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Subscribe to RSSLabor Secretary Hilda Solis will not return in President Barack Obama's second term, the White House confirmed Wednesday.
Solis, formerly a California congresswoman, said she made the decision to step down from her role over the holiday season.
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Flanked by California Attorney General Kamala Harris, left, and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, right, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis talks during a news conference at a symposium on human trafficking on Friday Nov. 16,2012 in Los Angeles.
"Over the Christmas and New Year holidays with my family in California, I enjoyed my first opportunity in years to reflect on the past and my future, with an open mind and an open heart," she said in a statement. "After much discussion with family and close friends, I have decided to begin a new future, and return to the people and places I love and that have inspired and shaped my life."
Many Cabinet officials chose to stay on for only one presidential term, although a White House official confirms to NBC News that the heads of the Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Justice Departments will remain in their current posts.
In a statement, Obama called Solis "a tireless champion for working families."
"Over the last four years, Secretary Solis has been a critical member of my economic team as we have worked to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and strengthen the economy for the middle class," he said. "Her efforts have helped train workers for the jobs of the future, protect workers’ health and safety and put millions of Americans back to work."
The vacancy sets up the absence of yet another female member of Obama's cabinet. The administration has come under pressure to consider gender and racial diversity after recently appointing white men to top posts at the Defense, Treasury and State Departments.
The news was first reported by Buzzfeed.
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Hey - this thread's been up for eight minutes already! Where's the first lame right-wing comment about rats and sinking ships????
Don't know JoAnne, but based on the functions of the DOL, this sounds like a plum job for Willard......Just imagine it!
*major snark*
Sounds like you are the lame one !!
Can't we all just get along?
JoAnne....I guess you noticed that everyone is jumping the sinking Obama ship, too, huh?? Nobody wants to be associated with his failed presidency. ....too funny!
Not jumping ship.....being given their letters of resignation to hand in to P.0bama.....He's circling the wagons....tightening the inner circle....So, one if his wise Latina women is out....Maybe he promised Richard Trumka the Cabinet position in return for the Union's Support....
Secretary of State
Treasury Secretary
CIA Director
Secretary of Defence
All at the same time....Ya see folks, the President paid attention in Cloward-Piven School....Overload the System.....He's sending at least 4 Confirmations to the Senate at the same time we are up against the Debt Ceiling at the same time he's Pushing his Gun Control / Registration, Fingerprint, Mugshot's of Lawful Gun Owners......ObamaCare kicking in with all its Taxes and new regulations....raising taxes on the working class the 2%...Finishing to let Fast & Furious and now Benghazi fade in the rearview mirror by giving Congress way more pressing items to address, all he wants is more money and control.
chilled -- union leaders tell us that what they are for, seems like one of them could just go away and no one would notice.
I guess its for the better. Maybe Obozo will put someone in the position who doesn't inflate numbers.
NOT.
HopeIsGone - if you had EVER paid attention to ANYTHING you would know it is not unusual for there to be many changes during any President's 2nd term. It is standard and no "ship jumping."
You truly ARE an idiot!
Laker Steve - again, Obozo's job ended when Obama became President - you know - after bozo had his 2 terms. Please try to keep up!
JoAnne - you spoke too soon! You had to know the right wing losers would jump all over this. Poor little minions - it's all they've got since they can't pick a winner!
thetotas - Hey, nobody wants us all to get along more than I do. It took about 300 of these nasty "rats and sinking ship" comments over the last couple weeks for me to finally break down and snap back. If that's a crime, then I guess I'm guilty. So I apologize. let me try again:
Oh, my goodness gracious! Despite the fact that the President was just re-elected to a second term by a majority of the American people, his presidency is obviously doomed, as evidenced by the number of cabinet-level people now resigning. Of course, despite the fact that this has happened at the start of every other president's second term - including both Bushes and Reagan, each of whom went through at least two if not three or four people in key positions during their terms - it is only now that Barack Obama is President that it obviously signifies the proverbial "rats deserting a sinking ship".
As they say in politics, my apologies to anyone who I MAY have offended by my comment.
Zheeeesh......
They've seen the "true" Obama and don't like what they've contributed to...man, a conscience can be a real b*tch sometimes!
And just for the record, I knew I'd posted this already, but what the heck - apparently nobody read it last week:
"Well, as long as we're recycling comments from previous posts, I think it was Joe in Albany yesterday who came up with this oh-so-original comment about Timothy Geithner stepping down: "Another DemocRAT scurrying off the sinking ship". For now, let's just skip over the part about how the "sinking ship" just won a convincing re-election several weeks ago and is still sailing along stronger than ever and the President is going to be President for another four years whether Joe likes it or not. Instead, let's focus on how no other administration in history has ever had this meany "rats" deserting it along the voyage.
Well, except that.....Ronald Reagan had two Secretaries of State and two of Defense while he was President - not to mention three each in Education, Energy, HHS, Treasury, and Attorney General. George W. Bush also had two different States and two in Defense, plus three each in Treasury and Attorney General, as well as FOUR separate CIA Directors, UN Ambassadors, and Press Secretaries. And hey, Bush 41 managed to go through two States, two Attorneys General and three Chiefs of Staff just in one single term!
But of course, none of them were rats deserting a sinking ship.....eh, Joe?"
is a personal attack -- "You truly ARE an idiot!" allowed under the guidelines of this site?
on any given day there are hundreds of these and yet nothing seems to be done.
JoAnne - actually, in Bush's case, it probably WAS just rats deserting the sinking ship! And, didn't a lot of his people end up in Jail????
JoAnne,
I wasn't referring to your comment, just generalizing. Sorry if you took it that way.
See Joanne... They're just late to the party, reporting in one by one and easing themselves into the punch-bowl like the obedient little turds they are!
I see you've addressed their "public" concerns to a "T" there in post 1.9.... Do you suppose that will force them to blurt out their "real", one and only concern? You know, that one that makes this presidency unique from the others you mentioned? That one that oozes down their chins even when they think they've successfully shut their slack-jawed mouths? That one thing that makes them useless as boobs on a boar hog and as out of touch as their grand-parents?
With her biggest initiatve being the promotion of rewards and special treatment for immigration lawbreakers while American and LEGAL immigrant workers' rights and opportunities are being devastated by this government's refusal to enforce its own laws-- I am certainly glad she's headed back to her bankrupt home state of California (it's dire financial condition a function in part of the rewards for lawbreaking scheme for which she advocates so fervently)!
chick binder - to your question "Do you suppose it will....." No, they're cowards and will hide THAT concern even though we know it's there! Sad little losers, aren't they????
AngelicaS - your ignorance is only overshadowed by your eagerness to post it. You DO realize that President Obama has had more illegals deported than any President, right? And, that Reagan gave Amnesty to more illegals than anyone?? Keep posting - you're good for a chuckle!
She's not deserting, she knew she would do better on welfare, food stamps, free cell phone and... Obamacare
@thetotas - Sorry, I misunderstood. I was at work till 11:30 last night and I'm kind of on a short fuse right now. I really do apologize.
@billybob - Unfortunately, "idiot" is a pretty mild insult around here (as you can see). And I may be one of the mildest-mannered people on here, but even I've been called lots worse. Apparently, "men" who would get into a knock-down drag-out brawl with anyone who called their wives or daughters "skanks", "sluts", "whores", or worse think it's perfectly all right to talk about people old enough to be their grandmother that way - just because their politics are different. I'm not sure what they think it accomplishes, or why it makes them so proud, but there it is.
And yes, it's on both sides. I realize that politics is a contact sport, I'm just sure why everyone has to play so dirty all the time. But hey....I'm just a cheap skanky whore, what do I know? :)
Seeking...you sure talk a lot of trash on here while hiding behind your pc! You're the biggest idiot on here with your phony facts (which are nothing more than personal opinion) Get over the fact that your girl left you for a money making Republican....AHAHAHAHAHA!! Obama as a potus SUCKS!! Of course the rats are jumping ship with him as their boss.
chick binder....you are irrelevant! Go away turd!!
I do hope all you nonsense spouters understand that everyone of these cabinet members can make a great deal more money outside government than in.
FYI to "HopeIsGone":
Here's some interesting reading for you:
"Flying the American flag upside down is an officially recognized signal of distress.
Here is the relevant part of the US Code of Laws regarding how to fly the flag when in distress:
THE UNITED STATES FLAG CODE Title 4, Chapter 1
§ 8(a)The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
Most individuals who have served in military service of our nation should recognize this signal.
People ask if it is OK to fly the flag upside down in protest, for example: to protest the economy, an election or against the war. The Flag Code states it should only be displayed upside down when there is extreme danger to life or property. It would be quite the stretch to make an argument that any type of
political purpose would constitute “dire distress”. It is recommended that people who wish to make a protest in this fashion do so that it is respectful of the flag. We must remember that our flag represents the government of the United States and all of its policies. It also stands for our freedom of speech, our
right to practice or even not to practice the religion of our choice and it represents one united nation in all its glory and the American values. Most importantly it stands for the sacrifices made past, present and in the future to protect our freedoms"
(Bolding is mine)
http://www.usaflagsupply.com/upside-down-flag
You are, of course, free to disrespect the current President Of the United States if you want to.
But why you'd have so little respect for the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have died defending that right for you is beyond me.
Joanne - your president will go down in history as the worst ever. Suck on that for awhile.
Well, I guess you don't need a Secretary of Labor when you have no jobs to worry about!
Interesting Chique Portfolio how you continue to cast stones from your glass box.
I know where they are JoAnne, they're all over on the Jack Lew nomination article. I know because I was over there playing whack-a-GOPer.
Oh, wait, there's a rereg named unoitall reminding us about rats and sinking ships; and ignoring that people left the Bush administration, too, usually after two to four years.
Oh yes, another loser!
Do you mean like this attack?
from rightwingscrewball, below at #8.5
SeekingSanity,
Keep seeking because you have along way to go. Would you want to be the Labor Dept. Czar with the jobs and economy situation as it is right now? She wants to keep her political career going, and what's happening right now might be the end of her career if she doesn't bail.
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Jobs are up and unemployment is down since GB tanked the US economy; with two unpaid wars, Medicare part D and the tax cuts which cost us more than the two wars put together. And for you political novice's the cabinets aways change after the first term. I just hope Carney stays for a while; he's cute......
@billybob
YES...personal attacks ARE allowed if you are a lefty liberal poster here , it is evident all over the place , but what can ya' do?
Oh Mighty Sleazer!!... Please describe my glass house for me won't you?... Yours is punch-bowl shaped and your real name is Bob... What's mine??
And ubloitall... I'm a turd? Really? What are you gargling on there? Did I stutter? You are r-elephant, not me... And welcome aboard! I don't recall ever having sunk your rusty battleship before!
where is this sinking ship? The only thing sinking is an oil platform in Alaska. Drill baby drill. time to go home SHELL OIL......
@JoAnne....In case you haven't noticed, our country IS in dire distress.....and voting for Obama, a man who is on a mission to take away our rights, shows just how little respect you have for the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have died defending our rights!!!
VICTORIA, that wasn't oil on the platform, that was a bad cup of Tea !!!
I did describe your box. a box is cube go back and read it. do you want dimensions? if you want me to guess your name, Im going with Eustace or Rory.
So you did go with the Seekingesque I know you are but what am I. Femmy you've become quite the underachiever
the leftists think you can't see the obvious...this professional water carrier said she is "going back to California"...to get all groomed up for California politics , like replacing Pelosi or one of the other Cali Sea Hags when one of them retires soon , enjoy the cesspool
What a surprise, everybody is leaving. In other news, Al Gore has managed to surpass the rich evil Romney in treasures...all off the stupidity of liberals
Ceaser Augustus -What you have a problem with people named Rory, or just deciding to be a jerk? What are the odds I am going to get an apology on this?
Why women are leaving Obama, according to some woman in the White House there is discrimination, Obama prefer man as a team mates, and you libies mock Romney, I bet you , if he was elected more than half of the cabinet should be woman.
Hmmmm, another little Left wing lunatic fringe leaving the Barrack Hussein disaster administration.
Timmy "Turbo Tax" Geithner, Lisa "I Don't Want The Keystone Pipeline" Jackson, Hitlery "I Have A Headache" Clinton, David "Biograffed" Betrayus and now Hilda "Unions Will Ruin America" Solis have all accomplished their individual destructions of our great Republic. Just more of their "fundamental transformation" of America, for the worse.
This is just a further example of Barrack Hussein and the Lefts social and economic justice nonsense failure. Of course the unwashed masses will just follow blindly with whoever they are replaced with whether they are capable or not.
Perhaps they can find a place for the ultimate Liberal hypocrite Al "Jazeera" Gore, I understand he came into some money recently,,,,FROM THE OIL INDUSTRY!!!!!
So, Libbies, where is your outrage with your environmental idol? Don't worry, we real Americans don't expect it anyway.
Hypocrisy is fundamental to Liberalism/Progressivism.
As Simpson/Bowles both recently said, BOTH PARTIES ARE AT FAULT for the mess the US is in.
Those bought and paid for elected officials in Washington KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, including the Pres, but, most are so interested in self survival, immediate gratification, their "legacy" they refuse to do what is necessary.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2012/12/03/has-the-time-come-for-simpson-bowles/
JimSpence-
1. The Presidents Name is Barrak Hussein Obama, not Barrak Hussein. I am going to assume this was a mistake because well, trying to win your policy arguments with "but this guy has a muslim sounding name!" is probably the worst way to do it, and only shows how weak said arguments are.
2. Hillary "I have a headache?" Oh come on, she had a blood clot in her brain which if not taken care of could have cuased a stroke! I don't care how much I disagree with someone, I don't want to wish them a cerebral vascular accident!
3. "This is just a further example of Barrack Hussein and the Lefts social and economic justice nonsense failure." What is? A cabinet change up? When pretty much all cabinets since Reagen have changed up on a second term? How, in your logic, does that equal evidence of the failure, unless Reagen, Clinton, and GW Bush all had the same "lefts" social and economic failure?
4. "So, Libbies, where is your outrage with your environmental idol?" Acutally I am pretty outraged. Not becuase its Al-jeezera, but because your right, it is founded with oil money. And it hurts the cause of climate change becuase it does make Al Gore look like a hypocrit. I just wonder if the station was in such financial straights that it pretty much had to sell?
5. "Hypocrisy is fundamental to Liberalism/Progressivism" Nahhhh please..there is enough Hypocracy on the Conservative/Libertarianism side as well. So I would call it fundemental to Politcs/Partisanship
WashVance
Nahhhh, you can convolute it with any inference you want, I just figure you Libbies would “relate” to using Barrack Hussein because you thought you were so jovially witty when you insulted George Bush as George “Dubya”, or more simply, Dubya.
Or when you all thought you were so clever with “Mittens” Romney, or “Mitt Wit” or any other typically classless Liberal/Progressive pejorative.
So spare me your hoity-toity self aggrandizement, it won’t float here.
As far as Hitlery is concerned, once again, you obviously suffer from Liberal/Progressive amnesic disorder. I remember quite vividly when Vice President Dick Cheney was going through his cardiac illness and eventually his transplant. The rabid hate, anger, rage, racism and vitriol spewing from the Libbies was putrid. But I imagine in your bizarre world of delusions that was all OK, because, once again, you thought it was clever.
You can once again, save it. Tell it to your own, we real Americans don’t buy it.
Dear Seeking [IN]Sanity [#1.17] -- You are the very personification of stupid.
1. Reagan's 1986 Amnesty is Exhibit #1 why granting rewards and special treatment for immigration lawbreaking will ONLY SERVE to incentivize exponentially more immigration lawbreaking! (As is evidenced by the whopping 20 Million more immigration lawbreakers that have come to the U.S. expecting (and demanding) rewards/amnesty since 1986. Far worse is our insufferable leaders' commitment to pander to that unprincipled demand! Exactly what point do you purport to make by bringing up Reagan's 1986 Amnesty (I didn't agree with a thing that Reagan did!)
2. I know that Obama claims to have deported more ILLEGALS than prior Administrations. I don't know whether this is true-- it is reported that he is also counting those turned away at the border who are not actually deported. However, what is positively unacceptable for this life-long Democrat is the notion that Obama has pledged to unilaterally grant executive amnesty for immigration lawbreaking (in contravention of Congressional enactment) by refusing to enforce federal law! He has made it his pledge and his mission to NOT DEPORT the 20 Million IMMIGRATION LAWBREAKERS WHO ARE STILL HERE AND ARE ASSISTING TO BANKRUPT OUR SYSTEM AND UNDERMINE THE RULE OF LAW-- THUS HARMING WORKING CLASS AND MINORITY AMERICANS MORE THAN ANYONE! With over 22% of CalWorks Recipients being ILLEGAL immigrants in LA County, all you have to do is look at California as an Example of WHAT NOT TO DO!
THE EXTREME IGNORANCE THAT YOU EXHIBIT WHEN YOU USE REAGAN'S AMNESTY TO SUPPORT GRANTING ANOTHER ROUND (KNOWING FULL WELL ABOUT THE FRAUD AND THE INCENTIVIZATION OF FURTHER LAWBREAKING THAT REAGAN'S AMNESTY CAUSED) IS TRULY MIND-NUMBING!
HopeisGone
did you know that Powell and Rove also resigned under the Bush Admin? Would like to see the list of rats jumping the sinking Bush ship? Looking at the numbers, Obama is doing ok...:
Forty-two Bush Administration appointees resigned under a cloud of controversy over the past eight years
2008
Lurita Alexis Doan
Lurita Alexis Doan, head of the General Services Administration, resigned on May 1, 2008. At the time of her resignation, Doan was the subject of numerous investigations. In a letter of June, 2007, Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch urged President Bush to discipline Doan "to the fullest extent," which included removing her from office.[1]
Alphonso Jackson
Alphonso Jackson, Housing and Urban Development Secretary, announced his resignation on March 31, 2008, effective April 18, 2008. Jackson was the target of multiple ethics investigations.[2]
2007
Dan Bartlett, White House Counselor, resigned on June 1, 2007.
Monica Goodling, Justice Department White House liaison, resigned on April 6, 2007.
Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, resigned on August 27, 2007.
Francis Harvey, Army Secretary, resigned on March 2, 2007.
Peter McNutly, Deputy Attorney General, resigned on May 14, 2007.
William Mercer, Acting Associate Attorney General, resigned on June 23, 2007.
Harriet Miers, White House Consul and former Supreme Court nominee, resigned on January 4, 2007.
Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, resigned on July 17, 2007.
Gen. Peter Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staffs Chairman, resigned on June 8, 2007.
Rob Portman, White House Budget Director, resigned on June 19, 2007.
Karl Rove, Senior Political Advisor and Deputy White House chief of staff, August 13, 2007
Sara Taylor, White House Political Director and microtargeting guru, May 27, 2007.
2006
John Bolton, Ambassador to the United Nations, resigned on December 4, 2006.
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, November 8, 2006
2005
Lawrence Wilkerson, Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, left the State Department in January 2005.
2004
2003
Linda Fisher, second in command at the U.S. EPA, resigned from her post as deputy administrator on June 26, 2003, just one day before her boss, Christie Whitman, stepped down.
Christie Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned on June 27, 2003.
2002
2001
John J. DiIulio Jr.
John J. DiIulio Jr., was appointed as the first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives by President Bush in early 2001. He quit in August 2001.
In an interview with Esquire magazine, Mr. DiIulio said: "There is no precedent in any modern White House for what is going on in this one: a complete lack of a policy apparatus. What you've got is everything, and I mean everything, being run by the political arm. It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis."[3]
A list of senior officials to have resigned from the Bush administration.
Dan Bartlett, White House Counselor, resigned on June 1, 2007.
John Bolton, Ambassador to the United Nations, resigned on December 4, 2006.
Lurita Alexis Doan, head of the General Services Administration, resigned on May 1, 2008.[4]
Linda Fisher, second in command at the U.S. EPA, resigned from her post as deputy administrator on June 26, 2003, just one day before her boss, Christie Whitman, stepped down.
Monica Goodling, Justice Department White House liaison, resigned on April 6.
Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, resigned on August 27, 2007.
Francis Harvey, Army Secretary, resigned on March 2, 2007.
Alphonso Jackson, Housing Secretary, resigned on March 31, 2008.
Peter McNutly, Deputy Attorney General, resigned on May 14, 2007.
William Mercer, Acting Associate Attorney General, resigned on June 23, 2007.
Harriet Miers, White House Consul and former Supreme Court nominee, resigned on January 4, 2007.
Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, resigned on July 17, 2007.
Gen. Peter Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staffs Chairman, resigned on June 8, 2007.
Rob Portman, White House Budget Director, resigned on June 19, 2007.
Karl Rove, Senior Political Advisor and Deputy White House chief of staff, August 13, 2007
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, November 8, 2006
Sara Taylor, White House Political Director and microtargeting guru, May 27, 2007.
Christie Whitman, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned on June 27, 2003.
http://liberalforum.org/liberalforum/index.php?/topic/114947-and-yet-another-obama-appointee-resigns-in-shame/
as much as you want to pin resignations on Obama, they are normal. regardless of Admin (unless they are unusually high!). These are high stress jobs that people burn out of. . Learn history and stop spreading CRAP!
Americans Hate Obama = another useless rereg
yes, because human trafficking is a funny subject...
Good to have this la raza bitch gone.
Not exactly true. Yes, they make more money on the outside, but they can manipulate their positions to benefit the places their money is invested in, and make under the table deals which generate even more money, and they receive millions in value from lobbyists as well as being assured high paying positions once they leave their post.
Take Nancy Pelosi for instance. Her transportation to and from California every week was costing American tax payers a fortune.
here are some examples:
wnd.com/2010/01/123472/#vjrzakXKpTZ8SWkp.99
"Over the Christmas and New Year holidays with my family in California, I enjoyed my first opportunity in years to reflect on the past and my future, with an open mind and an open heart," she said in a statement
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I've got nothing against the Secretary, it is just that her statement implies that the last 3 Christmas and New Year holidays she has not been with her family in California, giving her time to reflect on the past and future...
Statement just struck me as funny. That's it.
In a nutshell : The heat is a comin time to bail !
She will making room for Jennifer Granholm to kick a couple of Governor's tails. MI,WI.
Granholm was a clueless idiot. She is not even an American by birth. There is one thing that people do not know that we can do to Ms. Granholm – she can be De-Naturalized! Yes, her Citizenship can be administratively taken away from her. All we need is just cause to revoke her N400 form. Now, if we can find that she committed an Aggrivated Felony while an LPR, then we can De-natz her.
We will leave the lame comments to you JoAnne in PA... you have so much more experience !
Oops! You seem to have violated your proclamation DURING your proclamation... Pretty efficient though.
I'm rubber you're glue. Love the kindergarten retorts Portfolio. Whats next? I know you are but what am I?
Wow sleaze... I'm a dude... you're not supposed to go all turgid like that when i type a sentence...
Let's review for the weak-minded in attendance: "I'm rubber, you're glue" is used in response to an affront when one wants to express the old "pot meet kettle" inference in a more child-like way. So, I'm sure even yourself, upon several re-readings, can begin to see that my labeling his post as lame while it was in fact intended to be him indicating that lame posts were no longer his venue is actually far more sophisticated than you are readily sharp enough to realize on any routine basis... And kindergarten retorts rarely include the phrase "violated your proclamation"... But then again, I moved on to the higher grades on schedule so I can't really speak to your individual kindergarten experiences.
Do keep jumping back and forth between stories of one leaving and three staying and trying to make sense of yourself though... It's getting harder and harder to be repugnant nowadays but chin-up old girl, you do try!
congrats femmy but its your moniker not mine.
oh is it? Geeze Fems one acknowleges the other being a hypocrite, the other is just plain elementary.
EWWW you went all thesarus on us with the proclamation word.
Yes I never got past the first grade, they only promoted liberals. You dont play the sanctimonious roll very well, it just doesnt fit. But if you feel inclined to spell out your prestigious accolades and accomplishments dont let me stop you. After all you feel compelled to let us know that you are smarter than a fifth grader.
then maybe you should stop and throw in the towel.
"Yes I never got past the first grade"-That part is evident and doesn't need to be stated, but maybe I am just bitter against people who have a problem with the name "Rory"
Why is it necessary to point out gender or race?
democrats are all about identity politics.
Only to see how it compares to the general contributing population. It's not indicative of much in smaller groups. You need to get up to the size of something like the Republican House before the results start to become indicativeof something.
billybob-6210632
And republiCONs are all about buying votes from the rich and giving them tax breaks while screwing the working class. Go away please. I did say please at least.
Are you just brain dead did you not see the way Obama just sold out to Goldman Sachs on the fiscal cliff
Patrick-
Maybe he wouldn't have if Congress would do their jobs and actually care about our country. But alas, they don't. Our great "GOP" would rather sell out to the rich. If they would have worked with Obama instead of trying to block EVERYTHING he put down. But continue, blame it ALL on Obama. Keep on hating. Your making Obama look better and better to me the more you spout off.
Being on any presidential cabinet is a tough and thankless job. One often is away from home for weeks on end working long hours for little compensation by comparison to corporate equivelents. Four years is enough for anyone and eight will show true stamina indeed. I am sure whoever replaces Solis will be the right person. I would like to hear from our right wing friends, who seem to criticize Obama no matter what, just who they would suggest to replace any of the cabinet members leaving or being considered. One should not criticize without having a solution or alternative in mind. Doing so makes one look weak, like a whiner, and silly and uninformed.
Look in the mirror and you will see the whiner !!
how about Elaine Chao
Well said Adler
Com'on billybob####, not Elaine Chao...aka Mrs. Mitch "The turtle" McConnell!
You're funny, very funny.......
chilled -- just answering adler's question -- who are you recommending?
billlybob### asks
I'm not in a position to do so.....but your suggestion of Mrs. Turtle?....that's just wrong.
chilled -- adler above said this: I would like to hear from our right wing friends, who seem to criticize Obama no matter what, just who they would suggest to replace any of the cabinet members leaving or being considered. One should not criticize without having a solution or alternative in mind.
you are doing exactly what he is complaining the right does. but it is ok because you are on the left? am i correct?
Stop with the gender and race. Here is a wild idea.....how about the best person for the job ?
Ken,
Thank you, that's what I am saying.
They threw out the "best person for the job" idea on Nov 6 2012 so why start now?!!
Obama thinks that his collection of misfits, foul balls, and stone losers ARE the best persons for the various cabinet jobs, and he plans to replace them with more misfits, foul balls, and losers like Kerry and Hagle et al!
So why are so many people so upset, arn't we used the imature antics of this POTUS yet? Relax, it is what it is and it can't last forever.
JoAnne....In case you haven't noticed, our country IS in dire distress.....and voting for Obama, a man who is on a mission to take away our rights, shows just how little respect you have for the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have died defending our rights!!!
HopeisGone-
People voted for Obama because Mitt is too much of a dip sh*t to run this country. His failed election proves that. Mitt would have taken away women's rights to abortion and contraception. But that's an ok right to take away, correct? Republicans like yourself are arrogant and ignorant at BEST.
Hope-What exactly has Obama done to make it "his mission" in life to take away anyone's rights? I am not saying that you have to agree with his policies, but taking away rights? Isn't that a bit of hyperbole? And as for all the men and woman who died for this country, I don't see them that upset about this. I can't imagine two World War 2 soliders going "You know Sarge..I can't wait to get to Berlin and stop Hitler, I mean you know what Nazi's do right? They force people to buy into private insurance plans or pay a minimal tax fee! Just thinking about that makes me want to punch every Kraut I see in the face" (cue appropiate symphonic music)
Stupid RepubliCONS wrote "Mitt would have taken away women's rights to abortion and contraception"
Do you seriously believe that the President of the United States would be able to ban contraception within two terms (8 years)? Don't men also have rights to contraception?
I'd like to see some increases for men in reproductive and family rights.
Vincent D.-
If the bill would have passed. Then yes, I bet he would have. Since it has to do with religion and how most that are religious want to shove it down every ones throat. Whether they believe the same or not. Was that a "REAL" question? Or are you just being annoying? Because, Mitt stated that is what he wanted to do. Not watch any interviews with him?
You can find a post radioshow video interview of Romney by an Iowa DJ on YouTube stating his personal views on the matter as well as stating that he respects and supports the views of Americans on the matter. Romney stated that Federal funds won't be used to fund businesses that provide abortion services. So, what ? The clients can just pay for these services just as they pay for any other medical service. I never understand how women don't want their wombs regulated by the Government , though they certainly want the Government to pay for the upkeep of a womb.
Where are these "millions of Americans" that Solis helped "put back to work"????
they're at their jobs....where the hell else do you think you're going to find them? Do you think everyone with a job needs to report to you first??
They are out there applying for their un-employment extension.
Lowest participation rate in recent history no matter how you "cook" the labor books. We still have about 500,000 less people employed since the Obama administration took over...if that is success what does failure look like?
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Where are these "millions of Americans" that Solis helped "put back to work"????
They are back in the unemployment line because the jobs were just seasonal part time work but the corrupt Obama Admin reported them anyways.
Really would like to know where all these great jobs are because there is nothing in my area but crappy paying part time work.
Angry Whitemale,
My daughter just got laid off from her part time job.
Hilda Solis has never been effective even as a politician in California.Have that nice retirement that many Americans will never be able to obtain due to the union busting,the retirement funds meltdown and the corporations who are still shipping jobs overseas.She is already an unknown person to many because she has done nothing memorable during her term as labor secretary.
Anybody know where our speaker of the house is (Feisty) ?
Have not seen her around for a few days.
Sorry a tad off topic.
That's because I have been out driving around looking for all the "free stuff" I keep hearing the President is giving away...
The last thing I want to do is spend my BIG fat "bonus" check from the DNC & MSNBC when I can get it ALL for free! ☺
Sadly, two tanks of gas later, I still haven't been able to locate these supposed "freebies"... LOL
Happy Belated New Year to you, MyVote! I still giggle everytime I see your avatar!
Yaa your back !!! :)
Happy New year back at ya !
I can't find any of that free stuff either.
You mean "speaker of the loons"?
Feisty - just sent you an e-mail! Welcome back!
myvote - still LOVE your avitar!
AHAHAHAHAHA!!! You libs are PATHEDIC!! but thanks for the comedy pukes!
She did not accomplish anything!! Adios and don't return.
Feisty - you have more energy than I do. I have been working and then rushing home and looking in the mailbox for my free stuff. You definitely have more energy than I do since you are at least being proactive and going out looking for your free stuff. I have just been sitting on my fat ass at work and at home waiting for someone to bring it to me. Hmmmmm, wonder if it will be cash or coupons.
Glad to see you back at it.
Geez Fiesty, if you can't find the Obama freebees you are even dumber than your usual posts!
Just sayin---
You lazy ass parasite! LMAO!
*snark off*
Amazing how these right wing nitwits attempt to talk a good game, yet when challenged on it, they fold faster than a cheap suit! ;o)
Thanks Kim!
I see in my absence, we have plenty of newly hatched re-regs and @!$%# stirring trolls! If these mushrooms are paid by the word, they will perish from starvation in the very near future! lol
Makes one almost feel sorry for the level of ignorance which they proudly display around here...
AAAnd the R.A.S. (Ready, Aim, Shoot) Award for the day goes tooooooooo......
ubloitall
"AHAHAHAHAHA!!! You libs are PATHEDIC!! but thanks for the comedy pukes!"
A couple reasons for the selected winner today... 1) He spelled comedy with a "d" instead of a "t", and that's just pure comedic genious right there... And B.) He opened the scene right in the middle of the diabolical laughter, immediately grabbing the audience by their collars and yanking them into his story by force!! ... I was so at once rattled, shocked, and entertained that I thought they'd have to call me a METIC!! Bravo Sir Re-Reg! Bravo!!
I guess the election and gun control and the "gay agenda" and all that commie, liberal stuff has really riled up the lunatic fringe. They just need a place to vent and FOX doesn't service them any more. Either that or their is a food shortage in the forest and they are crawling out from under rocks and moss looking for food.
Kim,
Who are you kidding? These rat bastards haven't been serviced in years, thus their pent up anger and frustration! LMAO
They actually believe they came compensate for their "poor" swimmers by insulting liberals... *double laughing my ass off*
Poor things need to find another avenue to vent their paranoid fantasies!
Evening folks. Cud someone tel me whar al that tar"free stuf" be. Ben lokng ni on seventy year now an taint found nun o it uet. H-ll life isnt free.
I sure enjoy some of the posts on here, the links are very infromative, been a long time since high school civics class. Some people seem to forget how our government works,it's a shame.
Have a good evening all.
You will find free stuff, old man, down on the farm. Milk and grain subsidies, land bank, crop insurance, gov. backed loans. You will find Iowa is the heart of the "welfare state".
rightwingscrewball -- Your name says it all.
With any luck at all, she is having a stroke.
As Ken and thetotas said, How about the best person for the job. Affirmative action or PC has no place in high GovCo positions.
Talk to the Hand
"As Ken and thetotas said, How about the best person for the job. Affirmative action or PC has no place in high GovCo positions."
I'm Condoleeza Rice and I approve this message...
I thought affirmative action was what we got again on 11/6/12.
We need one who believe in the freedom of choice (right to work), not one minded person who think about interests and not the well being of the people(We the People) not the Unions....
We sincerely, express our deepest gratitude's to Labor Secretary Solis for her untiring services, unwavering loyalty, wisdom and great leadership.
Again, we offer our humble thanks....and wishes her the very best in her endeavors.
You forgot to add: Now we need to find someone who will continue to provide false information to make Obama look good.
Common Man-3493893
You forgot to mention your sisters new job as a fluffer.....
Please dont post when you are drunk!
Post 11.2... And THAT!, is how you handle THAT!
He'll be upset when he figures out what that means... LOL
my vote
Our Speaker of the House "Feisty" is on vacation!!!
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.....................sorry, I'm just guessing..........................
Great choice Obama made on this administrator...a liberal from going bankrupt California which drives businesses out of the state...and yet this person is resigning for politically correct reasons...meaning Obama had to promise the job to some other liberal political donor while telling this administrator that someone out bid her for the position...
So who is going to generate all those false job reports now? But she was soooo good at it. It is getting harder and harder to find good liars these days.
In your ignorance, this has happened ONLY during the Obama presidency? Spew more non sense. Go ahead. I know you republiCONS love doing it. Only makes who you hate look that much better.
BobW-any evidence of these false job reports or is this just another conspiracy theory?
HAHAHA..."another one bites the dust..."
She needs to step down. No-one trusts the labor dept. information any longer. The labor dept. has become a political wing of the democrat party. Either get rid of the labor dept. or get someone in there that is going to kick butt.
Is the Department of Labor in charge of late stage pregnancies or do they hustle numbers and figures to the White House to justify union jobs.
The short list for labor sec is probably Jesse Jackson Jr., Maxine Waters and Whoopi Goldberg...
David Letterman and Brian Williams are good liars. And then there is Candy Crowley she made it very clear how far she will go to cover for obama......
Bob -
I forgot about Candy Crowley...Obama owes her big time...excellent choice...
Pay him a bonus if he takes Obama, Reid and Pelosi with him. That will be the first time lately that taxpayers money has beeen WIZELY USES.
Interesting when you look at the Obama second term cabinet not a female around - I guess he needed the "diversity" to get him re-elected now they are all jumping or being pushed off ship. #1 reason why people leave their company - "they don't leave their company, they leave their manager" Hmmmm.... are they all leaving Obama? And she is leaaving for what, that dump they call the Peoples Republic of California - the USA's only third world bankrupt state. And I live in AZ and they all want to invade my state - may have to put the AZ National Guard and Border Patrol on alert to keep those commie lliberals in their own state of crap.
Sharia law man. His colors are comming out more and more everyday. Biden really thinks he is more than a token-he will be out soon. Why do you think he put Biden in that powder keg gun control postition. It is political suicide. Holder sold guns to the enemy (and those were fully automatics) and now they are taking (so they think) ours away......the guy has a plan...always has.
didn't oregon used to have signs on i-5 that said something like "don't californicate oregon, turnaround and go back"?
Taking guns away? Your ignorant CON artists! They are NOT taking guns away. Is it really that bad to get finger prints taken and extra paper work to receive a weapon that is made to kill? All I see from your posts is that you have a hatred to ANYONE who isn't a republiCON. Granted, I'm independant. But since G.W. Bush, (who I feel ruined the US because of his 2 unfunded wars) I can't even look at a republican politician without getting red in the face. Nothing like starting wars in areas KNOWN for oil production. And what's that? Bush has A LOT of money in oil? He must be making money HAND OVER FIST. Nothing like sending over innocent people to die JUST so you can make money.
wow, everyone should stand in awe of your genius presentation. You represent the smartest, shrewdest, most articulate of all Democrats.
Just a couple of mid-course corrections, and then you'll be perfect: The Muslims started the war, and even Obrainless has continued it pretty much as Bush did. I know he promised to shut down Gitmo, but the man's a consumate liar. What can I say?
If Bush, and everyone else in America; Republican, Democrat or independent doesn't continue to make money, jobless morons like yourself who live off the tax money of others will starve slowly waiting for your next handout. So, before your face gets any redder, maybe you could buckle down and start contributing. Oh, and keep yourself well lubricated, because when we stop fighting the idiot Muslims over there, they will return to fight with us over here. And I know they have plans for soft people like yourself. You aren't much, but you might be better than a goat in the sack. To a Muslim.l
BobW. Please, you seem like a smart guy. Relax, take a deep breath, and say it with me "my fellow Americans, whom I disagree with, are not trying to destroy the country" Say it about 10 times while breathing very deeply. There is no muslim conspiracy to destry the country with BO. He is not a manchurian canidate. The "lefts" (whom you should realize are your perfectly nice neighbors, as are the conservative ones) just have a different idea of what is good for the country than you.
Duke,
So Muslims started the war? Had NOTHING to do with OUR troops being over their and the US trying to be world police? As stated in my above post. I'm not a democrat. Unless you can't read. Independent, thanks. I can think for myself. And Obama DIDN'T continue it. He ended it. And I do contribute. At work right now "Genius". And I'm using that term VERY lightly just for you.
Do you think they know something that we the public should know?????
Well, duh. Just getting around to asking that are you?
You can see how much these people like the tu^d so they are resigning. Worst Pres. to go down in history.
Darn, she's gonna miss another "Summer of Recovery"! Go back to California.
I could drop a Kitchen-Aid into this punch bowl and make a puree!
What a load! Looks like they've started paying again.
I think anyone BHO wants to put in that position is fine with me. I do think someone similar to Al Sharpton would add some much needed comedy relief to an otherwise disappointing administration. Alternatives would be any Hollywood actor.