http://cronyism.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Cronyism en Fri, 18 May 2007 18:04:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1941928 unknown@Netscape.com White House spokesman Tony Fratto said that President Bush 'will have a candidate to announce soon, allowing for an orderly transition that will have the World Bank refocused on its mission.' But a couple of the names being floated indicate that the administration has not learned its lessons from the Wolfowitz scandal. Fri, 18 May 2007 18:04:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1941928wolfowitzCronyismworldbankgirlfriendTonyBlairNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1905586 unknown@Netscape.com An angry Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened retaliations on senior World Bank staff, according to new details published last night. Sounding more like a cast member of the Sopranos than an international leader, in testimony by one key witness Mr Wolfowitz declares: 'If they f*ck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too.' Tue, 15 May 2007 18:23:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1905586wolfowitzCronyismworldbankgirlfriendpromotionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1565672 unknown@Netscape.com The Justice Department is conducting a probe of a $6 billion reading initiative at the center of President Bush's No Child Left Behind law, another blow to a program besieged by allegations of financial conflicts of interest and cronyism, people familiar with the matter said yesterday. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:31:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1565672nochildleftbehindCronyismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1556731 unknown@Netscape.com he Bush Administration has been using the Reading First program to reward political cronies and ideological allies, ignoring a legal mandate to make funding decisions that reflect "scientifically based research," according to federal investigators. These and other findings are detailed in a report by the Inspector General of the U.S. Depa Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:25:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1556731nochildleftbehindCronyismcorruptionbushFamilycrimesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1558261 unknown@Netscape.com he Bush Administration has been using the Reading First program to reward political cronies and ideological allies, ignoring a legal mandate to make funding decisions that reflect "scientifically based research," according to federal investigators. These and other findings are detailed in a report by the Inspector General of the U.S. Depa Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:25:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1558261corruptionCronyismnochildleftbehindbushFamilycrimesNews