Ahh, there were once such high hopes

[ArlJim78]

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=e4qGeuZuqG

Video from ABC Good Morning America in November where they discuss some of the early cabinet nomination announcements.

Co-host Robin Roberts: “Some would say it’s a team of rivals, a la President Lincoln, or is a better comparison a team of geniuses as FDR did?”...

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “We have not seen this kind of combination of star power and brain power and political muscle this early in a cabinet in our lifetimes.”


Well George, let's see what happened to this team of geniuses and stars;

Hillary Clinton - as Sec of State makes a series of incorrect statements and gaffes which highlight how unsuitable and over her head she is for the job.

Bill Richardson - Never got out of the starting blocks because he withdrew his name due to a grand jury looking into his affairs.

Tom Daschle - Also withdrawn early when it was discovered that he is a tax cheat. It seems that many geniuses have that same problem.

of course as we later found out, this was only the tip of the iceberg.
There are some 17 positions at Treasury to be filled. the only reason we even have a Secretary at this point is because they waved in Geithner even though he was another tax cheat.:lol:

[ddog]

you know even though i could never vote for either of the two major candidates last time and i expect never to again, it's really more than childish to make judgments after what, 60 days.


the history has not even had a chance to get warmed up yet.

i will say he is toast , but he won't go down alone.

At some level i don't know why anyone would want to work at treasury or anywhere of similar visibility.


Now to me, that just confirms my thoughts that the whole thing is crumbling and that people want nothing to do with it anymore.

I am ready for it and won't mind seeing what comes next.

You living in the big city, i hope you get out ok.

Sorry we are full up out here.
:lol:

p.s. we have orders to shot on site anyone we suspect was a member of the lamestream. :eek:

[PaceAdvantage]

I don't know how Jim could put up a thread like this and not mention good ol' Timmy Geithner (one of ddog's FAVORITES ;) ).

Nothing but news stories coming out now speculating on how long it will be until Timmy resigns in disgrace.....RESIGNS!!!!

How many threads did the left create about Bush and Michael Brown, former FEMA director?

This is the TREASURY SECRETARY we're talking about here, not some FEMA director...a little more important, wouldn't you say? And not a peep that I can read from the left about ol' Timmy....

Obama's version of "Brownie, you're doing a helluva job!"

Obama says would not accept Geithner resignation

By Ross Colvin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama (http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/barackobama) stepped up his weeklong defense of much-criticized Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (http://www.reuters.com/news/topics/timothyGeithner), saying he would not accept his resignation even if it was tendered.

It came ahead of a critical week for Geithner, who is expected to unveil his much-anticipated bank bailout plan and outline broad financial regulatory reforms to better police Wall Street within days.

Obama said in an interview with CBS television network's "60 Minutes" program that if Geithner tried to quit, he would tell him, "Sorry buddy, you've still got the job."The rest at this link:

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1838682720090321

[so.cal.fan]

THE PIED PIPER

There was a Pied Piper who said, “We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change it!”
*And the people said, “Change is good!”

Then he said, “We are going to tax the rich fat-cats,”...
*And the people said “Sock it to them!”

“and redistribute their wealth.”
*And the people said, “Show me the money!”

And then he said, “Redistribution of wealth is good for everybody”
*And Joe the plumber said, are you kidding me?”

And Joe’s personal records were hacked and publicized.
*And one lone reporter asked, “Isn’t that Marxist policy?”

And she was banished from the kingdom!

Then someone asked, “With no foreign relations experience, how will you deal with radical terrorists?”
And the Pied Piper said, “Simple. I’ll sit down and talk with them and show them how nice we really are and they’ll forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!”
“And the people said “Will it really work?”

Then the Pied Piper said, “I’ll give 95% of you lower taxes.”
*And one, lone voice said, “But 40% of us don’t pay ANY taxes.”

So the Pied Piper said, “Then I’ll give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!”
*And the people said, “Show me the money!”

Then the Pied Piper said, “I’ll tax your Capital Gains when you sell your homes!”
*And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed.

And he said, “I’ll mandate employer- funded health care for EVERY worker and raise the minimum wage.”
*And the people said, “Gim’me some of that!”

Then he said, “I’ll penalize employers who ship jobs overseas.”
*And the people said, “Where’s my rebate check?”

Then the Pied Piper actually said, “I’ll bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!”
*And the people said, “Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don’t care for that part about higher electric rates.”

So the Pied Piper said, “Not to worry. If your rebate isn’t enough to cover your expenses, we’ll bail you out. Just sign up with ACORN and your troubles are over!”

Then he said, “Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let’s grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing.”
*And the people said, “Ole`! Bravo!” And they made him King!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy slowed even further.
Then the Pied Piper said, “I am the Messiah and I’m here to save you! We’ll just print more money so everyone will have enough!” But our foreign trading partners said, “Wait a minute. Your dollar isn’t worth what it was. You’ll have to pay more.”
*And the people said, “Wait a minute. That’s not fair!”

And the world said, “Neither are these other, idiotic programs you’ve embraced. You’ve become a Socialist Nation and a second-rate power. Now you’ll play by our rules!”
*And the people said, “What have we done?”

But it was too late.

If you think this is a fairy tale, open your eyes and ears. It’s happening RIGHT NOW! “

Did you know the president’s name is really an acronym?

One Big Astounding Mistake, America

[ArlJim78]

it was by no means meant to be an exhaustive review of all the incompetents in this administration. i simply don't have the time for that.:D

i just addressed the names mentioned in the film clip from Good Morning America.

you just knew the bar was set pretty low from the moment he announced Biden for VP.

[Tom]

Sec, your were a big Brownie "fan."
Care to comment on the parallels? :lol:

[ddog]

I don't know how Jim could put up a thread like this and not mention good ol' Timmy Geithner (one of ddog's FAVORITES ;) ).

Nothing but news stories coming out now speculating on how long it will be until Timmy resigns in disgrace.....RESIGNS!!!!

How many threads did the left create about Bush and Michael Brown, former FEMA director?

This is the TREASURY SECRETARY we're talking about here, not some FEMA director...a little more important, wouldn't you say? And not a peep that I can read from the left about ol' Timmy....

Obama's version of "Brownie, you're doing a helluva job!"

The rest at this link:

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1838682720090321



Pa

I know you think I am hyper-ventilating on this stuff, but man the atmospherics as they say don't look good to me at all.

At least with Paulson, the thug, you knew he had some moxy as you don't get to where he did in GS,etc. without some Tony Soprano in you.

This Turbo Timmy, well he just reminds me of a functionary, maybe a second grade technocrat a senior loan officer at a community bank.

No gravitas.

I don't know, maybe Summers is really driving the stuff and timmy is trying to put the public face on it and actually write up the details.

I fear that we are going to need the Treasury sec to really bring it strong and I just don't think he has the Soprano touch.

hope i am wrong and/or it doesn't come to that.