What's given me happy ass today is this story from the Republican culture of corruption file. The news of crooked conservatives has been flying so fast and thick lately that the case of Lester M. Crawford is hardly getting any notice. When I saw his name next to the words "criminal inquiry" though, a warm, happy, smile broke out across my face, as it should across the face of any woman who doesn't want to submit to government-sponsored vagina inspections and anyone who cares about the integrity of science.
Lester is the former head of the FDA, and the force behind the denial of a move of Plan B, the "morning after" pill, to over the counter status. I posted earlier on his bullshit reasons here, but to give a quick recap, the FDA overruled its own subcommittee which said that Plan B should be OTC, citing "safety concerns" in selling the drug to younger teens. Two reasons why this was significant:
1) The political appointees that run the FDA almost NEVER overrule the scientists on their subcommittees.
2) There is no scientific evidence that would indicate any special need for concern for the safety of younger women using the med. None. Zero.
So it would seem Lester was simply too much of a puss to admit that he was imposing his morality on the rest of the country. People like that get stuck in my craw. I wish bad things upon them. Which is why these words were like Christmas in May:
Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the former commissioner of food and drugs, is under criminal investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress, his lawyer said Friday.
Financial disclosure forms released by the Department of Health and Human Services showed that in 2004 either Dr. Crawford or his wife, Catherine, had sold shares in companies regulated by the agency when he was its deputy commissioner and acting commissioner. He has since joined a Washington lobbying firm, Policy Directions Inc.
The criminal investigation was disclosed at a court hearing in a lawsuit over the F.D.A.'s actions on the emergency contraceptive Plan B, a subject of bitter contention during Dr. Crawford's tenure as acting commissioner and commissioner. After the pill's maker, Barr Laboratories, applied three years ago to sell the pill over the counter, the agency repeatedly delayed making a decision on the application.
So if he hadn't been one of the Christian fascists imposing his God on us all, we wouldn't know he was also a crook. Priceless.
I suppose it would be better not to take joy in another persons suffering, that is in fact what the Jesus these people claim to follow would say. Hmmmmmmm.....nah.....this is too much fun. IN YOUR FACE LESTER!!!!!!! HAVE FUN IN THE POKEY!!! REMEMBER WHAT YOU PEOPLE SAY ABOUT CONDOMS NOT BEING THE WAY TO STOP HIV WHILE YOU'RE DOING YOUR TIME....BBBBBRRRWWWOOOHHHAAAAHHHHAAAHHHHAAA!!!!! Off to shake my ass some more......
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