cs span style="font-weight:bold;">THE WAY OUT
Now is the critical time during in which often capable people were discharged from Federal jobs simply because they are members of the "other" political party.
What a senseless waste of talent, training, experience and valuable time!
There was such a time and well within my memory span, when anyone with
work with even a small connection with any part of the federal government knew their continued employment depended almost entirely in maintaining the proper political party in power in state and/or federal offices. This was a sobering fact of-life with entire families. So, the arrival of each Election Time was area of intense concern. In communities where each of the political parties had large memberships election time became a family affair - man, woman and child.
In former day every little village seems to have had its own post office. That visible wing of the federal government may have been just a few square feet in installed in a of corner of a local grocery store, filling station, bus or train station, but it was the town's best known address as well. The post office remained where political support was most dependable. It with 12 small-sized dialing-style three drawer across then base. Then middle drawer was used for the local lumber, paint and building supply firm because they received a great many catalogs and other out-sized items in their mail. The other two drawers were used as "Postmaster-Storage-Private" contained such objects as several red, crepe paper Poppies to be snapped in one's lapel and worn early in the morning of Veteran's Day every November. The postmaster's job was subject to change, but it was usually
pretty well set with the "better families". The offshoot, known as R.F.D mail carriers , however were usually changed as a part of any election day win.
We will see very little such changes until the first of te year. Our Defense chief has already been eliminated, the political axes are being re-honed and made sharp and shiny to get rid of our present, and best ever,. Ambassador to the U. N. Democritics are asking what in the world former Senator Allen could possibly do now that he has been pushed aside by newcomer Jim Webb. He could run again for his Senate job lost by such a small number of votes. Much depends on how many voters stick with Jim Webb now holding his first elected job. We voters can be a fickle factor.
Don't expect any wholesale firings to take place. They will be needed to implement the "new and improved" plan for running the war in Iraq which is ,one assumes, a being prepared somewhere. Exactly where and by whom is to be a "secret" - a term we have heard questioned in recent months.
Andrew McCaskey amccsr@adelphia.net 11-12-06 [c484wds]
