Too late, Mr. Secretary

I'm sorry, Mr. Vilsack. Your apology is too little, too late. In your position as Secretary of Agriculture you have the power over many lives. And in that position, you almost destroyed one. Bless Ms. Sherrod for standing up against a bully like you.

Of course, one makes mistakes; however, this is such an egregious error that you should not be our Secretary of Agriculture for one more minute. The greater the power, the more glaring the mistake. The only out I see for you is if you come forward and tell "we, the people" that you were forced to fire Ms. Sherrod at the order of the White House. In that case, you're exonerated. Then we should move to oust whoever put you in that position.

Obviously, though, that if that particular scenario occurred you bit the bullet and took the hit for your boss. So be it. Go ahead and be the fall guy. I do believe that the White House had a hand in this, but of course I can't prove that. I do know that they could have come to the fore and cautioned you about your reflexive reaction to the edited tape.

It does make one wonder what else you've been up to under the radar. How many lives have you destroyed that didn't make the news? You have demonstrated yourself to be a dangerously reactive person, allowing your emotions or fear to dictate your actions rather than utilizing the reasoning process. We don't need people like you in such important positions.

With all the time you've been in positions of power up to and including being Secretary of Agriculture you still react without thinking, thus potentially destroying lives, you need to get the hell out of Washington and hopefully retire. We don't need people like you in any position of power.