Himmler was a chicken farmer. History repeats itself.
Even Johnny Drillship would have been a better choice. And Iâm sure this comment will get me banned, but I sincerely mean that as a compliment.
How about kiddie diddler for attorney general?
Yikes⌠donât give him any ideasâŚ
From the linked article in the OP:
At least he has one good point; Pete Hegsethâs Great-great-grandparents were born in Norway. The couple settled in Minnesota.
Donât take my word for it, he said so himself on Fox News:
If it is said on Fox News it HAS to be true.
(or at least have some grain of truth in it)
Fine, delete his anchor experience. The man has a BA in politics from Princeton. He has a masters of public policy from JFK School of Government at Havard.
His military service includes a platoon leader at GITMO, and in 2004 he VOLUNTEERED to go downrange in Iraq where he received a Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge. In 2012 he deployed to Afghanistan and was awarded another Bronze Star. He volunteered to be one of the 25,000 National Guard troops authorized by the Pentagon - but was removed with another 11 soldiers "linked to âright-wingâ militia groups or found to have posted âextremist viewsâ.
Heâs been involved in veteran groups, for more than decade, some as an executive director, and written two books.
Now, as a veteran, I admit to have a bias here, but some of my maritime colleagues here should drink some âliberal tears coffeeâ.
Yeah, my first choice would have been Mike Pompeo. However, although Pete doesnât have any Washington DC resume, give the man a chance.
[And, I do believe the military has gone DEI crazy] When I was in the Navy, we had diversity - all the white college boys were getting draft deferments; so our crew was pretty much a racial mix; black/brown/yellow/red/white! But there was no âequityâ. You had to EARN your rank. It was a meritocracy. Inclusion?? Yeah, if you did your shit, you advanced. If you didnât, you didnât.
This seems like something that would maybe be a red flag?
I donât think there are red flags anymore.
It should be, but they want cult members loyal to Trump and not the constitution.
Thatâs no different under DEI. Itâs not preferential hiring or promotion.
Itâs funny, that description makes someone qualified. But a different guy who also graduated Harvard magna cum laude, Rhodes Scholar to Oxford with degree in both politics and economics, McKinsey consultant in energy and logistics, and to the Dept of Defense in both Iraq and Afghanistan, then deployments as a Naval Officer to Afghanistan, that guy is a DEI hire as Sec Trans because heâs gay.
Unrelated, great to see thereâll be a guy who doesnât believe in modern medicine in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services. He also went to Harvard so Iâm sure itâll be fine.
I agree with you, but he really didnât do himself any favors by kinda sucking at his job.
Are you referring to RFKjr ?? Thatâs even more amazing⌠an renowned anti-vaccine activist, assigned as Health Secretary⌠Iâve often wondered if public opinions on this topic will change, once hundreds of kids start dying in schools, of curable diseases???
Time to buy stock in Polio. Not the vaccine, the disease.
He seriously would be vastly better, not just better.
RFK Jr. contacted me some years ago about riverkeeper stuff. Something seemed slightly off and I did some Google-Fu - YIKES! And that was BEFORE I knew he drove around with a dead whale head on top of his van and put a dead bear in Central Park.
The part about being unsuitable due to extremist political activity would seem to kind of negate all that other stuff to me. YMMV
or Whooping Cough⌠thatâs a ghastly disease; parents watched their children die gasping for air, nothing they could do⌠they lined up around the hospital blocks to get the early vaccine, even though it was only about 50% effectiveâŚ
and just this morning there was an article in a local (S.F. Bay Area, CA) news site, about a local resurgence in this diseaseâŚ