Trump cabinet not filled with degrees

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Hayabusa Rider

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Didn't he say he has probably the highest IQ cabinet of all previous cabinets or something like that?

Not merely the highest, but THE BEST IQ's.

Seriously I don't know what he said, but I shouldn't be surprised.
 

Starbuck1975

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Go out and find a surgeon without a medical school degree, one who has never been enrolled in medical school.

See how that turns out.

I know how to operate. I can feel it in my gut.
False equivalency.

I don't believe there is a President or Cabinet degree, nor are there any professional prerequisites to serve in government. That is by design.
 
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bshole

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Hardee's CEO as labor secretary. A man who owes his fortune to paying his employees a poverty level wage. I am sure this billionaire has the back of middle class..... right?

I can't see how anybody who voted for Trump could think this a good thing.
 

Starbuck1975

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The people who are always saying this usually lack them.
Nope. What I've learned is that degrees have largely become the participation trophies that some use to look down on those who don't have them.

I've also learned that degrees in and of themselves are worthless, it is instead the vast alumni networks that some degrees provide.

So I would partially agree with you if you qualified your statement to the pedigree of degree or institution.
 
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Hardee's CEO as labor secretary. A man who owes his fortune to paying his employees a poverty level wage. I am sure this billionaire has the back of middle class..... right?

I can't see how anybody who voted for Trump could think this a good thing.

We'll see, his key demographic in the rustbelt area was not millionaires.
 

boomerang

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Some of the smartest people i know are some of the dumbest.
This article describes that very well.

Intellectual Yet Idiot. IYI

But the problem is the one-eyed following the blind: these self-described members of the “intelligentsia” can’t find a coconut in Coconut Island, meaning they aren’t intelligent enough to define intelligence hence fall into circularities — but their main skill is capacity to pass exams written by people like them.

The IYI pathologizes others for doing things he doesn’t understand without ever realizing it is his understanding that may be limited. He thinks people should act according to their best interests and he knows their interests, particularly if they are “red necks” or English non-crisp-vowel class who voted for Brexit. When plebeians do something that makes sense to them, but not to him, the IYI uses the term “uneducated”.

These people made up the posse that 0bama ran with. They got tossed out by people who got tired of putting up with their shit.
 

bshole

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This article describes that very well.

These people made up the posse that 0bama ran with. They got tossed out by people who got tired of putting up with their shit.

And replaced with the oligarchy just like the American people wanted. A cabinet that has a combined net worth higher than the bottom 1/3 of America.

Serious question, is this what you wanted when you voted for Trump. A cabinet filled with billionaires?
 

boomerang

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Serious question, is this what you wanted when you voted for Trump. A cabinet filled with billionaires?
I wanted a cabinet populated by people that had the skills and the knowledge to direct this nation into one with more opportunities, one with a higher standard of living, a nation with its people not compartmentalized into groups that can be manipulated by the political class. A nation where everyone is a human being, not a black person, a brown person, a gay person, all to be pandered to in one form or another by, once again, the political class.

I was not raised to loathe business, not raised to loathe businessmen, not raised to feel that one race, any one class of people, is inferior to another and must therefore be looked out for and especially looked out for in a manner that subjugates them. I was raised to understand who provides the jobs and that government is necessary to control the urges inherent in the human psyche whether that be on an individual level or a corporate level. We have strayed far in that regard.

You fear Trump's cabinet because you were taught to fear them. You fear them because we have a wholly corrupt media that makes their living keeping you on edge, in fear and will feed you sensationalized story after sensationalized story regardless of whether it is based in truth. If you believe, it's because you have made that choice whether conscious of it or not.

Are you on Facebook? I'm not only because I feel I have no earthly use for it. But if you are, ask yourself honestly why you are contributing to Mark Zuckerberg in light of what he is trying to accomplish on the island of Kauai right now. A good guy, hmm, maybe not.

If you support him, ask yourself why you consider him a good guy while you consider other guys who have not attained his monetary status as bad. If it's solely because they are Republicans, you are brainwashed and have an opinion of conservatives that has been spoon fed to you by your education (whether at home or in school) and a corrupt media. There is no other way to term it, it's brainwashing. It's up to you whether you want to cling to your brainwashing or cast it off.
 
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Starbuck1975

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We'll see, his key demographic in the rustbelt area was not millionaires.
CKE owns both Hardees and Carl's Jr. The Hardees key demographic is the south and midwest, but Carl's Jr. competes almost exclusively in the west coast markets. They actually introduced a Hawaiian Teriyaki burger about a decade ago marketed specifically to the surfer stoner demographic.
https://youtu.be/iAjbK7uToyU

His empire spans most of America so he knows how to target fatties from the amber waves of grain to purple mountains majesty to surfers with the munchies.
 

kage69

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It'd be nice to pass this off as just academia looking down it's nose at others, but with how people like Trump have behaved the last 2 decades I have a really hard time doing that. They are consistently on the wrong side of history, science, facts, Judeo Christian morals as we know them today, sometimes the Constitution and the penal code. They've been wrong about pretty much everything, and have refused time and time again to do their jobs out of politics. Trump winning an election doesn't miraculously change any of that. Def another 'feels like 2000 again' moment here though. Banana republicans once again trying to vilify education and knowledge because their cheerleader in chief is a moron with a short attention span.

It's damn depressing to consider where we might be now if republicans hadn't decided to categorically obstruct Obama on Day 1. I think 8 years of that poisoned well have contributed greatly to the current situation we find ourselves in. That and right wing media. Speaking of, I see Fox has performed their customary Flip of The Switch now that a (R) is in the White House. Too funny.
 
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ivwshane

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This has to be a parody post! There is no way someone could accidentally post this much irony in a single post!


I wanted a cabinet populated by people that had the skills and the knowledge to direct this nation into one with more opportunities, one with a higher standard of living, a nation with its people not compartmentalized into groups that can be manipulated by the political class. A nation where everyone is a human being, not a black person, a brown person, a gay person, all to be pandered to in one form or another by, once again, the political class.

I was not raised to loathe business, not raised to loathe businessmen, not raised to feel that one race, any one class of people, is inferior to another and must therefore be looked out for and especially looked out for in a manner that subjugates them. I was raised to understand who provides the jobs and that government is necessary to control the urges inherent in the human psyche whether that be on an individual level or a corporate level. We have strayed far in that regard.

You fear Trump's cabinet because you were taught to fear them. You fear them because we have a wholly corrupt media that makes their living keeping you on edge, in fear and will feed you sensationalized story after sensationalized story regardless of whether it is based in truth. If you believe, it's because you have made that choice whether conscious of it or not.

Are you on Facebook? I'm not only because I feel I have no earthly use for it. But if you are, ask yourself honestly why you are contributing to Mark Zuckerberg in light of what he is trying to accomplish on the island of Kauai right now. A good guy, hmm, maybe not.

If you support him, ask yourself why you consider him a good guy while you consider other guys who have not attained his monetary status as bad. If it's solely because they are Republicans, you are brainwashed and have an opinion of conservatives that has been spoon fed to you by your education (whether at home or in school) and a corrupt media. There is no other way to term it, it's brainwashing. It's up to you whether you want to cling to your brainwashing or cast it off.
 
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EduCat

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Def another 'feels like 2000 again' moment here though. Banana republicans once again trying to vilify education and knowledge because their cheerleader in chief is a moron with a short attention span.

Pretty much what I have seen as well. Very depressing and fucking weird.
 

dank69

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This is what America wants. We are sick of elitist intellectuals running the world, acting like what they do is so important and talking down to us. Heck, I could run the Department of Energy. All it is is basically acting like a cheerleader for fossil fuels, right?
 

DarthKyrie

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This is what America wants. We are sick of elitist intellectuals running the world, acting like what they do is so important and talking down to us. Heck, I could run the Department of Energy. All it is is basically acting like a cheerleader for fossil fuels, right?

Managing America's NUCLEAR ARSENAL for 1!!!!!!!
 

agent00f

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Eg, this one who thinks $95/hr is a lot of money for hourly professionals, literally in comparison to surgical specialists:

This is important. The neurosurgeons are willing to pay bank for the plumber to dig in their sewers.

Send me a PM for more opinions.
 

PokerGuy

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I personally don't give a crap how many degrees the cabinet members have. The important part is, can they make the right decisions and do a good job? I'm not a fan of some of the cabinet selections, but degrees doesn't mean anything, good or bad.
 

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I wanted a cabinet populated by people that had the skills and the knowledge to direct this nation into one with more opportunities, one with a higher standard of living, a nation with its people not compartmentalized into groups that can be manipulated by the political class. A nation where everyone is a human being, not a black person, a brown person, a gay person, all to be pandered to in one form or another by, once again, the political class.

I was not raised to loathe business, not raised to loathe businessmen, not raised to feel that one race, any one class of people, is inferior to another and must therefore be looked out for and especially looked out for in a manner that subjugates them. I was raised to understand who provides the jobs and that government is necessary to control the urges inherent in the human psyche whether that be on an individual level or a corporate level. We have strayed far in that regard.

You fear Trump's cabinet because you were taught to fear them. You fear them because we have a wholly corrupt media that makes their living keeping you on edge, in fear and will feed you sensationalized story after sensationalized story regardless of whether it is based in truth. If you believe, it's because you have made that choice whether conscious of it or not.

Are you on Facebook? I'm not only because I feel I have no earthly use for it. But if you are, ask yourself honestly why you are contributing to Mark Zuckerberg in light of what he is trying to accomplish on the island of Kauai right now. A good guy, hmm, maybe not.

If you support him, ask yourself why you consider him a good guy while you consider other guys who have not attained his monetary status as bad. If it's solely because they are Republicans, you are brainwashed and have an opinion of conservatives that has been spoon fed to you by your education (whether at home or in school) and a corrupt media. There is no other way to term it, it's brainwashing. It's up to you whether you want to cling to your brainwashing or cast it off.

Or maybe he justs fears incompetents with an agenda being put in positions of power they should never be in.

Follow up question: Are you still confused about your gender?