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Bi-Partisan EPA Chief

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Anonymous

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Obama Leaning Toward McCarthy for EPA Chief

Northern Ag Network posted on February 04, 2013 17:57 :: 152 Views




(Reuters) - President Barack Obama is leaning toward choosing Gina McCarthy, a top official in charge of air quality at the Environmental Protection Agency, to run the EPA in his second term, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

McCarthy, currently the assistant administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation, would take on the top job as the agency leads Obama's push for measures to fight climate change.

McCarthy would replace Lisa Jackson, who said in December she planned to step down as EPA chief.

A final decision has not been made, and one source cautioned that Bob Perciasepe, Jackson's deputy, was still in the mix for the administrator post.

An announcement could still be a couple weeks away.

A Boston native, McCarthy came to Washington after serving as the top environmental regulator in Massachusetts and Connecticut under Democratic and Republican governors.

Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, a Democrat, appointed her chair of a council to oversee a review of a proposed hazardous waste incinerator in the Boston area in 1990.

She later served as an environmental policy adviser to then-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and launched the state's first Climate Protection Action Plan. Romney was Obama's Republican opponent in the 2012 presidential election.

In 2004, McCarthy was appointed to head Connecticut's Department of Environmental Protection under then-Governor Jodi Rell, also a Republican, and helped lead the state into a carbon cap-and-trade system for Northeastern states, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Her no-nonsense style could be an asset in dealing with Congress if Obama embarks on ambitious new measures to tackle climate change, which he signaled in his inaugural address.

"She's about the most frank high-level public servant you've ever met," said one former colleague, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"She's a good manager, she picks stuff up fast, and she's ... certainly not afraid of a battle. So if they are anticipating a very combative Congress, Gina can certainly hold her own."

McCarthy would bring more gender equality to Obama's revamped Cabinet. The president has faced criticism for appointing white men to vacancies at the departments of state, defense and treasury.

Asked for reaction, a White House spokesman said he did not have any personnel announcements to make.
 

Steve

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Mitt Romney’s Troubling Appointments

Significantly, two of Romney’s appointments have how found a home in the Obama White House.

Gina McCarthy, the chief EPA clean air regulator, also worked as an environmental regulator for then-Governor Romney. Her role now is as point guard (nyuk) in the Obama Administrations fight to make coal fired electric generating plants extinct.

yep,.. a republican in two of the liberalest states up here.. nominates a green house fanatic,.. and now another liberal calls her bi-partisan...

it's enough to make any conservative roll his eyes .. :roll: :roll:
 
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Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......


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TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......


Live long enough old man and your grandkids and great grandkids might be speaking spanish too....or "jive".
 

loomixguy

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TexasBred said:
Oldtimer said:
Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......


Live long enough old man and your grandkids and great grandkids might be speaking spanish too....or "jive".

Wrong, TB. They will be speaking Arabic.

Allahu Akhbar!
 

loomixguy

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Oldtimer said:
Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......


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No surprise you don't have any idea what a 2 ball cane is.

Just spread bull feces about something you know absolutely nothing about, but that is your usual MO and true calling in life.

You would be the poster child for being blackballed.
 

Steve

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Oldtimer said:
Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......

comically ironic.. you would say.. coming from the "big tent" liberals who only allow one voice...

To think that there are so many differant views from those republicans..

yep,.. dang republican cults are all out of lockstep...
:roll:
 

Mike

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Steve said:
Oldtimer said:
Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......

comically ironic.. you would say.. coming from the "big tent" liberals who only allow one voice...

To think that there are so many differant views from those republicans..

yep,.. dang republican cults are all out of lockstep...
:roll:

He wants it every way he can get it. :roll:
 

hypocritexposer

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OT agrees with the Karl Rove cult, and wants to silence the Tea Party, so the "old rich white grey haired" men can once again run the Republicans.

Wouldn't want minorities and women, like Rubio and Niki Haley to get too "uppity"
 

TexasBred

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loomixguy said:
No surprise you don't have any idea what a 2 ball cane is.

Just spread bull feces about something you know absolutely nothing about, but that is your usual MO and true calling in life.

You would be the poster child for being blackballed.

Dang. 40 levels?? No wonder OT lives in the "North".
 

Whitewing

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Steve said:
Oldtimer said:
Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......

comically ironic.. you would say.. coming from the "big tent" liberals who only allow one voice...

To think that there are so many differant views from those republicans..

yep,.. dang republican cults are all out of lockstep...
:roll:

Actually, what's comically ironic is that the old man doesn't realize how he constantly contradicts himself, on almost every subject political. Either that, or as I've said before, he does realize it and is only trolling.

Which is it OT? Care to explain?
 
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Whitewing said:
Steve said:
Oldtimer said:
Repubs are getting to be like the Freemasons- there are 40 differing levels of them-- which leads many to perceive that they don't know if they are coming or going-- which is what is leading to the downfall of the Repub Party......

comically ironic.. you would say.. coming from the "big tent" liberals who only allow one voice...

To think that there are so many differant views from those republicans..

yep,.. dang republican cults are all out of lockstep...
:roll:

Actually, what's comically ironic is that the old man doesn't realize how he constantly contradicts himself, on almost every subject political. Either that, or as I've said before, he does realize it and is only trolling.

Which is it OT? Care to explain?

Speaking of trolls- one of the silent folks that has followed my posts for sometime sent me this in an e-mail...

Which Trolls Should You Feed?
Feb 5 2013 @ 10:20am Ann Friedman considers the question:

A younger woman who works in media recently wrote to me, “How did you build up a thick skin? Something I’ve always struggled with is not taking things personally and getting upset when people say things that hurt me — in comments, on Twitter, etc.” I explained to her that I have a hierarchy of haters. High-order haters are those who really know how to hurt you; they may have real power or influence in your social or professional world. These are the folks you might consider responding to, or otherwise defending yourself against.

Low-level haters are usually people of little professional or social consequence to you. These are the folks who call you fat and ugly because they disagree with your views on, say, the federal debt. The lower a hater is on the pyramid, the more likely it is that the best response is to ignore him — while taking pride in the knowledge that, wherever the hater falls in this hierarchy, his or her very existence means you’re succeeding in having an impact.

At another site- she defines haters again- and how as a journalist she handles haters:

First off, let’s get some definitions straight. A hater, as the Internet defines it, is someone who’s “gonna hate”—someone who just wants to find fault with your work and who isn’t genuinely interested in having a conversation. We ignore haters because they’re never productive.

A very accurate definition of the haters and yapdogs that troll this site :wink: :p :lol:
 

Whitewing

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Whitewing said:
Steve said:
comically ironic.. you would say.. coming from the "big tent" liberals who only allow one voice...

To think that there are so many differant views from those republicans..

yep,.. dang republican cults are all out of lockstep...
:roll:

Actually, what's comically ironic is that the old man doesn't realize how he constantly contradicts himself, on almost every subject political. Either that, or as I've said before, he does realize it and is only trolling.

Which is it OT? Care to explain?

Speaking of trolls- one of the silent folks that has followed my posts for sometime sent me this in an e-mail...

Which Trolls Should You Feed?
Feb 5 2013 @ 10:20am Ann Friedman considers the question:

A younger woman who works in media recently wrote to me, “How did you build up a thick skin? Something I’ve always struggled with is not taking things personally and getting upset when people say things that hurt me — in comments, on Twitter, etc.” I explained to her that I have a hierarchy of haters. High-order haters are those who really know how to hurt you; they may have real power or influence in your social or professional world. These are the folks you might consider responding to, or otherwise defending yourself against.

Low-level haters are usually people of little professional or social consequence to you. These are the folks who call you fat and ugly because they disagree with your views on, say, the federal debt. The lower a hater is on the pyramid, the more likely it is that the best response is to ignore him — while taking pride in the knowledge that, wherever the hater falls in this hierarchy, his or her very existence means you’re succeeding in having an impact.

At another site- she defines haters again- and how as a journalist she handles haters:

First off, let’s get some definitions straight. A hater, as the Internet defines it, is someone who’s “gonna hate”—someone who just wants to find fault with your work and who isn’t genuinely interested in having a conversation. We ignore haters because they’re never productive.

A very accurate definition of the haters and yapdogs that troll this site :wink: :p :lol:

It's nice that you and Reader maintain such intimate contact, but please OT, try to stay on point.

Care to explain why it is you contradict yourself on almost every political topic? Are you aware of this fact? If not, you might seek medical help. I'm sure there's a program for it in the Affordable Health Act.
 
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