Michael Grunwald, (TIME – 06-04-07), says that although Michael Baroody withdrew his nomination to run the Consumer Product Safety Commission, it should be noted that Baroody is not a businessman – he is a lobbyist.
“The distinction is crucial to understanding an Administration in which energy lobbyists oversee mining and drilling, timber lobbyists oversee logging and the National Cattleman’s Beef Association has practically moved to the Department of Agriculture. These are Washington people, not corporate people. They make legislation, not payroll.”
He goes on to say that the Denver Post, in 2004, found 100 Bush appointees - not including Dick Cheney who became CEO at Halliburton because they wanted government contracts - regulating industries they used to represent as lawyers or lobbyists.
Halliburton is reportedly moving to Dubai, where I must presume they have plans to reap profits for a very long time to come
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