Here's a few of Bush's 'heckuva job Brownie (in his pants)' recess appointments from this week:


• Ellen R. Sauerbrey, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration — Sauerbrey has literally no background in setting up refugee camps, delivering emergency supplies, and mobilizing international responses to humanitarian crises. Her only "qualification" seems to be that she's a Republican activist looking for a job in the administration.
• Hans Von Spakovsky, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission — Republicans in Georgia created a new "voter-identification law" last year, which was ultimately struck down by a federal court, which forced Georgians without driver's licenses (disproportionately poor, black and elderly citizens) to pay for a state ID card in order to vote. The city of Atlanta, with a large African-American population, did not have a single facility where the cards were sold. Hans Von Spakovsky, Bush's choice for the Federal Election Commission, helped create Georgia's system.
• Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — The ICE bureau is responsible for hunting down money launderers, sanctions busters, and human traffickers, and is the sole enforcer of immigration laws inside the country. Myers has no management experience at any level. As Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) said during Myers' confirmation hearing, "I think that we ought to have a meeting with (Homeland Security Secretary) Mike Chertoff … to ask him… why he thinks you're qualified for the job. Because based on your resume, I don't think you are."
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