Back in June I posted this diary -Pop the Corn. Conservative Think Tank Implodes (sexual misconduct?) in which we learned that
The National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas’ most prominent conservative think tank, erupted Thursday in personnel and management squabbles.
President and CEO John Goodman, who has led the center since its creation in 1983, was fired in a unanimous vote of the board of directors, according to a statement issued by the center.
http://www.dallasnews.com/...
Fired Dallas think tank head John Goodman was dismissed after an investigation for sexual misconduct and “breach of fiduciary duty,” the conservative National Center for Policy Analysis announced Friday.
“We hoped to handle this in a professional manner, but Mr. Goodman’s actions require that we clarify the situation,” the center said in an unsigned statement.
Goodman called the accusation “not true,” but said he would not elaborate.
“I don’t want to go there,” he said. “It just gets too ugly.”
http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/...
Well, seems they are recovering from that shameful episode. They have an exciting announcement - new leadership.
Allen West.
Yeah, this guy:
One of South Florida’s favorite conservative sons, former Representative Allen West, has announced he will be decamping from the Sunshine State.
West went on to distinguish himself by becoming one of the most outspoken loose cannons in the House. He asserted publicly that many of his colleagues were card-carrying communists, and made no secret that he packed a concealed sidearm when on maneuvers in the home district.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/...
Yeah, this guy:
With Herman Cain and Sarah Palin standing behind him, the right-wing provocateur came out in full force at a town-hall event on Tuesday, claiming he’d “heard” up to 80 House Democrats were communists.
“Take your message of equality of achievement…You can take it to Europe, you can take it to the bottom of the sea, you can take it to the North Pole, but get the hell out of the United States of America.”
“If Joseph Goebbels was around, he’d be very proud of the Democrat party, because they have an incredible propaganda machine.”
West lectured that liberal women “have been neutering American men and bringing us to the point of this incredible weakness.”
“I must confess, when I see anyone with an Obama 2012 bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat to the gene pool.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/...
Yeah, this guy:
The commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division on Friday accepted a U.S. military investigator's recommendation and ordered administrative action against Lt. Col. Allen West, who was accused of using improper methods to force information out of an Iraqi detainee.
The case stems from an incident August 20 at a military base in Taji, just north of Baghdad, when West was interrogating an Iraqi policeman, who was believed to have information about a plot to assassinate West with an ambush on a U.S. convoy.
West said the policeman, Yahya Jhrodi Hamoody, was not cooperating with interrogators, so he watched four of his soldiers from the 220th Field Artillery Battalion beat the detainee on the head and body.
West said he also threatened to kill Hamoody. Military prosecutors say West followed up on that threat by taking the suspect outside, put him on the ground near a weapons clearing barrel and fired his 9 mm pistol into the barrel.
http://www.cnn.com/...
Good to see they have clarified their priorities I guess.