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Originally Posted by SayAlt (Post 2253284)

She was on the BOD of Northwest Airlines under Gary Wilson.

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Originally Posted by BigDukeSix (Post 2253129)

Who really cares if the temperature goes up 1 or 2 degress C in a hundred years anyway? It would be nice to have winters a little warmer. If the cavemen could handle the end of the ice age I think we're fine. And by the way since when was engineering the same as a climatology or meteorology degree? That is like saying someone with a CDL is qualified to fly an airliner.

The Sixth Extinction by Kolbert is a good read.

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Originally Posted by Gunga Din (Post 2253418)

We alone have a single party that denies the obvious. What could possibly cause this?

Just a guess, mind you, but I'd say it's the kind of utter insanity behind actually attempting to regulate cow farts, all while demanding to be taken seriously...

Cow Fart Regulation Passed Into California Law « CBS San Francisco

:eek:

Other nominees include:

- deliberately manipulating climate data to reflect the results desired to support a socio-economic agenda

- getting caught over, and over, and over, and over doing this ^^^^^

- declaring wildly theoretical science to be "settled" based upon consensus vs. irrefutable, scientific proof

- using fear-mongering tactics, based upon all the above, to appropriate public funds in order to fund the socio-economic agenda

- unapologetically and openly profiting from same, both fiscally and politically, proving the lie behind the "doing good for all" pablum

- the rank, vile, constant, never-ending hypocrisy of leftist celebrities ...who have absolutely nothing in common with the avg person... rushing here and there to lecture everyone else about their GW religion in their private jets and SUV motorcades

- the snide, condescending, smarmy, elitist group-think that believes anyone who won't convert to their climate religion is (insert your insult here)

I could go on and on, but no need.

CA will regulate it's cow farts and the like while committing economic suicide. The political fringe won't make any new inroads to rural America while become increasingly isolated in their big city islands. Crime there will continue to skyrocket while the same insane idiots make war against their police protection. And in the end, this generation's love-affair with socialism will, once again, fail and fade to nothing. Just as it has throughout World history.

Good luck with those cow fart regulations. Looking forward to hearing about the new advances in controlling chicken poop. ;)

He won't read it. Like Gore said it's inconvenient. So he and the many other "deciders" in our country choose the path of ignorance. And that's why this country will fail.

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Originally Posted by iceman49 (Post 2253441)

She was on the BOD of Northwest Airlines under Gary Wilson.

I see.

So NAI is a done deal, right?

There is a fair bit of unspun factual information out there about how the labor department handled complaints of wage theft and workplace safety while she was heading it up. It's not very flattering from labor's point of view.

"The labor department became a useful tool for predatory employers. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao ignored flagrant union busting and the widespread theft of wages and benefits." - James Hoffa
That's only a direct quote from the President of one of the major unions representing pilots.

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Originally Posted by thevagabond (Post 2253248)

Yup. There are a lot of intelligent people who choose to be dumb through lack of continuing education or just basically not being educated to a minimum acceptable level to begin with. This forum is a perfect example of that. Lots of fools here spouting their poorly spelled and grammatically incorrect nonsense daily. It's an undisputable fact that basic education levels in this country have plummeted. And it shows. 'Murica was once great. And I love this Republic but I don't really believe that we have much of a future any longer. I wish the many idiots in this country would take to heart what the many great people who have built and have struggled to hold together our republic have said about maintaining it. But it's far easier to go back home or to the hotel room and turn on the brain anesthetizer and be spoon fed whichever side's comforting and dumbed down propaganda one chooses to swallow.

Yes, they lowered the standards so everyone could get in, and afford to go to college, with a double digit interest loan. The liberals would shut down any educational institution that functioned solely on merit, however, colleges are no longer places that allow diversity of opinion.

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Originally Posted by SayAlt (Post 2253284)

Hmmmm. Nope. Nothing in her Bio about any position with an airline. Sounds like made up rumor or bad recall to me. Way to weigh in with a meaningful contribution, though!

Let's see...

Elaine Chao

- Taiwanese immigrant who came to the US at age 8 with her family, fleeing Mao's communists in 1961 (I think it's safe to assume she didn't speak any english at the time, don't you?)

- father was a common deck hand who later founded his own successful shipping co. (...the American dream, writ large)

- worked hard enough to go on and eventually earn an MBA from Harvard in 1975 (American dream, con't)

- former Deputy Maritime Administrator

- former Chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission

- former Director of the Peace Corp

- former President and CEO of the United Way of America

- former US Sec. of Labor

- first Asian American woman to be appointed to a cabinet-level position

Oh, this is interesting...

Wow! Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Highly qualified, distinguished career, successful immigrant family and individual contributor to the nation, first female appointed to a Cabinet level position, etc, etc.

Ahhh, now I see why leftists are already gunning for her.

She's a republican with ties to the Heritage Foundation. GASP! That MUST mean she's anti-labor, right? Nevermind the quote above detailing how, as the first Asian American female Sec. of Labor (and the first to hold a cabinet level position -->appointed by a republican, no less!), she "recover(ed) record levels of back wages and monetary recoveries for pension plans, and obtain(ed) record financial settlements for discrimination by federal contractors."

Funny how leftiest say that stereo-typing people is a "micro-aggression" and, in the case of minorities, blatantly racist...

...unless they are the ones doing it.

I don't recall anyone saying anything about her being racist. It's weird why you focus on that.
While she is qualified, the argument is if she friendly to labor and good for working Americans in general.

She cut hundreds of safety inspectors as Labor secretary. She was blamed for the poor oversight when a mine collapsed killing 12 miners.
She has refused to go after employers that stole wages from employees.
Under her leadership OSHA didn't issue one single new safety regulation in 4 years.
When it comes to regulating drones or the implementation of the next gen ATC do you really think she's going to have workers in mind or the corporations?

Oh and the real chestnut... she's still pro TPP and lobbies for the Chinese in several areas.

I'm going to have to step back and give some deep thought to the thought of an Asian woman in charge of regulating the quality of transportation in this country :eek:

;):D