Bush administration officials exchanged sex for oil.
Bush administration officials exchanged sex for oil.
The Interior Department’s inspector general revealed today that 13 government officials “handling billions of dollars in oil royalties improperly engaged in sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them.” As the AP reports, the investigation revealed a “culture of substance abuse and promiscuity“:
The reports describe a fraternity house atmosphere inside the Denver Minerals Management Service office responsible for marketing the oil and gas that energy companies barter to the government instead of making cash royalty payments for drilling on federal lands. [...]
Between 2002 and 2006, nearly a third of the 55-person staff in the Denver office received gifts and gratuities from oil and gas companies, including Chevron, Shell, Hess Corp. and Denver-based Gary-Williams Energy Corp. the investigators found. Two oil marketers who received gifts and gratuities on at least 135 occasions displayed no remorse when confronted with their activities, Devaney said.
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September 10th, 2008 at 4:48 pmToga!
Toga!
TOGA!
That picture of a young McCain is scary.
(Sorry, J.B.)
September 10th, 2008 at 4:49 pmGives a whole new meaning to "The Republican's are in bed with the Oil Companies"!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:50 pmZimzone Says:
That picture of a young McCain is scary.
I thought it was Bush!! Oh yeah, they are the same.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:51 pmSex for oil?
Beats blood for oil, no?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:52 pmDrill here! Drill now!
Wow. I didn't know they meant that kind of drilling.
Will McBush drill McPiggy? Stay tuned...
September 10th, 2008 at 4:52 pmBut did we surrender when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:52 pmwhere does that line start at the gas station???
September 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pmNow that's "Family Values" you can take to bed with you!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pmSo John Belushi worked at the Interior dept?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pmFigures, he's such an animal!
I've heard of barter, but this is ridiculous!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:55 pmOh Geez -- will January 20 just hurry up and get here already?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:55 pmI always thought Obama should have gone with "a whore with lipstick . . . "
September 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pmWhere's Gale Norton? James Watt?
Do your Country a favor; drill a Republican.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pmSo this what the GOP means by "Drill Baby Drill"! LMAO.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pmWill McBush drill McPiggy? Stay tuned…
I doubt that will happen. That anorexic drug-addicted Cindy McBimbo is sticking to McNumbNuts like white on rice these days. And Little Toddy is staying pretty close to the Princess of Wasilla, too.
It looks like both these spouses have had the same sad experiences with McNumbNuts and Failin' Palin. They're afraid to leave them alone in the same room for good reason.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pmUnable to show remorse, too spent from all the sex and drugs...
September 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pmHow many barrels of oil equal good sex?
I know, I know, 'crude' joke...
September 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pmYou know, when I hear about how we're getting screwed by the oil companies, I always that was meant figuratively...
September 10th, 2008 at 4:59 pmCan I beat the trolls to saying Clinton did it first ?
To which I answer, so does that make it right for the Repubs to do it ?
Please make a campaign issue though as oil is a strategic commodity in short supply. We are having trouble getting enough. An how did the WH negotiate the contract ?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:00 pmCommunity Organizer Says:
Who cares! Seriously it doesn’t effect my life. This will stay here in the echo chamber and gain no traction. This is all really funny.
then why are you here?
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September 10th, 2008 at 5:00 pmWho cares!
Probably everyone who's sick of manipulation from the oil industry, dipshit, in other words, the majority of US citizens.
You're actually dumber than a bag of hair.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:02 pmCommunity Organizer Says
September 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Who cares! Seriously it doesn’t effect my life. This will stay here in the echo chamber and gain no traction. This is all really funny.
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So glad we can entertain you. It's a pity that your apparent approval of the widespread corruption in our government isn't quite as entertaining for me.
Didn't we successfully banish you? And yet, like a cockroach, you return.
And by the way, it's "affect my life", not "effect my life". If you want to sit with the grown-ups, at least learn to spell.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pmIt all sounds really good, until you realize who's paying for it.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pmLaunch of the McCain press release telling us that only the Republicans can salvage this mess the Republicans created will commence in 10, 9, 8 . . .
September 10th, 2008 at 5:04 pmculture of substance abuse and promiscuity
It all sounds really good,
If your really, really immature.
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
September 10th, 2008 at 5:06 pm-Dean Wormer
Hi community organizer:
September 10th, 2008 at 5:06 pmI really appreciate your efforts in the community. It is a real sign of character. Since this topic is not one you care about perhaps there are others you do. Try scrolling around a bit. Maybe something will catch your fancy
O tempora! O mores!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:07 pmSome obvious questions:
1. Were these (a) appointed or (b) career employees?
2. If (a), who appointed them? If (b), who oversaw them?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:09 pmDoes anyone know of any Abramoff ties here? The Interior Department has been embroiled in scandals for some time. Wonder if he was used to corroborate any of this.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:10 pm#Community Organizer Says:
Who cares! Seriously it doesn’t effect my life. This will stay here in the echo chamber and gain no traction. This is all really funny.
Typical of a right winger. You really don't care about anything if it doesn't directly affect you. To hell with the rest of us, you are the only important person in the world. That's why Obama scares the $hit out of you. He's pushing a message of "we", not "me". What's the difference between a Democrat and a Republican? Democrats care about "we", Republicans care about "me".
September 10th, 2008 at 5:14 pmThis does conjure up an image of a sleazy guy with rumpled clothes loading barrels of oil into his pickup truck, cigarette dangling from his mouth.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:18 pmHeterosexual sex or homosexual sex? I'm betting some of it was the latter.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:19 pmHere is a link to the reports (redacted):
http://www.doioig.gov/
September 10th, 2008 at 5:20 pmThe end of the AP aricle referenced a whistleblower. Remember Bush is doing everything he can to stamp those pesky folks out.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:21 pmAt a time when I rarely get surprised anymore about some of the things that can happen in government, especially in the Bush administration, where oversight rarely happens, I find myself shaking my head on this one.
On the one hand, I'm glad that some things can still surprise me.
On the other, I'm sad that we have come to this. But it in itself is not surprising.
Bless our founding fathers that knew that unchecked power leads to exactly this.
Can we get back to basics now? 3 branches. Checks and Balances. Representatives that actually work for the people and not corporations?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:21 pmIronically, this story helps the mythical McCon/Pullin ticket. Corruption!
I will know their names!
Especially the loose women....
September 10th, 2008 at 5:22 pmTypical of a right winger. You really don’t care about anything if it doesn’t directly affect you.
This dolt will change his tune the first time he has to blow the gas station attendant in order to fill up his SUV after gas hits $10 a gallon. Then he won't think "sex for oil" is so funny.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:23 pmGives a whole new meaning to "Drill, drill, drill."
September 10th, 2008 at 5:23 pmAnd this is just what's coming out now! Any wonder why the "liberal" media is only to happy to keep feeding us "Oh, that Sarah, ain't she somethin!' cutsey stories. Let's hope and pray that there are still enough truly honest and honorable folks in the DOJ to actively follow through on this!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:24 pmImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Community Organizer Says:
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Who cares! Seriously it doesn’t effect my life. This will stay here in the echo chamber and gain no traction.
(he hopes and prays!)
September 10th, 2008 at 5:25 pmCommunity Organizer Says:
Who cares! Seriously it doesn’t effect my life.
If you do not buy gas or anything else that has to be shipped using gas, use anything made from petroleum products then you are not affected. Which I doubt.
Idiot.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:25 pmThis report reminds me, when I was the Chief Flight Instructor for a small Bay Area flight school 30 yrs ago, a laid off UAL pilot working for me as a flight instructor, got a call from a friend saying a blowpipe (actual product) company in California was looking for a new crew for their DC-9. As I heard it, the DC-9 was decked out better than Playboys DC-9 and the stews (I know Cabin Attendant is pc), required by the FAA, weren’t stews at all but high-class call girls. Shorter version, the Co-Pilot samples the wares of one of the Stews, who, after the return from Acapulco, called the Co-Pilot, the wife answered the phone, got pissed. Next day called the CEO of said blowpipe Co. End result everybody got canned. I guess the more things change (Obama agent of change) the more they stay the same.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:26 pmThe report cites a pervasive culture of exclusivity. I believe that's a direct reflection of the White House.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:26 pmI got a couple of cases of unopened Pennzoil in my garage -- wonder if I can get in on that action?
Just saying . . .
September 10th, 2008 at 5:27 pmOkay, fine, I'll be the one to say it:
They're finally doing to each other what they've been doing to the rest of the country for years...
*rimshot*
Thankyewthankyewverrymuch...
September 10th, 2008 at 5:27 pmSorry stupid little community liar, but it's on CNN's homepage as I type:
Sex, drugs and oil
Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties are accused of receiving improper gifts and having sex with employees.
LINK
September 10th, 2008 at 5:29 pmI'd like to complain about the guilt-by-association implied by your choice of photo.
As a college student, John "Bluto" Blutarsky may have been a psychotic menace to life and limb, but at no time was he entrusted with billions of dollars of oil deals on behalf of this nation.
If he weren't fictitious, you'd really owe him an apology.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:31 pmI remember hearing about this a few years ago (how there was a lack of oversight over getting the correct amount of money from the oil companies for taking OUR oil from Federal lands). It's been a while and I was wondering when more would come out about it, but I surely didn't expect anything like this.
Hopefully it will be picked up and used as more ammo against the 'Drill Now' crowd in addition to making them drill where they have leases already, they should also have to pay us the money they owe.
Palin should be asked if she would agree with giving all Americans a $3200 check with this stolen money like she does her Alaskans... I don't need any sexual favors from her, though. Thanks, but no thanks.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:32 pmBush administration officials exchanged sex for oil.
- - Drill Here!! Drill Now!!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:32 pmCommunity Organizer Says:
One old trailer up on a hill does not a community make.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:33 pmWhat is the purpose of this post?
Why not tell us of the sentences they received, the prisons they were sent to, the fines imposed upon the Companies, the Government employees removed from their positions and stripped of all benefits, the newspaper and TV references tying it all back to McWarmpebbles (he is too old for hot rocks but he is still trying) and bushco. I am tired of reading about all this crap and nothing is done about it. It ain't over till the cell door slams, Baby!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:35 pm"if you're not getting any in this admin, you'll never get it in another..."
September 10th, 2008 at 5:37 pmAbstinence, whats dat?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:38 pm"...improperly engaged in sex with employees..."
What position did Flailin' Palin take?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:39 pmLet's see, Chevron refused to cooperate according to the AP article. The report said this of the perpetrators:
In the case of one former employee, Jimmy Mayberry, he has already pled guilty to a criminal charge. The cases against former employees, Greg Smith and Lucy Querques Dennet, were referred to the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ). However, that office declined to prosecute. The remaining current employees await your discretion in imposing corrective administrative action. Others have escaped potential administrative action by departing from federal service, with the usual celebratory send-offs that allegedly highlighted the impeccable service these individuals had given to the Federal Government. Our reports belie this notion.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:42 pmMore from the report itself:
The single-most serious problem our investigations revealed is a pervasive culture of exclusivity, exempt from the rules that govern all other employees of the Federal Government.
In the matter involving Ms. Dennet, Mr. Mayberry and Milton Dial, the results of this investigation paint a disturbing picture of three Senior Executives who were good friends, and who remained calculatedly ignorant of the rules governing post-employment restrictions, conflicts of interest and Federal Acquisition Regulations to ensure that two lucrative MMS contracts would be awarded to the company created by Mr. Mayberry - Federal Business
September 10th, 2008 at 5:45 pmSolutions - and later joined by Mr. Dial. Ms. Dennet manipulated the contracting process from the start. She worked directly with the contracting officer, personally participated on the evaluation team for both contracts, asked for an increase to the first contract amount, and had
Mayberry prepare the justification for the contract increase. Ms. Dennet also appears to have shared with Mr. Mayberry the Key Qualification criteria upon which bidders would be judged, two weeks before bid proposals on the first contract were due.
"Have a screw. Don't cost nothin'!"
With apologies to Blutto Blutarsky
September 10th, 2008 at 5:47 pmI don’t need any sexual favors from her, though. Thanks, but no thanks.
Gotta agree with you on that one. I am pretty sure that she's a dominatrix . . . and the pain wouldn't be worth the gain.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:48 pmWho cares! Seriously it doesn’t effect my life. This will stay here in the echo chamber and gain no traction. This is all really funny.
Are you kidding? This hit the front page of the NY Times before it even got to ThinkProgress.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:51 pmGood grief. Bushco has turned America into a white trash banana republic.
I'm ashamed.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:52 pmOh geez #63
September 10th, 2008 at 5:53 pmNow we are gonna have to put up with a sudden illogical change of gear which ignores the original statement and have to hear that tired liberal media bullshit yet again
"improperly engaged in sex with employees of energy companies"
Because there's a correct way to do it ?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:57 pmQ: Do you know how they found out about this misconduct?
A: They found lipstick on the oil pigs.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:04 pmThey actually had the gall to throw coke fueled orgies and didn't invite the Prez who made it all possible?
Someone's gonna get it!
September 10th, 2008 at 6:07 pmtom Says:
"I am pretty sure that she’s a dominatrix..."
Well, maybe I take that back, then ;)
No... Nevermind.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:09 pmkrazeeinjun Says:
I got a couple of cases of unopened Pennzoil in my garage — wonder if I can get in on that action?
Just saying . . .
September 10th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
You're a craven soul. LOL
September 10th, 2008 at 6:20 pmThanks to poster #5, you beat this latecomer to posting. When I saw the "sex for oil" headline, I immediately thought, well, at least it's an improvement on "blood for oil."
September 10th, 2008 at 6:22 pmSorry, krazeeinjun, I meant ignoble. (In a good way.)
September 10th, 2008 at 6:25 pmThis gives a new meaning to the GOP term 'drill baby drill'. Instead of applying that term to Bristol Palin, we can now apply it to these Bush administration officials. Bunch of crooks.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:38 pmAs a college student, John “Bluto” Blutarsky may have been a psychotic menace to life and limb, but at no time was he entrusted with billions of dollars of oil deals on behalf of this nation.
Say it ain't so, just john!
September 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pmEveryone knows that John and Mandy ran off th D.C. and became Senator and Mrs. Blutarsky... who's to say that he wasn't entrusted with just such a thing in his time in the Senate?
Community Organizer Says:
Who cares! Seriously it doesn’t effect my life. This will stay here in the echo chamber and gain no traction. This is all really funny.
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Sure because when corruption pops up in a GOP administration its funny and when it shows up in a Dem administration its time to scream loud enough to knock the Earth out of its orbit. Not only are you REALLY stupid you are also a tool good job.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmBluto: "Have a royalty, don't cost nothin."
September 10th, 2008 at 7:56 pm"Bush administration officials exchanged sex for oil."
It's hard out there for the GOP pimps.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:17 pmJack McSplat wed porkbarrel for lipstick it's said;
September 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pmAnd then the both of them got stuck inside the head;
Jack McSplat porked no fat, his wife could pork no lean;
And so then Jack McSplat licked porkbarrel's plate clean.
Jack McSplat wed the porkbarrel priestess.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:50 pmRoll out the barrel, Pork a porkbarrel for fun
belac Says:
Say it ain’t so, just john!
Everyone knows that John and Mandy ran off th D.C. and became Senator and Mrs. Blutarsky… who’s to say that he wasn’t entrusted with just such a thing in his time in the Senate?
That's why I specified "as a college student." After he got to Washington, he ... changed.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:09 pmWow! So now I can fill up AND get laid by some hunky guy at the Exxon station? Maybe I should switch from Democrat to Republican afterall. I mean if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. My god this country really is a sewer now.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:13 amFair enough, just john.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:08 amI concede the point.