A “culture of substance abuse and promiscuity” existed in the federal agency that handles royalty payments from oil companies, including sexual encounters between government employees and industry representatives.
The Interior Department’s Inspector General, who has been investigating the U.S. Minerals Management Service’s Royalty-In-Kind program, said government employees who were supposed to be regulating the oil companies were engaging in drug use and having sex with industry contacts.
“Several staff admitted to illegal drug use as well as illicit sexual encounters,” Inspector General Earl Devaney wrote in a Sept. 9 memo to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.
Devaney said that between 2002 and 2006, a third of the Royalty-In-Kind staff socialized with, and received a wide array of gifts and gratuities from companies with which the government was doing business.
The head of the department said it really wasn’t too bad. Not more than 50 government employees were involved!
Do they have any openings I could fill?
Badump baa..
“Devaney disagreed: “Sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms-length.” /// By definition, I think it can be.
Reminds me of Michael Caine in his early spy movie being seduced by Senta Burger (hmmmm He said burger). “I knew you were a spy when we met. No woman as beautiful as you would be interested in me otherwise.”
Don’t these people watch movies????
Repukes F**k America – AGAIN !!!
OK, it all makes sense now.
The crowd screaming, “Drill, Baby! Drill, Drill, Drill!” at the Republican National Convention did seem oddly sexual.
I’m in the wrong line of work.
With such examples of corruption and abuse this should be a setback to the mantra of more government.
Instead this type of activity proves only to be a democrap resume enhancer.
People are going to try to spin this into an argument as to why we shouldn’t allow drilling off the coasts. But it has nothing to do with that. It’s an argument why any time you create a government agency to monitor business, you create corruption.
In other words, it’s an argument for smaller government, and nothing more.
I noticed that Eideard does not mention who sought this investigation in the first place, although the article cited does reveal that. Whatup with that?
It’s time for Random Quotes from Dead People(TM)
“If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? ”
– Frederic Bastiat
It is becoming painfully apparent that I am working in the wrong business…
uuhhmmm
see this Dvorak blog posting
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=24122
>> James Hill said,
>> So the oil industry is just like government? Who’d a thunk it?
The oil industry IS the GOP, and visa versa.
The middle class is suffering and the oil industry is making ALL TIME WORLD RECORD PROFITS.
McCain/Palin are running on two main issues:
1) MORE PROFITS FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY.
2) Shifting even more of the tax burden from the rich to the middle class.
And, McCain/Palin/Fox/Exxon believe this is a winning strategy for them. (and they seem to be right!)
#12 just how many tin foil hats do you wear ?
This is nothing but liberal lies. The glorious Republikan party would never allow such immoralities. Those who denounce these kind of blatant lies should be shot in the neck just like our comrades in Rusia and China do.
Lets see…
we show that prices are being inflated..
they SHOw that it is Market price, NOT WHOLESALE pricing..
We can show that Excessive buying of STOCK lowers the STOCKS prices..
WE can show the LOOP HOLE, int he commodity market that ALLOWS these folks to sell FUEL as a FUTURE commodity.(which is NOT what it is.)
We show that MOST of our rich folk RUNNING THIS COUNTRY, are involved, in some form or fashion..
NOW we can show MORE corruption in the gov, based Business.
It has been shown that SOME leases in the GOV, were mis handled..
NOW..
WHERES THE PRICE DROP.
Only time you will see the price drop is NOW, as we near the end of year.
when the SHOWING of the COLA-CODA(cost of living allowance) is about to become FACT. and the gov must decide what to RAISE social security for.
THEn by February.. the PRICE will be heading to the MOON again..
Having worked in and for government, I have to say this is probably one of the most honest and ethical groups in government. Only 50, good job!
For all that asked…
http://www.mms.gov/ooc/jobopp.html
But they probably already ruined for the rest of us.
Well, why should Congress have all the fun?
So the people in the oil biz like to have sex and do drugs. Sounds like every other biz out there.
19,
not quite…
its the regulatory GROUP, thats PART of the gov..
#12 Greg Allen: time to get back on your meds, son.
Who cares? Bill Clinton did it. Excuse me Uhmmmm What is “it” anyway?
I feel like I’ve had sex with all the oil executives….against my will. They weren’t even nice enough to give me a reach around or free set of glassware.
This is just another group under Bush’s watch that got caught. Maybe he knew but more likely he didn’t. Regardless, he hired the supervisors that were to keep this running for the taxpayer.
So this girl came up to me and asked me if I had the minerals. . .
#25 Contributions to both parties are called hedging your bets, GOP has dramatically higher revenues from Big Oil. I’m not partisan, I just like watching a good game.
I’m not quite sure why people are surprised at this. The goal of any animal species to survive and procreate. The more resources you have, the better chance of surviving and the WAY better chance of procreating. After all, who wants to scrump with a loser? (no wife jokes, please 🙂 )
>> Springheel Jack said,
>> #12 Greg Allen: time to get back on your meds, son.
Instead of responding with substance to my post, you let out a snipe that was old ten years ago.
Typical. No new ideas… just same old, same old.
>> LibertyLover said,
>> I’m not quite sure why people are surprised at this. The goal of any animal species to survive and procreate.
Well, we sure as hell shouldn’t let these animals drill off our coasts until they start behaving themselves.
#31, That’s the problem. You feel it is something that should be controlled. And that my friend is why we are in the mess we are in. When someone has control, they will abuse the power associated with it.