are rerunning this. This was initially reported months ago, so if they haven't been able to come up with anything new in the mean time, they are showing signs of desperation.

[paul51]

A lot of these people came to government in the 1960s and 1970s because they beilieved in the mission

Well it's about time they left

[mombonn]

His retirement income will be about $10,000 less a year for the rest of his life than if he had waited about a year longer.

Thus saving US $10,000 per year for the rest of his life. May many others follow him out the door.

[Mike Darancette]

In the Clinton administration, he played a key role in shaping the policy of banning road building and logging in almost 60 million acres of national forest land. He also was central to an initiative that would have required forest planners to consider environmental preservation above all other goals when deciding how national forests would be managed.

Good Riddance!

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Furnish took a financial hit by leaving when he did. His retirement income will be about $10,000 less a year for the rest of his life than if he had waited about a year longer.

And we are supposed to trust the JUDGEMENT of this fool??

What a whimp to not consider his family and the input he could have had, had he stayed. What a friggin crybaby.

I say good ridance.. especially considering this about him "In the Clinton administration, he played a key role in shaping the policy of banning road building and logging in almost 60 million acres of national forest land. He also was central to an initiative that would have required forest planners to consider environmental preservation above all other goals when deciding how national forests would be managed."

Gee,.. could it be that with all the FIRES going on thanks to the environmental idiots like this guy... that he was POLITELY asked to leave?

He probably was allowed to stay on for the sake of his retirement benefits. That he stomped out of his job like this..and now is crying to the press.. is proof he was a trouble maker!!

Good ridance..and don't let the door hit ya in the _ _ _!!!

[marron]

These guys are the ones who have been trying to choke out landowners in areas they covet. They have arrested people for using the only access road into their property. In California, in one case they shut down the mule train that was the only means for bringing groceries into a community, this after closing the only road to motor vehicles.

They have closed quite a few roads in the area where I live, forcing people to go hours out of their way to get in or out.

I am still upset about the Wildlife folks arresting the farmer for plowing his own land. They have harrassed people for plowing firebreaks on their own land, during fire season.

They have shut down industries of long standing, putting people out of work, with out batting an eye.

Honestly, these people are fascists and need to go.

[marron]

10th Ammendment. Now. Let these people answer to the people who live there.

[zip]

. They include senior lawyers from the Environmental Protection Agency, a state director for the Bureau of Land Management, scientists with years of experience and top bureaucrats in Washington.

Klintoon's people pure and simple, i.e. EPA , Bureau of Land Grabbings, scientists with their accompanying "the sky is falling because of Republican policies", and other leftists left over from the x42 administration.

[EternalVigilance]

In the old days, when a new Chief Executive was elected, executive branch employees went out the door with their boss.

I understand that that situation caused a certain number of problems in terms of cronyism and a lack of continuity...but it had its advantages as well.

I would have liked to see thousands of career bureaucrats gone when Bush took office...the Clintons had done plenty of damage in eight years, not the least of which was in the area of personnel.

But if it takes political pressure to make them leave, I'm all for it.

Much of the damage to the West that these yahoos have caused in the last decade is irreversible...but it is way past time to stop the hemorraging.

EV

[TC Rider]

That makes him one of a number of senior career officials across several environmental agencies who have quit since the Bush administration took over. They include senior lawyers from the Environmental Protection Agency, a state director for the Bureau of Land Management, scientists with years of experience and top bureaucrats in Washington.

Some of the best news I've heard lately. The Bush people are doing their job. Great.

I'm having a hard time remembering the articles about Bush Sr. people that left when the Clintonistas took power.

I know the media wasn't too worried when Hillary fired all of the US Attorneys.

[B4Ranch]

The Bush administration wants to shift funding for the 33 cleanup projects to the government's general fund, meaning taxpayers would pay. But such a shift requires congressional approval and will slow down the work and likely halt it entirely is some cases.

Anything the a government does is paid for initially or eventually by taxpayers! Merkel and the other officials who quit said they left many disgruntled colleagues behind.

I raise my glass in praising their decision to leave. May they soon suffer the same as the people who have lived under their decisions while they were with environmental agencies

[MissAmericanPie]

Another in the plus column for Bush. Dang..if he keeps this up my score card may tie.

[brityank]

The more of these thieving watermelons that can be driven out of government, the better off we will all be.

Take a peek at what is listed under "Foundations" at ActivistCash.com:

ActivistCash.com 'Foundation' Grants

Agency	Activist Group	Total Donated	Time Frame
US Department of Agriculture:	Dakota Rural Action	$10,000.00	1998 - 1998
US Department of Energy	Natural Resources Defense Council	$522,934.00	1997 - 2000
US Department of Health and Human Services	Tides Foundation & Tides Center	$123,786.00	1996 - 2000
US Department of Justice	Mothers Against Drunk Driving	$724,491.00	1996 - 2000
US Department of the Interior	Tides Foundation & Tides Center	$44,500.00	1998 - 1999
	Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy	$38,000.00	1998 - 1999
US Environmental Protection Agency	Natural Resources Defense Council	$4,681,097.00	1996 - 2001
	Tides Foundation & Tides Center	$3,262,095.00	1993 - 2001
	Waterkeeper Alliance	$262,550.00	2000 - 2001
	Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy	$108,500.00	2001 - 2001
	American Corn Growers Association	$10,000.00	1999 - 1999
	Northern Plains Resource Council	$5,000.00	1996 - 1996

 

That's $9,792,953.00 stolen from your Treasury.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

This article is the best news we've had today.

[Ronin]

Sounds to me like they are leaving before Bush gets around to throwing their lame assets out the door.

[Ronin]

Sounds to me like they are leaving before Bush gets around to throwing their lame assets out the door.

[VOA]

That makes him one of a number of senior career officials across several
environmental agencies who have quit since the Bush administration took over.
They include senior lawyers from the Environmental Protection Agency, a state
director for the Bureau of Land Management, scientists with years of experience and top bureaucrats in Washington.

Any scientist who stayed in the EPA during some part of the Clinton/Gore administration,
then decides that Dubya's administration is creating a hostile work environment...
should just GET THE H-LL OUT!!!

And good riddance to this rubbish, especially the "bureaucrats".
I have much more respect for prostitutes than for bureacrats. Prostitutes work for a living.