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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#50851: Mar 7th 2013 at 8:40:02 PM

Was this Morell guy ever actually a contender for the position, though? Also, maybe Warren and Brown genuinely think that Brennan is a good candidate for the position. Which seems to be the opinions of a lot of the Democrats that voted for him. More cynically, maybe they just don't think this is one point they want to spend their energy fighting anyone on when they've got to focus their efforts on the banks issue.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#50852: Mar 7th 2013 at 8:44:51 PM

Morell was the interim Director, both when Panetta and Petraeus left. He has experience stretching back in the 1980s and he's been the Deputy Director since Panetta.

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#50853: Mar 7th 2013 at 8:48:46 PM

Newsflash Serocco: Progressives aren't a unified camp on everything. Warren is a progressive re regulating financial markets. That doesn't mean she automatically shares your views regarding drone strikes.

PhilippeO Since: Oct, 2010
#50854: Mar 7th 2013 at 8:49:15 PM

And what about President traditional rights to appoint his own men ? Before Obama cabinet nominee don't get filibustered. voting against CIA director because of disagreement about drone attack/torture policy of president is a bit dishonest. It is not voting about drone/torture law, It is voting to confirm presidential appointee. Its not like nominee can change policy when ordered by president.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#50855: Mar 7th 2013 at 8:56:27 PM

Voting to confirm a presidential employee who supports waterboarding, extraordinary renditions and extrajudicial killings, and the one who engineered the Disposition Matrix.

That's not dishonesty. Unless you think kowtowing to authority is dishonest.

edited 7th Mar '13 8:56:51 PM by Serocco

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#50856: Mar 7th 2013 at 9:08:21 PM

Phillipe, A lot of stonewalling Brennan, and the torpedoing of Rice before him, was just a bunch of hypocrisy on the part of the Republican party. That doesn't mean that the candidates don't have to go through an approvement process. That's put in place in an effort to avoid presidents just handing out jobs to their friends. The spoils system, that's the phrase I was thinking of. Recent acts are annoying, but there is a reason for the process. And the filibuster in general needs more guidelines.

And now I remember the Morell guy. I think the consensus was that that interim directors typically don't end up getting the job even when they have a lot of experience. Which seems like an odd trend, to me.

edited 7th Mar '13 9:09:35 PM by AceofSpades

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#50857: Mar 7th 2013 at 9:28:31 PM

Speaker Boehner to Senate Dems: Don't 'get greedy'

Obama sets end-of-July goal for bipartisan agreement on deficit

edited 7th Mar '13 9:33:07 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#50858: Mar 7th 2013 at 9:34:33 PM

Everything Boehner says just annoys me more. He can't even keep his own party from excess, and he's warning the Democrats against it? The ones who've shown moderation? Eesh.

And I have my doubts about whether or not that deadline actually means anything. What with just about every other deadline either being ignored completely or not actually turning out to be important.

Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#50859: Mar 7th 2013 at 10:02:54 PM

I found a picture of Morell. Being a recluse, this is the only photo we've seen of him.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#50861: Mar 8th 2013 at 5:25:19 AM

Hitler was right wing, but the authoritarian type of right wing. That's why some anti-Statists don't see him as right wing.

Actually, Hitler was an authoritarian and a centerist. He was more left-wing than Obama, but far less than the Greens. He was also a reactionary.

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#50862: Mar 8th 2013 at 5:50:38 AM

[up]

How was Adolf Hitler a ''centreist"? Explain that.

Keep Rolling On
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#50863: Mar 8th 2013 at 6:22:51 AM

His economics were middle of the road. He applied Keynesian economics for the economic policy of Nazi Germany, which is centerist, economically speaking.

ohsointocats from The Sand Wastes Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#50864: Mar 8th 2013 at 6:27:04 AM
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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#50865: Mar 8th 2013 at 6:33:26 AM

Is the signing limited to US citizens?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#50866: Mar 8th 2013 at 6:33:54 AM

It would help greatly if I could understand what any of that meant.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#50867: Mar 8th 2013 at 6:51:59 AM

@Oh So Into Cats: I am not going to sign a petition that's that silly. What's Obama going to do, issue a Presidential decree that orders Amazon to take DRM off their ebooks?

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#50870: Mar 8th 2013 at 10:20:24 AM

I did not know that.

Also: Biden loves trains.

edited 8th Mar '13 10:21:43 AM by TheyCallMeTomu

Belian In honor of my 50lb pup from 42 Since: Jan, 2001
In honor of my 50lb pup
#50872: Mar 8th 2013 at 5:30:47 PM

[up]That last one has been news all day—especially because it was (apparently) completely unexpected.

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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#50873: Mar 8th 2013 at 5:35:17 PM

[up] According to Forbes, the drop in unemployment is misleading.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported unemployment fell to 7.7% from 7.9%, but the drop was at least partially attributable to a decline in labor force participation, Baker says. The employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) was unchanged at 58.6 percent, exactly the same as the rate in February of 2012 and just 0.4 percentage points above the low hit in the summer of 2011. This compares with an EPOP of 63.0 percent in 2007, pre-crisis.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#50874: Mar 8th 2013 at 6:05:03 PM

I expect the usual suspects will start whining about the books being cooked.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012

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