There are no laws for the Rich.

Here in SC … The Hard Rock Theme park is being built by mostly no english speaking or reading employees. ? good for the owners, right?

Whites are out numbered 2 to 1 at walmart , and all the illegals get free school and lunch were my kids dont qulifey for free anything . And the school pays for more english teaching for the huge number of them while they neglect the english speaking kids.

I dont want to be raceist…everyone wants a better life, but we cant pay for everyone to be equal .

Here in Iowa we are having this dilema. Culver has said that the GLBT population would get rights. Well come to find out that he is now going to hold a special session if the ban for the marriage equality ban is not passed. Also why are news stations claiming Obama for huge victories in states where the total vote tally was only around 10,000? When Hilary had won states where over 1 million votes were casted. Then also this media coverage of Obama overcoming this, that, and the other thing is pandering for the better of his political machine and Hilary gets no coverage except for what is to sound negative for dipping into her own funds for the campaign.

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Dennis Kusinitch— I told you get in there and vote

The only person who will energize the Republican base is Hillary clinton

How depressing, does right and wrong matter to people anymore?

Joe,

All I’m gonna say is, I think over the next few years, some things are going to blow open, and a lot lf people are going to be shocked. But how can you say anything without proof.
I ended up working in factories when I was in the States, and some of the guys were kind enough to clear things up for me. Having lived in Europe for 15 years and then coming back to the States, I was in a constant state of shock. I think they were sick of hearing me rag and were hoping to shut me up.
They pointed out to me that Battle Creek and Marshall, MI are located on the intersection betweeen I-94 and M-69. For foreigners, Chicago-Detroit, and Lansong-Fort Wayne. Go figure. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out.
If only someone had warned me to do a background check before going on a date. In some areas of the US, perhaps preposterous; in Battle Creek, MI, a must.
I don’t think our biggest problems are going to be concerning paperwork or lack of it. Tap, tap, tap; hack, hack, hack.

Joe,
This doesn’t suprise me at all! I think most public officials are corrupt! That is what is wrong with our government today. I think that since they have gotten away with so much and no one tries to hold them accountable that they think that they are above the law! And in some cases it seems that they are! The only way we can change this is to kick them out of office and elect someone more trustworthy and who wants what is best for this country and not themselves!

Cynthia, Covington, Ga.

thank you Chris Orr

Not to downplay the seriousness of the problem but the list kind of reminds me of those ‘is your child hyperactive’ checklists put out by the drug companies, in which every normal active kid scores like they need to be on drugs.

Especially this: “putting one’s own interests ahead of the organization’s” - face it, every time you take time off to care for a sick family member, you’re putting your own interests ahead of the organization’s. Every time you ask for a raise, turn down a transfer or badmouth the ’strategic plan’, you’re putting your own needs first.

Quelle horror!

And there’s people who think it’s a good idea to hand over our entire country’s health care system to these government employees !!

to xtina: do you honestly think that a similar survey of our nation’s insurance companies would discover that 100% of them are honest, caring and concerned mainly about your health?

Right now our healthcare system is in the hands of people whose primary motive is to make money by paying for as little healthcare as possible. Nice…

I have seen so much corruption on all levels of government in this rural county where I live, I can’t even begin to tell you. Occasionally, something will make it into the local paper, like the saga with our sheriff and some judges, but most of the violations are “smaller” things that people experience on a personal level. And if you DARE to complain about it to the proper channels, you are dismissed as a lunatic and most likely end up persecuted. This is especially true for people in the judicial system and police force abusing their power. They almost always get away with it.

Joe,
Get CNN to do an un-editted interview with Sibel Edmonds. Even though former Attorney General John Ashcroft subjected her to a State Secrets privilege gag order, in October 2007 she decided to tell all without regard for the consequences.

She could probably be contacted through the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition which she founded (www.nswbc.org) Sibel is ready and willing to talk about the corruption in the US government that relates to the theft and sale of US defense secrets.

Now that would really be keeping them honest!

Where do I begin with the irony on this? The ones who made the rules, and the ones whose ethics we are supposed to follow are the same ones who don’t abide by those ethics. Once again, ‘do as I say, not as I do’.

Although we tell people to play by the rules, all that does is keep you down and behind and paying for those who break the rules … and win.

It’s kind of hard to teach and enforce honesty and integrity when everything around us tells it’s okay to cheat. Now there’s a change in leadership we truly need - someone to set the example of honesty and integrity. Unfortunately, we are not going to find that individual in the public/government sector.

With more than 20 years as an Army officer, and consultant in Washington DC, and as a staunch republican I will vote for Sen Obama before I will vote for McCain. He is what I call a lose cannon in his behavior, Gov Huckabee is a good man but so was Jimmy Carter. Too naive.

It is no shock to me. I am not sure I even want to know how bad it is!

I worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs for one year, and the
chief in my office was unethical. The chief altered the budget by
excluding certain items and the employees falsified their timecards.
The chief also treated all the employees so badly that all
the administrative staff and managers left for better opportunities.
Some employees filed a police report and restraining order
because the chief was very abusive towards the staff.

Go to Huntsville Alabama, a city that is home to the US Army Rocket Testing base, so VERY highly sensitive to national security.
I know, as a victim, that their police department has 100 officers who drive around at night and falsely arrest out of towners, many on trumped up DUI charges.
What they do, per a local DUI lawyer, is drive up behind drivers and flash their lights without a siren. This makes the innocent driver swerve to get out of their way. Then they turn on their siren and pull the innocent driver over.
It cost me 8,000 dollars in 6 court appearances, legal fees and fines to be proclaimed innocent of charges that were base on NO evidence. No sobriety test. No evidence. But their kangaroo Southern, small city court system rermains unchallenged. Its like Nazi Germany or some novel about corrupt law enforcement in the South.
I went to my local Congressman at the time and got a polite brushoff.
As Duke law alum, I was most shocked that they did not even give Miranda warnings when they handcuffed me. The local lawyer I hired did not even understand that was unconstitutional. Anderson, you will uncover a city a that has a fix going on, from the top down.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely! Unfortunately, when high level, federal political appointees decide to abuse their power, completely ignore the laws they are supposed to enforce, and use the resources of the government to carry out reprisal against whistleblowers within their agency, there is no actual protection for the whistleblower. The Whistleblower Protection Act is not enforced by the Office of Special Counsel because that agency has also been corrupted by the political appointee that has been granted his portion of the political spoils.

Such political appointees should be indicted in an impeachment like process and removed from their positions by Congress.

There is no check on a political appointee’s abuses. The problem is so rampant and nobody is paying attention. Even with Congressional hearings that air on C Span that reveal some of the corruption, because the American public is so inattentive and ignorant, and only a few cases get grudging coverage by the media, the problems are forgotten and swept under the rug. Those brave enough to step forward, serve as an example all right, an example of why a federal employee should keep their mouth shut.

I could go into specific examples, but really what is the point. This topic is merely a sound bite today, and the political elite running things knows that. They know that the American people are either too overwhelmed by greater worries or too apathetic to care. I have bills to pay and I like my job, and I know that I would get no protection. There are blogs that carry the stories of former employees of a number of agencies. Just google an agency and start reading, it’s out there for anyone who is interested. The question is, what follow-up will CNN take on this issue?

I’m in law enforcement in a big city. I’m still in shock coming from a corporate environment. You must interview retired people on the “FORCE” they will tell you how we have to make our “NUMBERS” I’m always stressed out at the end of the month when my summons quota isn’t met. These quotas make the bosses look good with the Mayor and its a sure way the city makes it’s money. If you don’t meet your numbers you are sure to be on foot under a bridge somewhere….I hate it…I’ve done many bridges…… this is just one example of many….but you didn’t hear that from me. The retaliation expected from anyone talking is exponetial and a big NO NO….The whistleblower law is a joke!!

Joe:
Where I see the most abuse is in the lack of documentation. When trying to find records for public information, many times it has disappeared or was never documented.

Also, I wonder how much “internet” abuse is done at the federal and state level?

I am a longtime federal employee. Corruption!? Lying!? Abuse of authority!? Time and attendance fraud!? etc.. These outrages are pandemic in the federal job sector. Why you may ask? Simply put, there is NO accountability. Those who are paid to care simply don’t. Investigator will put on a dog and pony show concerning criminal activity and dismiss such activity as an administrative matter. Protection for whistleblowers? An absolute farce! Those who do report illegal activity soon find themselves in the cross hairs of management.

What happened to the Federal Code of Ethical Conduct that is displayed in most federal places of employment?

We recently have had sudden and close exposure to this type of viloation and cover up. Our new son-inlaw of 6 months and now soon to be ex son in-law was discovered to have an unknown bank account by our daughter. Then more questions and a suspected box of soft ware came into the home. Both worked for Local Washington State University in the tech support departments. It soon became obvious to our daughter that the soft ware was being sold and she then found the e-bay site to prove it. It had been going on for years prior to their marriage even while he had been a student working for the University. The amount made was $18,000.00 or more. These were state funded purchases. The software that came with the new computers purchased by the University was being sold by her husband. After a brief investigation by the campus police he was fired but has not yet been prosecuted (probably will not be). We have since discovered he has two seperate files in human resources with the University, one with his firing details the other to be used with job inquires which contains his letter of resignation…. ACCOUNTABILITY ??? It must have been ok because, WOW and he went on to work at EXPEDIA!!!

I think it is ludicrous that we live in the united states of america and the dems have raised over 300 million dollars. That`s right 300 million. for a job that pays so little. They all talk about fixing this and fixing that. That 300 million could be used to help so many in this country. Instead they use to further line their pockets. We are not stupid, if they think we don`t know once they get in the White house that they will not line their pockets more from special intrest groups then they should look at how many people vote to how many live leagally in this country.
WAKE UP PEOPLE LOBBYIST ARE BUYING THEIR VOTES NOWAND WE WILL GET NOTHING COME jANUARY 2009

If things do not get better in the future and we get Politics as usual
look for the peasants storming the castle with Pitchforks and Tourches

WHAT HAVE WE BECOME AS A NATION?

My story is just one more tragic example of this Administration’s abuse of power and oppression. First, the “Rule of Law” is ignored at the U.S. Justice Department (as a criminal matter) and any endeavor to seek justice in the courts (civilly) is fruitless, because judges appointed by Bush, refuse to hear or see any evidence and summarily dismiss the case.

In this particular case, blacks were discriminated against and illegally evicted in Minnesota. The Judge not only changed the evidence to accomplish this travesty, but 68 pages of supporting evidence were hijacked from the file. As President of the Homeowner’s Association, I was jailed when I came to their defense. All of this was at the acquiescence of this Justice Department. Under the Clinton Administration HUD found both gender and racial discrimination and forwarded the file to U.S. Justice in 2000, for prosecution. U.S. Justice froze the City’s funds pending further action. When Bush came into power the file was inexplicably closed. The discrimination and retaliation only escalated from that point, since the City got the green light from U.S. Justice that they could discriminate with impunity.