DOI mission - the Powerline edits

The Washington Post marks Norton's departure by serving up a lame editorial criticizing Norton for not bridging "the deep gap between the mining and drilling companies that view America's federal lands as an untapped source of mineral resources and the environmentalists who see them as pristine wilderness that must be preserved for future generations." The Post takes Norton to task for not successfully brokering a compromise between these groups.

But it was not Norton's job to broker compromises that would satisfy environmental extremists. It was her job to make sound decisions.

According to Paul Mirengoff, the DOI mission might need a few edits:

DOI Mission

The Mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage only to mining and drilling companies and honor our trust responsibilities to Indian Tribes and our commitments to island communities Jack Abramoff.

Goals:

Interior has established five Departmental goals that encompass the major responsibilities of the Department. These goals provide a framework for the strategic plans of Interior's bureaus. The Departmental goals are as follows:

Resource Protection - Protect the Nation’s Natural, Cultural, and Heritage Resources from environmental extremists
Resource Use - Manage Resources to Promote Responsible Use and Sustain a Dynamic Economy
Recreation - Provide recreation opportunities for America snowmobilers
Serving Communities - Safeguard lives, property and assets, advance scientific knowledge block environmental extremists, and improve the quality of life for communities we serve by
Management Excellence - Manage the Department to be highly skilled, accountable, modern, functionally integrated, citizen-centered and result-oriented answer only to the highest paying industry lobyists