What Linda McMahon knows about Education? What Robert Kennedy knows about Health? What Intelligence Experience does Tulsi Gabbard have? How much Justice experience does Geatz have (other than being charged or accused a few times? Has Hegseth ran any department for the Military?
about Education than Pete Buttigieg does about transportation. She's a businesswoman, not a politician, and that's what voters want. The reelected Trump because their lives were better under the leadership of a business person. McMahon will do well based on her management experience.
All of these picks are more about cutting waste and winding down superfluous agencies and departments in the Federal government. Trump wants to turn education back over to the states, so McMahon will provide a well-managed and orderly transition. Same for the rest of these picks.
The education department was created under Jimmy Carter, the second worst president in history and since then, they have spent more money each year, but standardized test scores are going down. The states should be running education, not the Feds.
As far as Hegseth goes, he knows wokeness when he sees it and has promised to eliminate it from the Military. He will fire all woke generals on day one.
Tulsi Gabbard is a Lt.Col. in the Army. Read her bio to answer your question.
Tulsi has taken positions that make her seem she is compromised by foreign govts. She scares the hell out of the intelligence community
As far as Linda, u get to Secretary of whatever, u are a politician. And she will do anything DJT tells her to do.
As far as Hegseth, he is going to be lucky to pass the Senate folks. Tell me CDL, define wokeness.
Is giving DEI priority in hiring over Knowledge, education, experience and a successful record.
If you have ever owned a business, didn’t you want employees who would do what you told them to do?
I have never owned a business. However, I was an IT Executive (150 direct reports) for many years at a major Aerospace Company and what u define as wokeness is not what the dictionary defines it as. I am pretty sure that the Generals of this Country as well as the officers do not practice wokeness as u have defined it. While I am sure there are issues in the Military, wokeness is not. U get promoted based on merit. Do u really think when Congress approves 3 or 4 stars they aren't based on merit>
The quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination.
"will this new era of wokeness really change things?"
CDL, I am guessing u are referring to women in combat. But just a guess.
requiring active-duty soldiers to take classes in DEI and pronouns. Is it any wonder that since that time recruitment is down and current members are not reenlisting when their current enlistment is up? Since the military went woke, they have consistently failed to meet their recruiting goals. Young warriors don't want to be in an army that worries about pronouns.
Anybody that has spent any time at the Pentagon will tell you that getting promoted past the rank of major general (2-stars) is more political than anything else. Many of our generals have little or no field combat experience because the only extended war in the past two generations was Afghanistan, which did not involve multiple divisions of troops (a division is 10K to 25K troops) on a scale that would lead to wartime promotions of general officers for leadership in the field. Modern-day generals advanced to the highest levels by aligning themselves politically with the party in power. This is why Trump will remove Biden's generals that fucked up the Afghanistan withdrawal, the most embarrassing moment for the military in our history.
Anybody that has served in combat in the military will laugh at the idea of "being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination." There is no discrimination in the military. Soldiers are all brothers regardless of race, creed or color. If you have served in combat, you should know this.
....First New Zealand warship sunk since WWII. Who had their hand on the wheel??? The first LESBIAN ADMIRAL in the NZ Navy, lol.
This article is the nice version and written to draw any attention away from the obvious folly of a DEI promotion. I did note where she held back her tears when talking about how bad it could have been. Her mission was related to the condition of the reefs and that's what she steered her ship into. $100 Million dollar vessel now sitting on the reef she was looking for.
http://scholaroo.com/report/state-education-rankings/
(State Education rankings across numerous categories and overall scores.)
Overall Rank - State - Student Success - Student Safety - School Quality
1 New Jersey 4 2 5
2 New Hampshire 3 7 3
3 Connecticut 2 16 1
4 Vermont 8 5 4
5 Massachusetts 1 13 6
6 New York 13 22 2
7 Maine 6 3 11
8 Colorado 10 1 21
9 Pennsylvania 12 15 8
10 Virginia 7 12 13
11 Delaware 16 8 9
12 Maryland 5 29 10
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38 Texas 46 25 38
39 Mississippi 50 9 41
40 California 14 49 36
41 Tennessee 43 38 33
42 Florida 42 27 43
43 North Carolina 35 43 40
44 Oklahoma 48 10 47
45 South Carolina 40 47 28
46 Alabama 47 33 44
47 New Mexico 41 44 42
48 Nevada 45 50 46
49 Louisiana 49 48 49
50 Arizona 44 45 50
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(And other tables rank states by dropout rates, graduation rates, etc.)
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*****HOW IS THE DoEd MAKING "RED STATES" THE WORST PERFORMING STATES?*****
What is the DoEd doing that keeps the "Red States" from improving their educational outcomes?
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Another site that ranks State education systems based on Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card.
http://freedomandprosperity.org/2023/blog/ranking-education-freedom-in-american-states/
I'm not going to do a statistical analysis, but the states ranked HIGHEST on Freedom Report Card are ranked LOWEST on the education performance and outcome scales. The states ranked lowest on the "freedom" scale (probably for things like requiring school system accreditation, minimum standards and licensing requirements for teachers, school libraries with minimum books-per-student standards, etc.) are ranked HIGHEST on the education performance and outcome scales. In many of the states with the most freedom (from standards), "school choice" and "voucher" systems have drained the state education budgets and decimated the public education systems. The religious schools and private schools do not TEACH, they INDOCTRINATE, hence the poor outcomes.
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Elimination of the DoEd will NOT improve education in the Red States. With ZERO external standards, things will probably get worse. A poorly educated electorate is exactly what Trump Republicans want.
What experience did Robert McNamara have before becoming Defense Secretary? He came out of Ford and yet was a very effective head for that department. Kennedy knows quite a lot about health, and he’s the perfect man for the job. I would have preferred to see Tulsi at the VA. The Education Department needs to be dismantled.
Kennedy is not a doctor. Period. McNamara was CEO of a major company named Ford. He at least had some knowledge on how to run a Major Organization.
Anybody nominated should have lot of experience running a major company. Because all of these agencies are huge with a lot of moving parts.
I think the Education Dept needs to be heavily looked at and changes made. Linda McMahon is not a teacher. She doesn't even know the questions to ask.
use business experience to defend McNamara. Trump is filling his cabinet with mostly business people rather than politicians. Linda McMahon is a billionaire. Like other billionaires, you don't get to that level of success without being good at managing money AND people. Her job is to get return on investment, and there is no reason to think this approach will not improve the education system.
When the DOGE gets going. Most of these bureaucracies will have fewer "moving parts."
"Her job is to get return on investment" - CDL and other MAGAs think that the only way to measure ROI is in immediately ledger-able US dollars. The Feds make "investments" whose payoffs are measured in improved lives, very long term (decades) ROIs, etc..
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Affordable quality health care makes for a better, healthier, more secure, more productive work force ... that generates the bottom line dollars MAGAs are looking for.
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I go back to the Interstate Highway System begun in the 1950s under Eisenhower: roads to nowhere, exit ramps to gravel pits, ... and no tolls (in many cases) meant no ROI. [being sarcasm] Where's the ROI!!! Shut down the DOT!!! End this nonsense! [end sarcasm] The investment in the US Highways led to economic booms and business expansion and the growth of the middle class.
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The DOAgriculture helps to protect the US food chain. MAGA sees overpaid inspectors and enforcement agents that only slow down the conveyor belts and decrease big business profits. US consumers see plentiful safer food. [begin sarcasm] But where's the ROI in that?? Get rid of DOAg regulations, inspectors and enforcement! Money wasted! No ROI! Let people eat shit and die! Literally! [end sarcasm]
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Does anybody here remember when Pittsburgh, PA experienced days of "midnight at 12 noon" (factory emissions routinely covered the city in black soot 24/7)? Does anybody remember LA Smog? [begin sarcasm] Regulations bad!! Regs cost money!! No ROI!! [end sarcasm] Regs saved lives, improved lives, ... but the ROI didn't show up on the MAGA balance sheets, hence a total waste to the MAGAs.
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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain *****to use Generally Accepted Accounting Practices to determine the annual ROI on all expenditures to dictate HOW to accomplish those goals***** and do establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
use business experience to defend McNamara. Trump is filling his cabinet with mostly business people rather than politicians. Linda McMahon is a billionaire. Like other billionaires, you don't get to that level of success without being good at managing money AND people. Her job is to get return on investment, and there is no reason to think this approach will not improve the education system.
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Trump-1 shut down the White House Pandemic Response team and got rid of the Pandemic Response Plan left by Obama. Trump-1 withdrew US researchers embedded in Wuhan and elsewhere in China which would have provided valuable information to US health professionals BEFORE it spread beyond Wuhan. But Trump wanted to save $5 million so he shut them down. "It will be gone by Easter." Stupidity. Chilling stupidity. [begin sarcasm] But where's the ROI having people sitting around, collecting and monitoring data, waiting for a Pandemic or a flood or an emergency or a catastrophe ...?? [end sarcasm]
national debt is also denominated in "ledger-able" dollars, and Democrat propensity to approach our financial problems with money-printing has been proven to be a fool's errand. If you are going to operate in a business-like manner with your borrowing, you need to operate the whole enterprise in a business-like manner, or it is doomed to failure. Your lengthy post is nothing but excuses for the nanny-state the US has become under the Dems.
Thank you for the opportunity to completely neutralize your point with as few words as possible.
You did not "neutralize" his point. You simply failed to understand it.
But at least you did it in only a few words.
The visionary Interstate Highway System was started under Eisenhower and paid for by TAXES. The highest MARGINAL tax rate was 90%. (After deductions, loopholes, etc., the ACTUAL taxes paid by the top 1% were MUCH lower than that.) Eisenhower tried to keep the budget balanced. I think the deficits were less than 2%.
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You can SPEND efficiently and TAX fairly to bring the budgets into balance and start to lower the deficit.
national debt is also denominated in "ledger-able" dollars, and Democrat propensity to approach our financial problems with money-printing has been proven to be a fool's errand. If you are going to operate in a business-like manner with your borrowing, you need to operate the whole enterprise in a business-like manner, or it is doomed to failure. Your lengthy post is nothing but excuses for the nanny-state the US has become under the Dems.
Thank you for the opportunity to completely neutralize your point with as few words as possible.
to do it and didn't. Is he just an idiot, or what? Let's see where we stand after the next four years. There might be TWO idiots, but maybe not.
Ever heard of the CHIPS Act? From Wikipedia: "The CHIPS and Science Act is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9, 2022. The act authorizes roughly $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, for which it appropriates $52.7 billion.[1][2][3] The act includes $39 billion in subsidies for chip manufacturing on U.S. soil along with 25% investment tax credits for costs of manufacturing equipment, and $13 billion for semiconductor research and workforce training, with the dual aim of strengthening American supply chain resilience and countering China."
Much of this money has been disbursed and construction is ongoing, creating thousands of high-paying jobs.
Ever heard of the Infrastructure Act? Highways, tunnels and bridges all over America are being rebuilt, stoking the economy and creating thousands of jobs. Remember Trump's many "Infrastruture Weeks?" He never did a damn thing.
Now lapse back into your coma.
Spent decades going after health companies in court. He's an encyclopedia of health knowledge. He's well qualified to shake up the government.
Ironically, RFKjr's dad, Bobby was JFK's brother and became his attorney general although had no experience in that role. Bobby still remains a liberal icon.
The only one with any experience is Bondi, who was AG of FL. Hegseth has never run anything bigger than a platoon.
in the military. Lieutenants run platoons, Captains run Companies, Majors (like Hegseth) run Battalions, Colonels run Brigades, and generals run Divisions. A Major is considered a field-grade officer, along with Lt. Colonels, and Colonels.
I don't know why anyone would expect you to check your facts first before regurgitating generalities. From Wikipedia:
"commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota National Guard.[14] In 2004, his unit was called to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, under the operational control of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, of the 101st Airborne Division, where he served as an infantry platoon leader and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. Shortly after returning from Cuba, Hegseth volunteered to serve in Baghdad and Samarra, Iraq, where he served first as an infantry platoon leader and later as civil-military operations officer. During his time in Iraq, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal.[15][citation needed]
Return to active duty
Hegseth returned to active duty in 2012 as a captain.[16] He deployed to Afghanistan with the Minnesota Army National Guard and acted as a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul.[citation needed] In 2014, Hegseth was promoted to the rank of major and left active duty to be assigned to the Army Individual Ready Reserve.[17][18]
National guard service
In 2019, Hegseth rejoined the National Guard after five years in the Individual Ready Reserve.[18]"
I know you hate nitpicking, but platoons aren’t commanded, they are led. A commander (company, battalion, brigade, etc) has disciplinary authority under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A leader (platoon, squad, section) does not have that level of authority.
I hope that's some consolation for making yourself look so unbelievably petty.
No doubt Loooooser will praise you, if that's any consolation.
There’s a huge distinction, but I wouldn’t expect a draft dodger to understand…
So now he's reduced to mimicking our SECOND stupidest poster.
Oh, well, it wasn't far to fall.
while he had charge of a platoon, not a major. If he had a command as a Captain, which he didn't, it would have been an entire company, not a platoon. If he had a command as a major, it would have been a battalion, not a platoon. You can only lead a platoon as a first or second lieutenant, (or in combat as an NCO after your officers are killed or wounded in action), which is exactly what I said. To do otherwise would look like a demotion to the rank-and-file troops. Officers with recent promotions are often given administrative jobs underneath a commander of the same rank, but who has more time in grade, such as executive officers or training officers, which is similar to how they assigned Hegseth after his promotion to Captain, as a field training instructor. Thanks for looking it up and confirming what I said off the top of my head from my own military experience was correct.
I screwed up. I didn't. Your research verified everything I said. When it comes to military procedures, I don't screw up. You lied.
playing fast and loose with the truth here on numerous occasions. This is one of the stupidest debates in TER history and that's saying something. It is entirely about the semantics of the word "command" as used in common language vs. the way it's used in military terminology.
The fact remains I was right. Whether you use the word "command," "led," "ran" or any other synonym, Hegseth was never "in charge" of anything larger than a platoon. And that's the relevant point regarding someone who prospectively will be in charge of an organization with nearly 3 million people.
So, no, I didn't lie. You and your righty claque screwed up and picked a fight over the most petty issue imaginable and made fools of yourselves. I just helped.
You're welcome.
Oh for crying out loud. Running the DOD is just a tad bigger than in the command of a platoon. IE, he has no experience. And this is guy who is going to run the DOD? There isn't anybody better? Or just nobody that will kiss Trumps Ass as much as he will.
Lets see if he gets thru the Senate.
It triggers the righties because their only defense is semantics.
Then.......7 min later
11/25/2024 8:55:24 PM
It was about the word "command" relating to a platoon, you nimrod.
It's not that hard really.....you fall for it every time.
And of taking his desperately-needed LAST WORD.
He is so fortunate that I grant it to him. Cuz it's the only way to shut him up.
Also, I have compassion for the handicapped.
He wasn’t a platoon commander. He was a platoon leader.
And Second Lieutenant was his initial rank in the service. He was promoted through the ranks to Major.
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Yes, he was promoted through the ranks to Major. But he never commanded a unit as a Captain OR a Major. A platoon was his biggest unit.
Just as I said initially.
Before you started arguing endlessly over minutia.
*pats Nicky on the head*
Yes, you knew that.
Only because I told you so.
But Bond didn’t know that.
And my post was directed to him, not you.
Could he be any more petty?
Oh, well, at least the gif isn't of a young boy.
Tsk, tsk.