Comments on: Shoe Trial Postponed http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:45:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777277 Margot Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:24:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777277 <p>I’m sure that’s how they feel about it.<br /> Maybe they’ll have to find a job in the private sector. How inviting!</p> I’m sure that’s how they feel about it.
Maybe they’ll have to find a job in the private sector. How inviting!

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777276 SouthernDragon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:21:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777276 <p>Let’s hope the 90 is just for starters.</p> Let’s hope the 90 is just for starters.

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777275 foothillsmike Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:21:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777275 <blockquote><p>It’s worth pointing out that another roughly 160 political appointees were kept on.</p></blockquote> <p>That is 90 down 160 to go.<br /> 473 hrs & 39 min</p>

It’s worth pointing out that another roughly 160 political appointees were kept on.

That is 90 down 160 to go.
473 hrs & 39 min

]]> By: CTuttle http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777273 CTuttle Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:19:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777273 <p>Unfortunately, I don’t think the cuts went deep enough… Of the 250 political appointee slots in DoD, only 90 were cut…! Btw, here’s the Hill <a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-dismisses-bush-pentagon-appointees-2008-12-30.html" rel="nofollow">link…</a></p> Unfortunately, I don’t think the cuts went deep enough… Of the 250 political appointee slots in DoD, only 90 were cut…! Btw, here’s the Hill link…

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777272 SouthernDragon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:18:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777272 <p>There are no martyrs on the right. A lot of self-absorbed, intolerant bozos, but no martyrs.</p> There are no martyrs on the right. A lot of self-absorbed, intolerant bozos, but no martyrs.

]]> By: GregB http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777271 GregB Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:15:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777271 <p>Jeebus, you’d think they were being offered a cigarette and a blindfold.</p> <p>The martyrs on the right are like Agent Smith in The Matrix…..they keep coming.</p> <p>-G</p> Jeebus, you’d think they were being offered a cigarette and a blindfold.

The martyrs on the right are like Agent Smith in The Matrix…..they keep coming.

-G

]]> By: GregB http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777270 GregB Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:13:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777270 <p>Where do they get these deluded leaders?</p> <p>Hamas leader Ismael Haniya says that victory is near.</p> <p>Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations. With those standards he deserves a spot in the Bush administration.</p> <p>-G</p> Where do they get these deluded leaders?

Hamas leader Ismael Haniya says that victory is near.

Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations. With those standards he deserves a spot in the Bush administration.

-G

]]> By: CTuttle http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777269 CTuttle Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:13:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777269 <p>But, Jane, Billmon left out the best part…</p> <blockquote><p>In the email, O’Beirne tried to assure the soon-to-be displaced employees that the decisions were based on “policy change in the Obama administration” and not based on performance.</p> <p>However, he said, if employees “harbor residual doubts” then they can <strong>“content yourself with the likelihood that it was your outstanding performance as a Bush appointee that drew the opposition’s attention to you.”</strong></p> <p>“In that regard, you may take justifiable satisfaction that you were among the first to be chosen,” O’Beirne wrote.</p></blockquote> But, Jane, Billmon left out the best part…

In the email, O’Beirne tried to assure the soon-to-be displaced employees that the decisions were based on “policy change in the Obama administration” and not based on performance.

However, he said, if employees “harbor residual doubts” then they can “content yourself with the likelihood that it was your outstanding performance as a Bush appointee that drew the opposition’s attention to you.”

“In that regard, you may take justifiable satisfaction that you were among the first to be chosen,” O’Beirne wrote.

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777268 Margot Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:10:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777268 <p>PW’s Silo post made it to the front page. Update on Franken-Coleman recount.</p> PW’s Silo post made it to the front page. Update on Franken-Coleman recount.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777267 SouthernDragon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:06:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/31/shoe-trial-postponed/#comment-1777267 <p>I got sumthin’ they can serve.</p> I got sumthin’ they can serve.

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