What a Goddamned Shame

Bernard Kerik never got the Homeland Security job he so richly deserved:

New Jersey officials said yesterday that Bernard B. Kerik abused his position as New York City correction commissioner in the late 1990's by accepting tens of thousands of dollars from a construction company that he was helping to pursue business with the city. They say the company has long had ties to organized crime.

He'd have fit right in with the Bush dictatorship.