U.S. report citing island corruption like the pot calling the kettle black

[Joanne98]

U.S. report citing island corruption like the pot calling the kettle black
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/OPINION02/705070314/1014/OPINION

I don't know about the rest of you, but I have mixed emotions about that federal report which called attention to "our rich history of corruption" in local government.

On one hand I find myself agreeing with the feds about corruption in the islands, and yet I think of that expression "the pot calling the kettle black."

When I look back at the mainland, I find myself surprised that they have the unmitigated gall to call any attention to any corruption in the islands. Gadzooks, aren't they currently investigating a "sex problem" in Washington, where an alleged madam has a long list of Washington people who availed themselves of her services.

And what about Jack Abramoff? Is he an island boy? That corruption scandal has been going on for months. Or if we're going to look into corruption can't the federal investigators look into Hurricane Katrina, and FEMA, or the billions of wasted taxpayer money in Iraq?
I'm not saying that our skirts are clean in Guam and in the CNMI, just that corruption is a problem everywhere, and we must all work together to stamp it out.

I had a chance to talk to some military people about the Army coming to Guam. I'm talking about the announced placement of a U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Defense Task Force. They are coming, but nobody seems to know when and where.

In view of what is purported to be a North Korean missile threat, these defenses can't come soon enough for me. The whole concept of missile defense and radar detection is coming into big play. Way over in Jerusalem, thousands of American and Israeli troops conducted an operation to test new ways of intercepting missiles able to carry nuclear, chemical and biological warheads.

Up in Kodiak, Alaska, in the Aleutian chain, they already have a sea-based radar, part of the Missile Defense Agency's $43 billion program that ties in with a Hawaii-based program.

In other words, this computer-based system is already under way on the edges of the United States and should be on Guam before too long.
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/OPINION02/705070314/1014/OPINION

Interesting!

[Karenina]

1. Somebody get me a magnet!

:evilgrin: