<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Interior Department employees under investigation for sex, drugs, and bribe scandal]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Adam Browning http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:16:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/1 drilling

Puts a whole new spin on 'drill here, drill now,' don't it?

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Puts a whole new spin on 'drill here, drill now,' don't it?

Get Some Sun: http://www.votesolar.org

]]> Comment #2 by Sean Casten http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:33:39 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/2 The hippies won!

We thought it was about oil rights, regulatory capture and environmental irresponsibility.  Turns out it was just for the drugs & free love!

The best quote I've seen on this was in the Wall St. Journal this morning:

"sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms-length."

]]> The hippies won!

We thought it was about oil rights, regulatory capture and environmental irresponsibility.  Turns out it was just for the drugs & free love!

The best quote I've seen on this was in the Wall St. Journal this morning:

"sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms-length."

]]> Comment #3 by Tom Philpott http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:38:34 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/3 Crony capitalists have all the fun

From today's NYT:

The investigation also concluded that several of the officials "frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives."

The investigation separately found that the program's manager mixed official and personal business. In sometimes lurid detail, the report also accuses him of having intimate relations with two subordinates, one of whom regularly sold him cocaine.

Nothing like getting a view into the private lives of well-connected Republicans to understand how truly boring your own life is. While I earnestly scribble and harvest tomatoes, these guys are partying like rock stars? Not fair, I tell ya.

Victual Reality

]]> Crony capitalists have all the fun

From today's NYT:

The investigation also concluded that several of the officials "frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives."

The investigation separately found that the program's manager mixed official and personal business. In sometimes lurid detail, the report also accuses him of having intimate relations with two subordinates, one of whom regularly sold him cocaine.

Nothing like getting a view into the private lives of well-connected Republicans to understand how truly boring your own life is. While I earnestly scribble and harvest tomatoes, these guys are partying like rock stars? Not fair, I tell ya.

Victual Reality

]]> Comment #4 by Wolverine http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:51:04 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/grease-is-the-way-we-are-dealing/4 Well, 2/3 Hippies

I didn't see anything about rock & roll.

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I didn't see anything about rock & roll.

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