We really don’t care about this story. We just enjoyed using the words “drilling” and “porn” in the same headline. Thank you for indulging us.
Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events, lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography, according to an Interior Department report alleging a culture of cronyism between regulators and the industry.
In at least one case, an inspector for the Minerals Management Service admitted using crystal methamphetamine and said he might have been under the influence of the drug the next day at work, according to the report by the acting inspector general of the Interior Department.
The report cites a variety of violations of federal regulations and ethics rules at the agency’s Louisiana office. Previous inspector general investigations have focused on inappropriate behavior by the royalty-collection staff in the agency’s Denver office.
We also liked using “staff” and “porn” in the same story.
Source: Associated Press
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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Here is a headline they could have gone with:
Minerals Management Service almost as corrupt as the congress that pledges to clean up Minerals Management Service.
Gifts,bribes, preferential treatment in exchange for a job later,sounds like health care.
I could have sworn I saw this same thing on FOX, but they said it happened in '07ish. Not during the regime's... regime. Just wish y'all would have gave a date. (although I could be wrong on the '07ish, but I think that is more accurate than the date you gave)
Joe, it could have happened in 2010, it could have happened in 2007 ... it could have happened anytime. The point is that government bureaucrats are worthless. It doesn't matter who the president is.
You'll never hear a conservative say, "I hate big government, except when we're in charge because then it runs well." They don't say it because it's not true. Big government is inefficient and ineffectual by design. To conservatives, running the government is a chore. To liberals, it's paradise.
P.S. You don't have to guess at a date. There's a link to the source article at the end of the post.
Titles for the movie:
Drill Silent, Drill Deep! --
Texas Teabagging --
The Abyss (no change needed) --
40,000 Legs under the Sea with Captain Need-Mo!
Is anyone really surprised by this sort of 'news?'
I at least hope it was good porn. Not that B-movie grade crap.