The Eagle Is Soaring
Remember that ridiculous video of John Ashcroft singing a song he wrote, “Let The Eagle Soar?” Well, the eagle is soaring high for John right now.
Okay, pious Christians, here’s one of your boys. One you wholeheartedly supported back in those early vainglorious days of Enduring Freedom. Rooting terrorists out of their snake holes. Back when you believed Bush was a conservative and possessed more than a middle school vocabulary (I’m being generous). When his handpicked outfit of saints came marching in to save us. Beyond reproach, they’d restore integrity and protect us from the boogeyman.
No more cock sucking in the hallowed bowels of government, right?
Well, guess not. It seems Ashcroft has been on his knees and really humming away.
The New York Times reports that John The Jesus Thumper’s law firm can earn up to $52.2 million by helping the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey monitor a leading maker of knee and hip replacements. That’s right. Monitor. All they have to do is monitor this firm (or firms) to make sure they’re doing a good job.
This is going to be brutally difficult work, so the compensation package is pretty hefty. It includes a average monthly fee between $1.5 million and $2.9 million, a flat payment of $750,000 to the firm’s ”senior leadership group,” and individual legal and consulting services at up to $895 an hour and as much as $250,000 in monthly expenses.
His firm was selected by a former employee, Christopher Christie, that’s still in the guvment. Seems they were perhaps cozier than we imagined. It’s so completely absurd I frankly couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it. The American people won’t give a shit. Bush supporters will shrug their shoulders and offer up some limp dick response like “he’s the best qualified, so what? Get over it.” Democrats will roll over and play dead, their dirty feet stuck in the air, like an armadillo lying along Route 66.
Let the profits soar.
This is how your government works, folks. Now, start thinking about grass roots democracy and how to dismantle the monster.
Free yourself.
Quick Question: Who is paying the fee? The private company or the taxpayer? It appears the company being “monitored” is paying the tab….not exactly sure…
Ultimately the tax payer pays the fee. There appears to be some sort of master contractor and subcontractor relationship with the government selecting the master and the sub.