SCORE ONE FOR BUREAUCRACY!

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: June 12, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

BUREAUCRATS HAVE BEEN MUGGED AT EVERY POLITICAL INTERSECTION, STAGGERING TOWARD THEIR NEXT BEATING AS AMBULANCES REFUSE TO STOP BECAUSE NO ONE CAN STOP THE BLEEDING. THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED "PARASITES" BY THOMAS JEFFERSON, "FIFTH-RATE MEN" BY HENRY ADAMS, AND "PYGMIES" BY HONORE DE BALZAC. JOHN F. KENNEDY SAID DEALING WITH BUREAUCRACY IS "LIKE TRYING TO NAIL JELLY TO THE WALL." THAT MAKES BUREACRATS EITHER SPINELESS JELLYFISH OR SEEDLESS GRAPES INCAPABLE OF GERMINATING THOUGHT. The latest mugger was President Bush. After telling us for months to wait for his "sound science" on global ...

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