Just another Chimpy crony.

Money is so obviously the life blood of these evil people. They have NO Shame or honor. They are probably devote Christians.
May the real divine truth take care of them.

Great reporting Brian! You are a superstar. Now, why don't you tell us about all of the former Clintonistas who are either (i) indicted; (ii) stuffing classified documents in their socks and underwear; (iii) currently in prison; and/or (iv) dead as a result of mysterious circumstances. What a surprise that former executive branch employees making peanuts on the gov't payroll are subsequently trying to make a living in the private sector. Were you expecting that they would be offered jobs with the Natural Resources Defense Council (a DNC party front)? Maybe these former federal employees should go into landscaping or botany jobs at the florist. What a joke your reporting is.

Can we get some of those millions of $$ in unpaid royalties back now?

Hey Tatiana, what flavor is the Kool-Aid today? Just wondering.

Surprise, surprise. I wonder who Mr. Cheney will go to work for after his term is up? I wonder if Ms. Rice will catch on with Chevron? Of course they would never take advantage of the power afforded them by the American public.

Another succesful American. Good for her! Although I don't get the storyline, like she was going to work at McDonalds.
Litz, it is the liberals drinking the kool aide, you have it backwards.

Tatiana De Souza- You said it all and thank you soooooo much. Maybe some libs need to maybe SPIKE their kool-aid! And Colby,I hear YOU stating YOUR feelings, great. NOW, where are the facts to back them UP? HUH?

Um let’s see. Sen. John Edwards (who has announced he is running for the office of the Presidency of our Nation)is a defense lawyer against big business, helping the ‘little person’. I guess I need to do some research on HOW much $$$$ Mr. Edwards received compared to those who where being represented by him! As Mr. Edwards was helping people in New Orleans, he’s having a ‘mansion’ being built in his home state. And please, lets not go into the Kennedy or Kerry Dynasty and I’m so damn tired of the bias media!

I think there is so much corruption in the U.S. government as it is in China or Cuba. Money is the root of all causes. Every politican wants to live in a mansion and drive expensive car to impress their peers. Until there is a divine force like Moses did in "The Ten Commendments" the devil shall live and enjoy the dirty dollar. Peace yall!

When these people are hired by the very entities they were supposed to be overseeing, it leaves me with the impression that they were not overseeing these entities so much as making sure they got a lucrative job in the end. While I don't fault them for taking lucrative jobs or making money, I do take issue with them if they are using their public positions to further their own interests in lieu of doing what they were hired to do. It is a way of cheating US citizens of tax dollars.

Mike, regarding your comment; "I think there is so much corruption in the U.S. government as it is in China or Cuba. Money is the root of all causes."
I'd wager that (considering we're the "richest" country in the world,) the US has MORE corruption than those places.
Money is not the root of all evil--insecurity is. Money is just a bandage to cover insecurity (which is, in reality, a complete illusion, but insecure people aren't terribly bright, either.)
I DO disagree w/you on one point;
"Until there is a divine force like Moses did in 'The Ten Commendments' the devil shall live and enjoy the dirty dollar."
Biblical crap is just superstition (another, desired target for the insecure,) that's caused exponentially more harm than it's repaired. Stop thinking w/someone else's brain. Yours seems to work well enough. ;)

The rest;
ENOUGH already with the left vs. right, Dem vs. Rep arguments! Can you people not even THINK beyond duality? How narrow-minded & daft you all seem in these petty, mudslinging arguments!

As far as the story goes; Same thing, different day. Let me know when there's some REAL news out there!

Lana said, "ENOUGH already with the left vs. right, Dem vs. Rep arguments! Can you people not even THINK beyond duality? How narrow-minded & daft you all seem in these petty, mudslinging arguments!"

I say, "Amen Sister!"

Civil Servants and Military members who are in positions of authority to affect decisions are prevented, by law, from this type of conflict of interest. Why is it that political appointees and cabinet members are free to continue this conflict of interest? Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Gale Norton,
Is there any decency left in you. You took an oath to protect the American peoples interest; you have betrayed us!

Shame on you, madam.

The closest I've known of God's dominion,is climate. What is, closer? We must/should go with climate science until we find out for sure. What do lawyers know? Is making money good for earth? When does the comfort fall out of the money pocket. Afghanistan has poppies, Iraq oil, Africa hardly has anything left, isn't the USA headed in that direction? Are those with money the last to eat?

Poor, pathetic, Gale had nowhere else to go. She was a corporate crone before she EVER got the Scty of the Interior job (which was the real slap in the face, not her current return to the fold). So she goes back to Big Oil to use her influence to further their objectives. Better there, than guarding the henhouse.

Well, here begins my boycott of Shell. I'd already "boycotted" and outright opposed Secretary Norton's tenure at the United Stated Department of Interior. Overseeing the health of our parks, our wild lands and natural conditions on which we depend??? A joke? No, not a joke, just as James Watt was no joke. Sad for America, and now I hope, sad for Shell.