Those who are complaining about the appointment of Rahm Emanuel as President-Elect Obama’s chief of staff should chill out. I can’t think of any expression but “abysmally stupid” for the idea that this would be a bipartisan position. It’s a position for a loyalist with an arsenal.
I’ve long thought that the major problem of the media was not so much bias (though bias is evidence) but shallowness. Today Allan Bevere said it much better.
It’s good to see that South Korea has joined those nations who have sent someone into space, in this case the youngest woman to do so. Congratulations! The more the merrier!
There are some basics about what evolution is and is not, and what the various positions of both creationists and evolutionists are, that everyone who steps into the debate should know. Some examples include the difference between a young earth and an old earth creationist. I’ve seen a few discussions in internet fora in which…
One characteristic of creationist debate over the last few decades has been moving the goal posts. Every time a new fossil is discovered that fits into the evolutionary pattern for some lineage we hear the “it’s still an X” litany, followed by pointing to yet more gaps. Each new fossil, it seems, creates new gaps…
James McGrath (whose comments are well worth reading) pointed me to this post, and I responded here.
John Bicknell of Congressional Quarterly says Drop the Debates, Try Conflict Instead. Good idea. All of it.
Pres. Elect Obama won’t appoint many Republicans, and can’t be expected to do so. The appointment of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff is at least a bit comforting to those of us concerned about a hard left shift; while Emanuel is a partisan, he is also a moderate from the Clinton Administration.
You know I could really care less if Obama’s administration is not bi-partisan. I mean on all the issues that he disagree with Republicans on I don’ want him to compromise. I want him to do what he said he would do and if that means he is not reaching across the aisles except on those issues that are not that partisan then I’m fine with that. I want to see some stuff actually get done in his administration. But that’s just me.
Bryan L
The difficulty that I would have here is that without compromise, very little will get passed. Do we want some accomplishments, or would we prefer many efforts, but no actual results? I believe that would be the choice.
Of course, I’m moderate by nature and would prefer that Obama govern more toward the center than his voting record would indicate.
I’m starting to hear complaints from some on the left that Emanuel isn’t extreme enough for this position. That’s probably a good sign.