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Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.

Making America great again ..... No matter what it costs.

Immediately after her confirmation, a Representative introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Education.

https://massie.house.gov/newsroom/press ... -education

Bob Juch wrote:Immediately after her confirmation, a Representative introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Education.

https://massie.house.gov/newsroom/press ... -education

What calamity would ensue if the Dept of Education were to go away?

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:Immediately after her confirmation, a Representative introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Education.

https://massie.house.gov/newsroom/press ... -education

What calamity would ensue if the Dept of Education were to go away?

Betsy wouldn't get to play teacher.....


Bada Bing!

a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.

State Department? That's in the capable hands of Rex Tillerson from Exxon Mobil.

So do you think the new Secretary of Education took this job to increase her own wealth?

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:So do you think the new Secretary of Education took this job to increase her own wealth?

Like the President and the other billionaires in his cabinet, this job means less money for Devos. She has a political agenda that she's committed to. But a conservative with experience in education would have been a better nominee.

a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.

Shouldn't this be titled "A Grisly Tale?" Grizzly is a bear.

Estonut wrote:

a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.

Shouldn't this be titled "A Grisly Tale?" Grizzly is a bear.

Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.

But I'm pretty sure Saucy is adverting to Secretary DeVos's defense of guns in schools: You never can tell when you'll need one to shoot a grizzly bear. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:

Estonut wrote:

a1mamacat wrote:Devos buys herself a State Department.

Any of your Senators that had accepted campaign contributions from her should have recused themselves.

One of the most shady confirmations yet.

Shouldn't this be titled "A Grisly Tale?" Grizzly is a bear.

Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.

But I'm pretty sure Saucy is adverting to Secretary DeVos's defense of guns in schools: You never can tell when you'll need one to shoot a grizzly bear. --Bob

Your memory sucks. A Grizzly is as bear as a bear can be.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:So do you think the new Secretary of Education took this job to increase her own wealth?

Yes, she stands to benefit if there are more charter schools.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/a ... er/513266/

Bob78164 wrote:Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.
--Bob

Wrong on both. The both are bears.

There are eight bear species divided into three subfamilies.
- Ursinae - Black, brown (grizzly is a brown bear) , polar, sun and sloth bears
-Tremarctinae - spectacled bears
- Ailuropodinae - giant pandas

I have no idea where you got mink from. Bears and minks are mammals. That's where they split. They both make for great coats.

Bob keeps picking the wrong things to argue about, but the word "grizzly" was most likely used in this thread to refer to the DeVos statement about some schools needing guns for protection from bears.

BackInTex wrote:

Estonut wrote:Actually, if memory serves grizzlies aren't actually bears, but are members of the mink family. Or maybe that's polar bears. I'm too lazy to look it up.
--Bob

Wrong on both. The both are bears.

There are eight bear species divided into three subfamilies.
- Ursinae - Black, brown (grizzly is a brown bear) , polar, sun and sloth bears
-Tremarctinae - spectacled bears
- Ailuropodinae - giant pandas

I have no idea where you got mink from. Bears and minks are mammals. That's where they split. They both make for great coats.

You've attributed Bob's quote to me.

Estonut wrote:You've attributed Bob's quote to me.

I fixed it. I am really, really, really sorry. Really.