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Have any of them been confirmed yet? No. You can't even bring yourself to mention that the Defense nominee has actually served in the Army, and is a decorated

Have any of them been confirmed yet? No. You can't even bring yourself to mention that the Defense nominee has actually served in the Army, and is a decorated veteran. Stop acting like such a partisan; it is far too early to commence the bed-wetting.

rootusrootus 2y ago
So I am qualified to be SecDef, because I am a veteran? That is ridiculous. Of all the reasonable qualifications, that ranks just about dead last.
- drawkward 2y ago
  Where did I say he was qualified? Certainly not here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42139373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42139373 No, I'm just pointing out that there are a lot of people who are hyperventilating so hard about Trump's election that their capacticy for honesty reasoning appears to be greatly diminished.
  - rootusrootus 2y ago
    What was your intent in pointing out that he was a veteran, if not to counter the claim that he was wholly unqualified for the position of SecDef?
    - drawkward 2y ago
      C'mon guy, you seem smart. Use your brain and I bet you can answer your own question. Here's a hint: all else equal, I'd rather have you than a random non-vet in the role.
hipadev23 2y ago
> You can't even bring yourself to mention that the Defense nominee has actually served in the Army, and is a decorated veteran The amount of copium with his pick is incredible. Hegseth is woefully underqualified to be the SecDef. He was in Army Natl Guard, not Army. He spent a year at Guantanamo in 2004, deployed to Iraq in 2005-2006 and Afghanistan in 2011-2012. That's it. The rest of the time was ARR and IRR. He has never held any public office at any level. I'm not trying to dismiss his military service itself, it's fine, but to imply it remotely qualifies him to be the SecDef is beyond reason. He's a junior officer fit to lead a company (100-200 soliders) at best.
- drawkward 2y ago
  I don't think the guy is a good pick, but I think he is a far less bad pick than the person I responded to was portraying. Unhinged, frightened, partisan subjectivity is only going to tire and weaken our side, cause unforced errors. Hence, my original "Maybe?" I'm going to save my mental resources for when there is an actual problem.
  - leptons 2y ago
    >Unhinged, frightened, partisan subjectivity It isn't unhinged, or partisan to be extremely wary of everything someone who tried to overthrow the government by insurrection does with their newfound power. Yes, I am frightened by what he has already said, and done. If you aren't then I have to wonder why. He really wore out the "give him a chance" excuse many people made for him in 2016. There really is no "maybe" about it.
    - drawkward 2y ago
      1. Trump got the US out of the TPP, which to this economic populist, was amazing. If you think that NAFTA led to the blue collar backlash against the Democratic party that got us to this electoral result, TPP sez, "hold my beer!" 2. Trump bungled the fuck out of his first go round. I expect lots more of the same. 3. There are two other branches of government; we will see how they act. Maybe the Senate Democrats will RtFM section about the "Filibuster" button, especially with Manchin and Sinema gone? 4. Lots of left/center left/progressive media hyperventilation about the potential bad stuff, but only today, after the election did I hear that RFK Jr. thinks that DTC advertising of prescription drugs should be banned, and that SNAP (fka "food stamps") should not be allowed to be spent on (for example) soda. We already regulate what WIC can be used for; why not SNAP? Are there other policies we are not hearing because they don't play as well for clicks? Idk? Yes, I think the guy is misguided on vaccines, horribly so, but post-COVID, we are already in an environment where it is easy to opt out of vaxxing your kid or yourself if you so choose. I dont think RFKJr represents a big change here. 5. Lots of terrible things we were promised during T45 just didn’t happen. The worst, Roe v. Wade, was horrible, yet here in my very red state, we passed an amendment such that, we now have more abortion rights than when RvW was a settled precedent. So, yes, at this point, Maybe. But then again, I am not a bed wetter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
drawkward 2y ago
Gaetz withdraws as AG Nominee.

rootusrootus 2y ago

So I am qualified to be SecDef, because I am a veteran? That is ridiculous. Of all the reasonable qualifications, that ranks just about dead last.

drawkward 2y ago
Where did I say he was qualified? Certainly not here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42139373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42139373 No, I'm just pointing out that there are a lot of people who are hyperventilating so hard about Trump's election that their capacticy for honesty reasoning appears to be greatly diminished.
- rootusrootus 2y ago
  What was your intent in pointing out that he was a veteran, if not to counter the claim that he was wholly unqualified for the position of SecDef?
  - drawkward 2y ago
    C'mon guy, you seem smart. Use your brain and I bet you can answer your own question. Here's a hint: all else equal, I'd rather have you than a random non-vet in the role.

hipadev23 2y ago

> You can't even bring yourself to mention that the Defense nominee has actually served in the Army, and is a decorated veteran The amount of copium with his pick is incredible. Hegseth is woefully underqualified to be the SecDef. He was in Army Natl Guard, not Army. He spent a year at Guantanamo in 2004, deployed to Iraq in 2005-2006 and Afghanistan in 2011-2012. That's it. The rest of the time was ARR and IRR. He has never held any public office at any level. I'm not trying to dismiss his military service itself, it's fine, but to imply it remotely qualifies him to be the SecDef is beyond reason. He's a junior officer fit to lead a company (100-200 soliders) at best.

drawkward 2y ago
I don't think the guy is a good pick, but I think he is a far less bad pick than the person I responded to was portraying. Unhinged, frightened, partisan subjectivity is only going to tire and weaken our side, cause unforced errors. Hence, my original "Maybe?" I'm going to save my mental resources for when there is an actual problem.
- leptons 2y ago
  >Unhinged, frightened, partisan subjectivity It isn't unhinged, or partisan to be extremely wary of everything someone who tried to overthrow the government by insurrection does with their newfound power. Yes, I am frightened by what he has already said, and done. If you aren't then I have to wonder why. He really wore out the "give him a chance" excuse many people made for him in 2016. There really is no "maybe" about it.
  - drawkward 2y ago
    1. Trump got the US out of the TPP, which to this economic populist, was amazing. If you think that NAFTA led to the blue collar backlash against the Democratic party that got us to this electoral result, TPP sez, "hold my beer!" 2. Trump bungled the fuck out of his first go round. I expect lots more of the same. 3. There are two other branches of government; we will see how they act. Maybe the Senate Democrats will RtFM section about the "Filibuster" button, especially with Manchin and Sinema gone? 4. Lots of left/center left/progressive media hyperventilation about the potential bad stuff, but only today, after the election did I hear that RFK Jr. thinks that DTC advertising of prescription drugs should be banned, and that SNAP (fka "food stamps") should not be allowed to be spent on (for example) soda. We already regulate what WIC can be used for; why not SNAP? Are there other policies we are not hearing because they don't play as well for clicks? Idk? Yes, I think the guy is misguided on vaccines, horribly so, but post-COVID, we are already in an environment where it is easy to opt out of vaxxing your kid or yourself if you so choose. I dont think RFKJr represents a big change here. 5. Lots of terrible things we were promised during T45 just didn’t happen. The worst, Roe v. Wade, was horrible, yet here in my very red state, we passed an amendment such that, we now have more abortion rights than when RvW was a settled precedent. So, yes, at this point, Maybe. But then again, I am not a bed wetter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

drawkward 2y ago

Gaetz withdraws as AG Nominee.