On Apr 3, 3:53*am, "Robert Green" wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message

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Robert Green wrote:

Consider our current president's cabinet. Only two or three have had
experience in the field for which they are responsible or have even
had a recent real-world job. Here's a list:

Experienced:
Justice - Eric Holder who once worked in private practice
Defense - Robert Gates had at least four or five years on the job
training. Treasury - Tim Geitner once worked on Wall Street

The rest:
State - Hillary Clinton. No experience in foreign relations. Several
decades since she held a real-world job.
Interior - Ken Salazar, former governor
Agriculture - Tom Vilsack, former governor
Commerce - Gary Locke, former governor
Labor - Hilda Solis, former House member from L.A.
Health - Kathleen Sebelius, former governor
HUD - Shaun Donovan, arguably experienced, former NYC head of Housing
Preservation
Transportation - Ray Lahood, Illinois congressman
Energy - Steven Chu, academic
Education - Arne Duncan, arguably experienced as a Chicago school
superintendent
Veteran's Affairs - Eric Shinseki, former Army Chief of Staff,
arguably experienced as a military leader
Homeland Security - Janet Napolitano, former governor

NONE of the above 15 were promoted from within the departments they
now lead.

However, NOT ONE of those have been involved in anything as
ridiculous as George Bush putting the failed head of an Arabian horse
association in charge of FEMA or have you forgotten the infamous
"Heck of a job, Brownie!" comment that became so well known after
Katrina? *I would rather have a smart academic than a dud with "real
world experience" - especially if that dud had NO experience in the
field he was appointed to.

A fair assessment of FEMA would disagree with the progressive meme. First,
FEMA had never in its history encountered a disaster of the proportions of
Katrina. Second, most investigators place the vast majority of what went
wrong during Katrina with state and local governments (contrast Louisiana
and Mississippi). Third, FEMA was never designed to be a first responder.