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Nobel Prize Winning Physicist As Energy Secretary
bledri writes "Officials close to the Obama transition team say that
Physics Nobel Laureate Steven Chu is the likely candidate for Energy Secretary. Some are worried that Chu is not politically savvy enough,
but I'm hopeful that a scientist will base policy on evidence.
Discuss among yourselves."
Good points, well made!
I've never understood why GM and Ford find it acceptable to sell such substandard vehicles to Americans when in Europe the quality and economy of the same manufacturers is significantly higher.
As an expat American living in Europe, I used to bristle at the snide remarks about the stupidity of Americans, now, I must admit, I feel little sympathy for the vast majority of my fellow countrymen. They really are a collective bunch of ignoramouses when compared to the equivalent group of Europeans.
Europeans enjoy more freedom (as in personal libery) than Americans do now (thanks largely to idiotic and blindly obediant acceptance of the Patriot Act). Their economy is more stable, health care is superior, international nous is glaringly superior, even their food is better (how the fuck did that happen?).
I'm not saying Europe is not without its problems, and I'm well aware that the US essentially proped up Western Europe for a half a century while they reorganised their pathetic infrastructure (and everything else). But, now it's time for America to wake the hell up ! We have squandered our inheritence on idiocy like Moronic Celebrities (her mother is so stupid she couldn't even spell her daughters name correctly), Fugly McMansions, and Crappy SUVs , and now it's time to get back to work.
The DOE was one of the few things Carter did right.
Nope.
The Department of Energy is just another federal agency with no constitutional justification for its existence. It's about as useful as the other DOE (Department of Education).
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I've always found logic to be more practical than flamebait, but Trolls generally disagree.
Let's review: - Nobel Laureate who thinks about things no-one understands -except other Nobel Laureates - no fashion sense -same clothes for a week, different colored socks/no socks, different shoes on each foot, short pants - weird personality and/or behavioral traits/tendencies -no socks - bad personal hygiene -never met a physicist who bathed regularly, "Can't wash. Thinking." - always 'lost in thought' -about some 'problem' - supremely messy office -policies written on cocktail napkins
Sig this!
The GP post gets modded Insightful for ad hominen attacks, flamebait and other fallacies and my parent post gets modded Flamebait for making an observation. If you mod this post Troll I'll re-post this message again until you lose all your Mod points.
I'm not here for Karma.
Arguing that we need someone "well-heeled" in politics seems maybe a bit far reaching. Being a politician is, in many ways, simply having the ability to get along with others. It's the kid on the playground who is willing to share his toys, while knowing which bullies are likely to steal them. People who are successful at their work and have advanced to high positions within their fields generally have already demonstrated those skills.
There's a simple solution. Move there. Nuff said. This country was founded as a representative democracy. Turning it into a socialist system is in effect treason. Those who advocate it are traitors. That's not my opinion, that's simple logic.
The think they are smart enough to make decisions for the rest of us. In reality, no one is that smart, and that's one reason you want a very limited government. You get intellectuals in there, they think they know better than the dumb masses, and make "intelligent" policy. The vast complexity of human behavior and market forces then show how poorly they actually understood things. For example, look at the intellectually planned economy of the Soviet Union. For an example closer to home, look at environmental regulations like the ones that seize control of private property when, say, a particular woodpecker nests in it. The result? People clear cut the rest of their land to make sure they don't lose any more of it. It seemed smart, but it was really dumb.
That's what scares me the most about the coming administration. You've got scads of people thinking they are smart enough to fix things. The only smart thing to do is to undo the stupid things and go back to a constitutional gov't.
Liberty uber alles.