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Betsy Devos confirmed as Sec. of education

 
 
 
Money talks, bullshit walks... into the Department of Education.
 
Interesting comment from a Facebook friend who supports Trump:

She will do less harm in Washington than she and her money would do in Michigan.
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Ford said:
Interesting comment from a Facebook friend who supports Trump:

She will do less harm in Washington than she and her money would do in Michigan.
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No see you don't get it. This way the harm she does is divied up between 50 states instead of being concentrated onto one state. Share the burden, people!
 
In a cabinet full of absurd selections, this was one of the worst.
 
The fact that 96% of GOP senators voted for her, while 0% of Dem or Independent senators did proves that Trump is only the minor symptom of the far greater problem, which is the GOP as a whole.
 
ronburgundy said:
The fact that 96% of GOP senators voted for her, while 0% of Dem or Independent senators did proves that Trump is only the minor symptom of the far greater problem, which is the GOP as a whole.
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The GOP stopped being a political party around 2001. It just gets worse and worse. And honestly, they probably love having Trump as cover to get these radicals on the Cabinet.
 
Tech Help Center employees in Pakistan are dancing on their desks...
 
I watched the debate in the Health Education and Numbnuts Committee and it was 12 to 11 party line in favor of approving the Devo. The Chairman cast the deciding vote over repeated objections from the Democrats that one Republican member (Sen. Hatch) wasn't there and voted by proxy. The problem is that this can only take place when the majority of the committee is "in concurrence". But that wasn't the case since the vote was otherwise a tie. Chairman Alexander played fast and loose witht the rules and called another vote, declaring they were both valid. The Dems had no choice but to go along. They objected that this sets a very troubling precedent for future votes. Besides that, I think something's wrong with our system when Susan Collins of Maine can vote to approve Devo's nomination and then immediately comes out strongly against approval by the Senate in a very close vote. She could have stopped it in committee but caved in to party politics.
 
This is good news for God's Kingdom.
 
ronburgundy said:
The fact that 96% of GOP senators voted for her, while 0% of Dem or Independent senators did proves that Trump is only the minor symptom of the far greater problem, which is the GOP as a whole.
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I think it is actually bigger than the GOP.

Betsy is a billionaire in no small part thanks to Amway.

What is Amway?

A company that made billions fleecing people off the false premise (or is it promise?) that having your own business/being your own boss/being an entrepreneur is the only legitimate way to live the American Dream. Of course, if you're selling Amway (or any other multi-level marketing products) you're not really an "independent business owner" at all, but merely another cog in a very questionable machine.

Ironically, part of the sales pitch is that if you sign up with them, you'll finally be able to quit your job and "work for yourself." And if you haven't been taught critical thinking skills, you just might fall for it. The Devos family is very rich, after all. Rich off the idea that having a job is for suckers, and that if you just hand your money over to this nice lady selling soap, you can quit your job that you went to school for and spend the rest of your days windsurfing off of your beach house.

We should have put her in charge of the Department of Unrealistic Expectations.
 
It's the Democratic Senators fault, apparently.
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Twitter Reacts to Jill Stein’s Nonsensical Tweet Blaming Democrats for DeVos Confirmation
 
Ford said:
ronburgundy said:
The fact that 96% of GOP senators voted for her, while 0% of Dem or Independent senators did proves that Trump is only the minor symptom of the far greater problem, which is the GOP as a whole.
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I think it is actually bigger than the GOP.

Betsy is a billionaire in no small part thanks to Amway.

What is Amway?

A company that made billions fleecing people off the false premise (or is it promise?) that having your own business/being your own boss/being an entrepreneur is the only legitimate way to live the American Dream. Of course, if you're selling Amway (or any other multi-level marketing products) you're not really an "independent business owner" at all, but merely another cog in a very questionable machine.

Ironically, part of the sales pitch is that if you sign up with them, you'll finally be able to quit your job and "work for yourself." And if you haven't been taught critical thinking skills, you just might fall for it. The Devos family is very rich, after all. Rich off the idea that having a job is for suckers, and that if you just hand your money over to this nice lady selling soap, you can quit your job that you went to school for and spend the rest of your days windsurfing off of your beach house.

We should have put her in charge of the Department of Unrealistic Expectations.
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Those Amway people are nuts. I have a friend from where I grew up who had bought into it hook, line, and sinker. It's almost a cult.
 
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