"Search for transportation security chief resumes
WASHINGTON — President Obama is back to square one — again — in finding a transportation security chief to shore up the nation’s defenses against terrorist threats from the air, road, and rail. Retired Army Major General Robert Harding’s past as a defense contractor raised complications for his nomination.
Didn't this guy come here and say no lobbyists in his administration?
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So what happened to the last guy?
"President’s pick to head TSA withdraws name, cites politics; Says confirmation process gave him second thoughts" by Julie Pace, Associated Press | January 21, 2010
WASHINGTON - President Obama’s choice to lead the Transportation Security Administration withdrew his name yesterday, a setback for an administration still trying to explain how a man could attempt to blow up a commercial airliner on Christmas Day.
See: Underwear Bomber
Another conventional myth advanced by the agenda-pushing MSM reminders.
Erroll Southers said he was pulling out because his nomination had become a lightning rod for those with a political agenda....
Related: Troubles at the TSA
Oh, the lying little weasel had to step aside, 'eh?
Southers said the confirmation process made him question his willingness to participate in public service. “I am not a politician. I’m a counterrrorism expert,’’ Southers said in an interview. “They took an apolitical person and politicized my career.’’
What a lying scum.
Questions have also been raised about a reprimand that Southers received for running background checks on his then-estranged wife’s boyfriend two decades ago. Southers, a former FBI agent, wrote a letter to lawmakers earlier this month acknowledging that he had given inconsistent answers to Congress on that issue....
Translation: HE LIED!!!
Isn't that a CRIME, lying to Congress?
A day after the committee approved his nomination and sent it to the full Senate, he wrote to the senators and told them he was incorrect, that he had twice run background checks himself. The White House said Obama had accepted Southers’s withdrawal with great sadness and continued to believe he would have made an excellent TSA administrator.
The withdrawal of Southers’s nomination was another setback for the TSA at a time when the government is still trying to answer questions from Congress about how a man was able to carry out a bombing attempt on Christmas Day on a
Why do Democrats always back the wrong horse?
The administration has been beset by problems with intelligence and security nominees. It took Obama eight months to nominate people to lead TSA and Customs and Border Protection - two key security agencies that play large roles in preventing another terrorist attack.
Senate Democrats also have accused Republicans of stalling the nomination of Caryn Wagner, the administration’s nominee to be the top intelligence official at the Homeland Security Department. In June, Obama’s initial pick for intelligence chief at Homeland Security withdrew his nomination amid questions about his role in the CIA’s interrogations of suspected terrorists. The inability to analyze disparate pieces of information has been at the core of the failure to stop the attempted attack on Christmas.
So WHEN is the NEXT FALSE FLAG ATTACK, government?
I see that ALL the PIECES are IN PLACE for the NEXT LAME-ASS EXCUSE as to how the "terrorists" made it through the billion-dollar security screen!
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Of course, when it comes to you and your solo soliloquy in the automobile, Americans, well.... you are not alone at all.
TAXMAN is riding shotgun, while government says you can't have one!!
"US rules mean pricier cars, fewer fill-ups; Fuel-efficiency standards set; Must comply within 6 years" by Ken Thomas, Associated Press | April 2, 2010
WASHINGTON — Drivers will have to pay more for cars and trucks, but they’ll save at the pump under tough new federal rules aimed at boosting mileage, cutting emissions, and hastening the next generation of fuel-stingy hybrids and electric cars....
Yeah, there is ALWAYS the PROMISE that NEVER MATERIALIZES out there for you, America.
Haven't you learned anything yet?
The rules will cost consumers an estimated $434 extra per vehicle in the 2012 model year and $926 per vehicle by 2016, the government said.
As if you could afford that immediate hit, broken and busted American citizens.
Looks like no new care next year no matter what economic figures government and MSM cites.
They lie, and they never stop lying, and I'm unhappy about that and with them. Very unhappy as a drive around my keyboard today.
But the heads of the Transportation Department and Environmental Protection Agency said car owners would save more than $3,000 over the lives of their vehicles through better gas mileage.
How can they possibly know that?
They know what fuel prices are going to be for the rest of time?
Well, if they really are in control of the economy I guess they would; so why is it such a shit box of one?
All these governmental and banking industry geniuses running in and out; how come only bankers and politicians are doing we.... oh, a light just shown through the window and blinded me, ouch!
Touting the plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, “Putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road isn’t just the right thing to do for our environment, it’s also a great way for Americans to save a lot of money at the pump.’’
Like THIS GOVERNMENT and its PICKPOCKETING and WAR-MONGERING LIES cares about YOU, dear Americans!!!!
Sorry, guys, but YOU HAVE LOST THAT ONE -- and all of them -- until you START TELLING the TRUTH!!!
And since I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING, to hell with you! To hell with what comes out of Washington. Nothing but smoky fart mist.
Related:
"Motor fuel may be subject to a carbon tax"
No, that wasn't a joke.
Save us money at the pump as they are attaching a carbon tax to it!
The requirements for the 2012-2016 model years pleased environmentalists who have accused previous administrations of sluggish efforts to boost fuel efficiency.
All the more reason to oppose the regulations; controlled-opposition band of cretins.
They also were welcomed by automakers who have been seeking a single standard after California and a dozen states tried to create their own rules.
Well, well, well, look WHO is on the SAME SIDE, huh?
Dave McCurdy, a former Oklahoma congressman who leads the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group representing 11 automakers, said the industry supported the single national standard for future vehicles. He said the program made “sense for consumers, for government policy makers, and for automakers.’’
Not all dealers were pleased....
But who cares about them, this is a good thing, right, agenda-pushing paper?
It led the nation page this day!
Environmental groups said the changes would actually give consumers more choices because they would ensure that every new car would get slightly more fuel-efficient each year.
Yeah, you get to CHOOSE HOW MUCH MORE you want to FORK OVER!
That is your CHOICE when it comes to this group of clowns!!!
“Because of these standards, Americans will drive vehicles that save them money at the pump, cut the country’s oil dependence, and produce a lot less global warming pollution,’’ said Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Clean Vehicles Program....
Oh, I AGREE that POLLUTION is the PROBLEM!!
Now will the NAVY QUIT POLLUTING the SEAS?
Will the AIR FORCE and ARMY STOP littering countries with DEPLETED URANIUM MUNITIONS?
Will CORPORATIONS STOP FOULING the AIR, EARTH, and WATER with chemicals and prescription drugs, etc.?
Oh, thi$ i$ ju$t $omething you will $ee at the pump, huh?
To go into a government fund of some sort?
Pfffft!
Excuse me, readers. Stinks in here now.
The changes will cost the auto industry about $52 billion, but the government says the program will provide $240 billion in savings to consumers, mostly through lower fuel consumption....
Yeah, and to WHOM do YOU think the AUTO DEALERS -- honest lot there, huh? -- are going to PASS on the COSTS, consumers?
You have been had, America.
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Update: Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low
Not surprising, is it?
George Bush territory already, Obama?
