Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of Obama's Latest Big Brother Plan
Leroy N. Soetoro
personnel-management/
Why the White House and Democrats' plans to expand the Office of Personnel
Management should scare all Americans.
The Obama administration seeks to empower a very powerful government
agency you have probably never heard of with new and expanded powers that
will have a direct consequence on every American if they are successful in
their efforts to implement national health care reforms.
The Obama White House is also drunk with power and is seeking to expand
the powers of government agencies to oversee and act out to affect
Americans in ways that this country has never seen before.
What is the Office of Personnel and Management and why should you care?
The Office of Personnel Management, (OPM), is suppose to be an independent
government agency that is charged with managing the civil service system
of the federal government. If you are a federal employee then civil
service laws, rules and regulations that are managed by OPM govern you.
One of the main charges of OPM is to administer and oversee federal health
care provided to all federal employees.
The Director of OPM is appointed directly by the president and confirmed
by the Democratically controlled Senate. The current director of OPM is a
fellow by the name of John Berry who, before becoming OPM director this
past year, was director of the Smithsonian�s National Zoo. -- You cannot
make this stuff up.
Under the Democrats' national health care scheme not only would OPM be
charged with overseeing and administering federal employees health care
but they will have the added charge of administering civilian federal
health care as well. What does that mean? Basically, that Americans will
be treated as �civil servants.� Are you starting to see the danger?
The more government seeks to control our lives the more Orwellian it gets.
This �big brother� mentality that "government knows best" and that it is
their mission to provide cradle to grave �care� of its citizens will doom
America as we know it. Under such a system the individual becomes
meaningless and the state becomes the entity upon which we are all forced
to rely.
Most recently OPM made news when the Obama administration sought to use it
as a tool upon which to consolidate power.
Under orders from the White House, it is being reported that OPM is on a
mission to rid the executive branch bureaucracy of Bush-era personnel who
are no longer political appointees and who have lawfully become civil
servants.
It is not uncommon for some presidential political appointees to have the
opportunity to become civil servants within the federal bureaucracy when
they meet all the criteria for a federal civil service job.-- Ordinarily,
a political appointee serves "at the pleasure of the president" who
originally appointed that person to a particular position. When the
president�s term is up their job is up as well. But, when a political
appointee becomes a civil servant they are considered full- time
government employees and are subject to the rules and regulations
governing all other federal employees. Civil service jobs are seen a non-
political jobs and are not based on appointment. They are based on merit.
Their employment continues until they retire, quit, or are removed from
their position for cause. It should never be permissible to remove a civil
servant based solely on their political affiliation.
The Obama administration has now ordered a purging of Republicans from
federal government civil service.
The Office of Federal Personnel Management, (OPM), has become the
�henchman� of the Obama administration. Following orders they have issued
new rules -- going back five years --wherein every employee hired, who
previously had been a political appointee, will be terminated regardless
of cause or poor performance.
It is clear what the intent of the Obama administration is by looking at
the following statement made by John Berry the Director of OPM:
Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM
before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a
competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under
the provisions of title 5, United States Code. OPM will review these
proposed appointments to ensure they comply with merit system principles
and applicable civil service laws. I have delegated decision-making
authority over these matters to career Senior Executives at OPM to avoid
any hint of political influence.
The memorandum specifically applies this change to all political
appointees hired in the past 5 years and effectively works to freeze them
out of their current jobs or make their lives so miserable by denying
promotions, that they will quit before they are forced out.
It is outrageous that the Obama administration would politicize what is
supposed to be a independent government agency and would become so
vindictive and cold in their exercise of raw political power that they
would take steps to eliminate people from their legitimate government
employment, based solely on their political pedigree and not their job
performance.
I served in the White House during the presidency of George W. Bush. When
he took office, we knew that a fair amount of Clinton appointees were
making the transition from political appointment positions to civil
service positions and nothing was done to �root them out�. They were
entitled to remain in their positions and were held to the same standard
of job performance as any other civil service employee.
There is nothing worse than abuse of government power. It erodes the very
fabric of our laws and respect for government institutions.
For an incoming administration to make a "witch hunt" one of its top
priorities and to attempt to fire civil servants who they believe are
Republican �sympathizers� is something you might have expected in the
former Soviet Union or from the KGB. But it's not something we expected to
see in the United States led by the White House.
The expanded �portfolio� of OPM should worry all Americans. This little
known agency will make the IRS look down right friendly if the Obama
administration is successful in expanding their duties, powers and
responsibilities.
Bradley A. Blakeman served as deputy assistant to President George W. Bush
from 2001 to 2004. He is currently a professor of Public Policy and
Politics at Georgetown University and is a frequent contributor to the Fox
Forum.
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Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
Rangel's tax evasion.
Lamont Cranston
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> http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/12/10/bradley-blakeman-obama-office-
> personnel-management/
>
> Why the White House and Democrats' plans to expand the Office of
> Personnel Management should scare all Americans.
ROTFL!
Don't look now, but Black Helicopters are on the way to your residence.
Christopher Helms
wrote:
I fixed the subject line for you.
CB
"Lamont Cranston" <Lamont....@Shadow.com> wrote in message
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Spoken like a true empty headed Brown Shirt of the man child
Tim Crowley
hint: you lost.
Tim Crowley
> "Lamont Cranston" <Lamont.Crans...@Shadow.com> wrote in message
>
> news:hgbivj$to1$1...@news.datemas.de...
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> > "Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroysoet...@usurper.org> wrote in message
> >news:Xns9CE377DDAC...@202.177.16.121
> >>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/12/10/bradley-blakeman-obama-office-
> >> personnel-management/
>
> >> Why the White House and Democrats' plans to expand the Office of
> >> Personnel Management should scare all Americans.
>
> > ROTFL!
>
> > Don't look now, but Black Helicopters are on the way to your residence.
>
> Spoken like a true empty headed Brown Shirt of the man child
Boo!
hint: satan controls everything you do.
Tim Crowley
ZerkonXXXX
> Why the White House and Democrats' plans to expand the Office of
> Personnel Management should scare all Americans.
Republicans are jealous. It seems the federal government, no matter which
of the two (sic) parties are 'in', loves to "scare all Americans".
> The more government seeks to control our lives the more Orwellian it
> gets.
No, 'Orwellian', if referring to the novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", is not
about how much control, it is about how the control is achieved and
maintained. Mainly through the power of words therefore thought. "Big
Brother" was a result, the method used to get to and maintain that result
is the central theme.
The doublethink "War Is Peace" is a good, no perfect, example since it
sums up the foreign policy of the RNC/DNC over the last 50 years. The
Democrats were just the ones who picked up a prize for it.
This entire essay, for instance, illustrates 'Orwellian'. It is defining
false parameters (ie Dem/ Rep) of a issue. Any other reasonable point of
view, and there are many, outside this narrow parameter is then just not
discussed.
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Lamont Cranston
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Spoken like a trembling, limp-wristed, fascist-worshipping pussy.
CB
"Lamont Cranston" <Lamont....@Shadow.com> wrote in message
The man child be duh Fascist, Rahm Emanuel his enforser
RAHM EMANUEL THREATENS SENATOR FROM NEBRASKA
http://www.aarp.org/community/groups/displayTopic.bt?groupId=21052&topicId=6290652
wearenotmorons said:
on December 16, 2009 12:16 PM ET
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF RAHM EMANUEL THREATENS
SENATOR NELSON OF NEBRASKA. THREATENS TO CLOSE DOWN
SAC BASE IF HE DOESN'T VOTE FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM.
THE BASE EMPLOYS 10,000. THE PROBLEM WITH THE THREAT IS
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO MOVE IT TO. SECONDLY THIS IS THE
CHICAGO THUGS POLITICS BEING SPOUTED BY THE LITTE #RICK.
HOW CAN WE AS AMERICANS ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN WITHOUT
SPEAKING UP. NELSON KNOWS THE BILL IS BAD AND SO DO
70% OF AMERICANS......
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CB
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> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:19:14 -0800, "Lamont Cranston"
> <Lamont....@Shadow.com> wrote:
>
>>"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroys...@usurper.org> wrote in message
>>news:Xns9CE377DDAC...@202.177.16.121
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/12/10/bradley-blakeman-obama-office-
>>> personnel-management/
>>>
>>> Why the White House and Democrats' plans to expand the Office of
>>> Personnel Management should scare all Americans.
>>
>>ROTFL!
>>
>>Don't look now, but Black Helicopters are on the way to your residence.
>
>
> The big question is why is this Leroy posting from China????
>
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