Uneasy hangs the cowboy-hatted head of the man in charge of one-fifth of
the land mass in the United States. The strain of running the
Department of the Interior seems to be catching up with Ken Salazar, who
offered to "punch out" a reporter last month in response to a question about Interior's scandal-riddled program for managing wild horses. Salazar later apologized to Dave Philipps of the Colorado Springs Gazette, whose piece for ProPublica
about how thousands of supposedly "protected" horses sold by the Bureau
of Land Management have disappeared (and were probably sent to
slaughterhouses) has triggered a federal investigation. But persistent
criticism of the Interior Secretary from the energy industry on one side
and environmentalists on the other has fueled speculation that
he might be one of the Cabinet members to hit the road when the Obama
administration reshuffles the talent for its second term. Still, if Salazar is going to continue to ride herd over one of the most
ornery and confusing bureaucracies ever devised, he's going to have to
find more productive ways of channeling his anger and frustration. The
next time he's feeling punchy, here are some more deserving candidates
to consider for a possible jab-jab-cross combination...more
I agree with one of the five.
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