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Those of us that live in metro DC like to joke that if we are ever injured or need medical help while in the District we would get a cab, hitch hike, or crawl to the Maryland line before calling 911.
Pretty much what plaques all Government agencies. Don't screw up a good thing. Instead of doing what they are supposed to do, they work to justify their own existence or positions. It isn't about being functional, it's all about keeping the bucks rolling in.
Pretty much what plaques all Government agencies. Don't screw up a good thing. Instead of doing what they are supposed to do, they work to justify their own existence or positions. It isn't about being functional, it's all about keeping the bucks rolling in.
The safety officer approved the Contracting Officer's
order that I jaywalk in vehicular traffic to transport
opened boxes of hazardous materials.
"Unfortunately, you carry less weight than the cargo you are transporting." Lynda Kieres, Contracting Officer - August 29, 2006 NIH
The NIH Police and the contract security guards enforced the order.
From my trial transcript:
"BY MR. OMATETE:
Q The question was asked, the fact that you were
almost killed did not warrant, in your mind, to report
it to the safety officer, Paul Carlson?
A No, I couldn't think of -- not only did I not
report it to the safety officer, Paul Carlson, I didn't
report it to any other NIH government official either,
and for the same reason.
Q So if you were hit and you were there
bleeding, within an inch of your life, unless there was
a phone which you could hit and call somebody, you
wouldn't tell this board that you would not have called,
either called Carlson or any NIH employee?
A If I were hit and really in serious trouble
and I had access to a phone, I wouldn't go through any
NIH employee to seek help. I would dial 9-1-1 and I
would trust those services more than the bureaucratic
interference which would probably interfere with saving
my life by calling any of the people at NIH."
EMS would have been prevented from coming on base to help me, though.
Those of us that live in metro DC like to joke that if we are ever injured or need medical help while in the District we would get a cab, hitch hike, or crawl to the Maryland line before calling 911.
I should have hired a cab to make my deliveries.
There wasn't enough money in the contract to do that, though.
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Pretty much what plaques all Government agencies. Don't screw up a good thing. Instead of doing what they are supposed to do, they work to justify their own existence or positions. It isn't about being functional, it's all about keeping the bucks rolling in.
Which always makes me wonder why it is that the 'smaller government-less spending' crowd has a seemingly permanent plank in their platform to spend MORE! MORE! MORE! on their favorite government agency?
Corruption and apathy is rampant in all the governments.
And no one at the top seems to care. Then again those at the top are just as corrupt.
And all this corruption falls right into place in the cycle of an empire.
Every empire in history has gone through these stages (as studied by historians).
The US is no different.
1. The age of outburst (or pioneers).
2. The age of conquests.
3. The age of commerce.
4. The age of affluence.
5. The age of intellect.
6. The age of decadence.
7. The age of decline and collapse.
During his two-plus years on the job, Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe has yet to implement any major reforms, stonewalled by the firefighters’ union and a skeptical D.C. Council that has questioned his competence. Mayor Vincent Gray hired Ellerbe and has consistently defended him.
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