Bush cronies continue to hurt country

Bill Berkowitz
November 10, 2005

< style="font-style: italic;">Will the public's health and pocketbooks be "Brownied" by Stewart Simonson and Donald Powell?

If you thought the Bush Administration, deservedly chastised for choosing the untested, inexperienced and, judging from recently released emails, the easily distracted Michael Brown to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), would have more qualified people running other critical programs, think again. Even as ongoing hearings reveal Brown's incompetence, cronyism reigns supreme. One recent appointment may compromise the public's health, and another may preside over the further picking of taxpayers' pockets.