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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Linking this thread to the "south will rise again" thread and Gov. Perry in Texas.
Anyone still doubting that the grass is dead and dry, the rains are a distant memory, the winds are picking up, and it's merely a matter of how much dryer and windier it is going to get when the next lightning bolt strikes the ground.
Homeland Security believes this. Look at how their report, absent any empiricism, attacks the right wing was dangerous to the nation, while the NSA illegally monitors U.S. citizens.
WAKE UP!
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I can't believe the rhetorical nonsense being spewed about the "evil" Homeland Security report. What is factually incorrect about the report, Waters? Have you bothered to read it? It is only about 6-7 pages and uses large text, so it is a very quick read. Reading it will save you a lot of time fabricating false arguments against it.
As for Obama, you say "look at who took the reins of power when he became president." Well, Obama did. He is the one who became president. His cabinet has a diverse background, not the singular oligarchy you want to present. They were all accomplished to be sure, but that is kind of a requirement for the position (perhaps not under Bush, but historically).
Clinton: Graduate of Yale Law, former First Lady and Senator from New York
Geithner: Former president of the Federal Reserve in New York, lived in East Africa, India, Thailand, China and Japan
Gates: Holdover from Bush administration, former president of Texas A&M, former CIA director (worked his way up as career CIA employee)
Holder: Appointed by Reagan to DC Superior Court, DC attorney, worked at Justice for years, first African-American AG
Salazar: Known Colorado environmentalist, elected to Senate in 2004
Vilsack: Former Iowa governor, attorney
Locke: Former governor of Washington, only Chinese-American governor
Solis: Former member of the US House, recipient of JFK Profile in Courage Award, first Hispanic woman to serve in cabinet, born in LA to immigrant parents
Sebelius: Former Kansas governor, graduate of Kansas University
Donovan: Former head of New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Chu: Nobel Prize winner in physics, professor at Cal Berkley
Duncan: Former CEO of Chicago Public Schools
Napolitano: Former Governor of Arizona
Shinseki: Retired 4 Star General, former Chief of Staff of the Army
Yeah, these are bright, capable people. But how are you getting that his adminsitration proves he is beholden to an oligarchy? Many of these people are so far out of the mold of what we have ever seen in a cabinet, it is amusing to hear you decry them as part of some oligarchical machine.