AndroidHero
Superstar
Thanks for pointing that out Bill clinton Appointed 3 lawyers to that job ....Not 3 physicists...not 3 engineers
And did these 3 lawyers know nothing about their jobs the way Rick Perry is?
Rick Perry didn't know that Sec of energy monitored nukes: LIVE Senate Confirmation
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And did these 3 lawyers know nothing about their jobs the way Rick Perry is?
I would hate for something major to happen while all of our newly appointed officials are trying to figure out the job.
Ya'll are acting like the New Administration doesn't get sworn in tomorrow and people don't even know what their jobs entail! What were they doing in the interviews?
Ya'll are acting like the New Administration doesn't get sworn in tomorrow and people don't even know what their jobs entail! What were they doing in the interviews?
AndroidHero
Superstar
if anything rick perry has a larger science pedigree than the average lawyer
Then why doesn't he know what the Department of Energy job entails?
Again, you voted for this.im tired of you touting your own definition of votingi voted for gary johnson
You wanna bet they weren't all scientists and physicists you knucklehead...most of them were probably lawyers
its a fukking Govt department...the chief executive doesnt need to be a techie to be effiective
OP claims to be an intellectually superior coastal elite. I'm surprised he doesn't realize you don't have to be an expert to be a leader. Smartest guy in the room doesn't necessarily mean most effective.
I'm not arguing Rick Perry is intellectually superior to those guys. Rick Perry is a poor man's GW Bush and a loser. I'm one starring your inability to just post a fukking article rather than a Tweet.
Why not both?
AndroidHero
Superstar
Rick Perry is neither the smartest guy in the room nor the most effective.
Thanks to the govt growth in the last 50 years the true size and scope of most of these departments would shock any outsider...its like you being appointed to head Pepsi and you find out they own 21 other subsidiaries scattered all over the world.I'm sure there were plenty of others who were more qualified.
Point is... I think I saw something from a recent Inc poll covering top 500 hottest startups and something like 50% of founders had no previous industry experience relevant to their venture.
Agreed.
the cac mamba
Veteran
well i'm glad that you're admitting that im not a trump supporter
otherwise, your rationale is faulty
AndroidHero
Superstar
"The Department of Energy (DOE) is a cabinet-level agency that has both important energy- and national security-related missions. DOE’s roots go all the way back to World War II and the Manhattan Project, the top-secret program that launched America’s effort to develop and stockpile nuclear weapons. DOE’s predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, managed the country’s nuclear weapons complex until the 1970s, when the Energy Department assumed that responsibility upon its creation. Today, Energy officials still oversee the laboratories that were once primarily responsible for creating weapons of mass destruction, along with implementing policies geared toward strengthening the United States’ sources of energy. The DOE carries out policies ranging from nuclear power to fossil fuels to alternative energy sources. Under the current administration of President Barack Obama, U.S. energy policy has focused primarily on “clean energy” initiatives and technologies, a departure from the policies of former President George W. Bush, whose DOE provided considerable support to nuclear power and oil development, which provoked criticism from environmentalists and those on the left."
AllGov - Departments
"But the primary function of the Department of Energy has nothing to do with green energy technologies. It’s one that, as Perry would have known if he’d fully understood it years ago, makes the DOE all but indispensable: maintaining America’s nuclear weapons stockpile.That’s where the vast majority of its money goes. During the Cold War as the United States entered its arms race against the Soviet Union, the DOE’s primary function was weapons research. It was the organization responsible for finding new technologies to get a leg up on the Russians. Its lineage can be traced back to the Manhattan Project and the creation of the very first nuclear bomb."
https://www.inverse.com/article/25403-what-does-the-department-of-energy
Rick Perry doesn't know any of that, and all you are doing in this thread is defending him.
I thought we were getting into an Arms race. I hope Rick is ready!
and this is the point.