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Once determined to eliminate the Department of Energy, Rick Perry will now lead it
Canada Free Press ^
| 12/13/16
| Dan Calabrese
Posted on 12/13/2016 12:15:41 PM PST by Sean_Anthony
Mission change
This will be portrayed in the media as a flip-flop, or as some sort of inherent contradiction. How can a man lead a department he once advocated eliminating entirely? But theres no contradiction at all. If you believe the federal government doesnt need to be dictating energy policy to the rest of the nation, but the Energy Department is still going to exist, why not have someone in charge of it who believes in the inherent limits of its usefulness, and runs it accordingly?
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; canadasucks; clickbait; departmentofenergy; doe; rickperry; trumpcabinet; trumpenergy; trumptransition; yourblogsucks
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To: Sean_Anthony
Maybe he’ll do both, I hope.
To: Sean_Anthony
People were saying Sarah Palin would get this slot—What happened to her? I thought she supported Trump? Did she go back to Ted Cruz? McCain? or just go wacko all by herself?
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:18:33 PM PST
by
Forward the Light Brigade
(Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
To: Sean_Anthony
"Once determined to eliminate the Department of Energy, Rick Perry will now lead it..."
...hopefully, to destruction.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:20:12 PM PST
by
BlueLancer
("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
To: Sean_Anthony
Perry has my vote for first one out.
I will take under in one year.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:20:23 PM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(This time I am Deplorable)
To: Forward the Light Brigade
Well, she does have a special-needs kid, and a husband recovering from serious injuries.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:21:54 PM PST
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: Sean_Anthony
Maybe his mission is to close it. We don’t really know.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:22:15 PM PST
by
xzins
(Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
To: Sean_Anthony
Go ahead and eliminate it, except for maybe a small core if it turns out to be really necessary.
DOE, EPA and several other departments could easily be reduced to, say, 10 man advisory panels to Congress.
They should have NO legislative power of their own.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:22:18 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: tom paine 2
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:23:27 PM PST
by
nikos1121
(I hear Kasich is being considered for post master general.)
To: Forward the Light Brigade
She’s put out a couple of goofy articles accusing Trump of Crony Capitalism when he intervened with Carrier.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:24:17 PM PST
by
nikos1121
(I hear Kasich is being considered for post master general.)
To: Sean_Anthony
“How can a man lead a department he once advocated eliminating entirely?”
It is easier to tear it up from the inside than from the outside.
Plus, of course, he can at least make sure that regulations are removed that have and continue to hinder the production of energy (and, thus, job creation). Take the chains off of this critical part of the economy, and the economy will have in place one of the key pieces on the chessboard necessary to have a real boom. The other 2 key pieces are tax policy and trade policy.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:24:28 PM PST
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
To: hadaclueonce
Perry used to be a Democrat, and he has lingering tendencies in that world view. Of course, the same is true with Trump.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:24:43 PM PST
by
fwdude
(Stronger, To Get Her)
To: Forward the Light Brigade
I’m hearing Sarah Palin to over see the VA, but that would be a an impossible job.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:24:50 PM PST
by
nikos1121
(I hear Kasich is being considered for post master general.)
To: nikos1121
Close it in time to run for the Cruz seat. Cruz can then wait for Trumps 2nd SCOTUS appointment.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:25:10 PM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: hadaclueonce
I don’t know if I follow what you’re trying to say.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:25:36 PM PST
by
nikos1121
(I hear Kasich is being considered for post master general.)
To: nikos1121
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:26:12 PM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Forward the Light Brigade
She never had a chance. She would have been a liability, just like Christie
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:26:38 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
To: Sean_Anthony
it’s not mutually exclusive
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:27:22 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
To: Sean_Anthony
Trump’s main goal is to reduce the deficit and debt.
I think he plans on making America not only energy independent, but a net exporter of oil. He appointed a Texan to lead the dept of Energy and the CEO of Exxon to be Sec of State.
He also appointed US Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a climate-change skeptic and an advocate for expanded oil and gas development.
It’s all making sense.
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:28:06 PM PST
by
Vic S
( David Rockefeller killed Larry McDonald (Congressman, President of the Birch Society - KAL 007))
To: DIRTYSECRET
Mittens will get Ambassador to France or maybe deputy SOS?
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posted on
12/13/2016 12:28:12 PM PST
by
nikos1121
(I hear Kasich is being considered for post master general.)
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