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Grasshopper
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7 years ago

Post anything you want on here so that no one feels the thread they were the original poster of has gone off topic.. ( like every thread has done and will do ) .

That was just a preamble. We are one day away from DJT being sworn into office. The Senate confirmation hearings - they've been like pulling teeth and to watch. I seldom cringe, but most of these appointees are possibly the most insane choices for the offices they are poised to fill.
...and vetted? No.. it would seem the transition team just skipped that part and figured the chips could fall where they may.

The appointee for the EPA? Oklahoma's Atty General.. really? He shut down OK's state version of the EPA.. and he has sued the US EPA 19 times (8 of them still are pending)
...so, what? He is going to head a dept he is currently suing? He'll be plaintiff, defendant, judge and jury... should he be confirmed.

...sued the EPA over regulations concerning clean water.. air purity.. soot..

Mercury levels? ...yeah that too. The list goes on.

But hell, that's only the tip of the iceberg. There will be 6 or more vacant seats for directors in the NSA.. from the director of African affairs, to Europe to Israel and the Levant and on.

And these seats don't even need confirmation.. just need to simply appoint SOME one ...but they'll be empty after tomorrow.

The pick for Heath and Human Services is a mess... He has traded individual securities while working and voting on bills that directly affected the stock prices, has bought on tips and ....really.

Did they vet any of them even a little first? Damn..

Rick Perry was offered the job of heading the energy dept.. and thinking that this meant having control over international oil and gas issues, he quickly accepted.

...but that's not the job.
but being over our nuclear arsenal is. ...really? Rick Perry is going to be in charge of the Earth's largest cache of thermonuclear weapons?

I have never experienced actual angst as a new POTUS took office. This time though... angst is a pretty big understatement. And hell... I'm not even the paranoid type. But I am watching this mess play out and noticing my mouth is hanging open half the time in disbelief.

So please - steal this thread. Throw some mud.. "banter" or make jokes all you wish. I need the distraction.
Of course, I'm serious about the content, and these things are barely 5? of what is really baking my noodle.

....really?

Hopper

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