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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 05:13 PM
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Perhaps it's time the US had a
"professional" Secretary of the Interior. I've thought about this previous to the Gulf Disaster, but now it seems far more important. In the entire history of Interior, there has never been a biologist, forester, botanist, geologist, wildlife expert, zoologist or even a chemist or geographer. We have had a long line of lawyers, campaign contributors, businessmen and other political hacks. The closest we have had to a scientist are a couple MD's. We need the best and the brightest, not the well-connected.
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 05:26 PM
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1. That's just crazy talk!
:sarcasm:

Obviously, I agree with you completely.
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 05:52 PM
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2. I was hoping more from Obama than
Ken Salazar for SOI. So much for change.
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:17 PM
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7. I wasn't optimistic about Obama
I read his website (the detailed stuff) when he was running for the nomination. I correctly identified him as, um, far less than liberal.

Still, he was (and is) better than anything else on offer.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 05:58 PM
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3. Excellent idea...K&R..n/t
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mikelgb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:11 PM
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4. but. how. can. you. not. like. Sec. ret. ary. Salazar?
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:12 PM
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5. how about Mo Udall
he did a pretty job as a political hack
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:17 PM
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6. Mo Udall? Political hack?
:spray: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:18 PM
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8. hehe
thank you

you understood what I was saying!

:woohoo:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 06:24 PM
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9. Mo Udall was never the SOI
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:05 PM
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10. wrong damn udall
oops
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 08:26 PM
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12. I think you were trying to say
That Stewart was a good steward.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 09:55 PM
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14. yes
:toast:
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 08:46 PM
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13. Reminds me of Caddyshack
Judge Smails-"I'm no slouch myself"

Ty Webb-"Don't sell yourself short Judge, You're an incredible slouch"


Now I'm not saying all the SOI's have been awful (just most of them), but it's time we put some substance into the office and not use it as a poltical gravytrain.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:07 PM
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11. Yeah, well you just summed up Washington DC.
The birthplace and incubator for crony capitalism, and while they didn't invent it, they have evolved nepotism to an art-form.
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