PastaJoe Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 WASHINGTON - Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The alleged transgressions involve 13 Interior Department employees in Denver and Washington. Their alleged improprieties include rigging contracts, working part-time as private oil consultants, and having sexual relationships with — and accepting golf and ski trips and dinners from — oil company employees, according to three reports released Wednesday by the Interior Department's inspector general. The investigations reveal a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" by a small group of individuals "wholly lacking in acceptance of or adherence to government ethical standards," wrote Inspector General Earl E. Devaney. The reports describe a fraternity house atmosphere inside the Denver Minerals Management Service office responsible for marketing the oil and gas that energy companies barter to the government instead of making cash royalty payments for drilling on federal lands. The government received $4.3 billion in such Royalty-in-Kind payments last year. The oil is then resold to energy companies or put in the nation's emergency stockpile. Between 2002 and 2006, nearly a third of the 55-person staff in the Denver office received gifts and gratuities from oil and gas companies, the investigators found. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26644351/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Did this oil for sex think include a tarp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowLinesandArmadillos Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Did this oil for sex think include a tarp? Damn those entitled Repig Oil and Gas guys. I think the Bush Administration should apologize to the American public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 The very worst possible outcome of this fiasco would be if there's a Dick Cheney sex tape That would be even more disturbing than Mini-me's tape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 The very worst possible outcome of this fiasco would be if there's a Dick Cheney sex tape That would be even more disturbing than Mini-me's tape I have reported your post to the board nanny. It's just too much - I was about to begin fixing dinner and now the entire family is puking in a bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I have reported your post to the board nanny. It's just too much - I was about to begin fixing dinner and now the entire family is puking in a bucket. Raaaah Raaaah Oh yeah baby Raaaah You like that? Raaaah Raaaaah Take it like a taxpayer b*tch Raaaah *note: i wasn't real sure how to spell out the Dick Cheney/Penguin voice so i went with "raaaaah" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Syracuse Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Damn those entitled Repig Oil and Gas guys. I think the Bush Administration should apologize to the American public. The dirtbags involved weren't political appointees. They were just Federal employees except they also happened to be dirtbags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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