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<p dir="auto"><strong>roycant07</strong> — <em>16 years ago(April 05, 2010 10:57 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I wish the Obama administration just wouldn't do stuff like giving people positions in the White House because they're famous, trendy or have recognition amongst a small group in academia.<br />
It isn't just Penn, it's Larry Summers, Tim Geithner, Rham Emanuel, etc. People who have some really questionable backgrounds but are hot people in the social circuits of DC and Wall Street.<br />
The Obama administration is the most trendy administration I have ever seen, simply choosing people that are really, really connected in DC and Wall Street rather than people who've been involved in real research and have dealt with public policy for years. Some who even fundamentally support the administration but get bypassed for the cream of the crop of the latest trendy academic pop junk that's featured in Time or Newsweek. This administration likes pedigree and prestige. It's not really progressive.<br />
The one thing that I at least liked about the horrible Bush administration is that they didn't care if a person came from the Ivy League or not, as long as they understood the agenda and were willing to promote it. Their administration came from all sorts of different schools and backgrounds. The Obama administration seems more like an Ivy and top school club full of wonks that do not so much care about actually helping people as much as beating the right wing.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Actually the aftermath of Katrina was played up by the media and overly emotional liberal Hollywood clowns like Kanye West and Spike Lee who tried to convince the public it was Bush's fault and some kind of racial conspiracy that rescue efforts were slow and the situation was bad, Spike Lee even went so far as to say the gov blew up the levee's to drown out the city despite having no proof.  New Orleans has a lower land level then the surrounding shore and needs a levee system, it is a disaster waiting to happen.  The people of New Orleans were warned that the hurricane was going to be devastating and it would be very difficult to help them if they stayed, thousands ignored the warnings and stayed.  The hurricane was worse then predicted and it was impossible to mount a large scale rescue effort considering the damage and chaos.  Remember that Nagen and the governor did not declare New Orleans a disaster area either until later which delayed Federal response.  Lets not even go into many of the residents of New Orleans fighting with each other, robbing each other, shooting at cops, looting, etc which hurt recovery efforts, this behavior did not happen in Mississippi that saw similar 5b4damage from Katrina.  It did not matter who was in charge of FEMA, the same results would have happened after a major storm like Katrina that caused so much destruction and damage, if people think after something like Katrina there will be some immediate thorough speedy efficient response from the gov they are foolish and naive.  The media wanted to blame and hate Bush and that is exactly what they did after Katrina.<br />
There were people still without power months after Hurricane Sandy and that was nowhere near as damaging or bad as Katrina, people are still waiting for money to rebuild from Sandy yet the media is completely silent on that.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1168025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1168025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:53:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Make me question the integrity of the Obama administration…. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:53:31 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>Dan2108</strong> — <em>14 years ago(August 15, 2011 12:21 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">The one thing that I at least liked about the horrible Bush administration is that they didn't care if a person came from the Ivy League or not, as long as they understood the agenda and were willing to promote it.<br />
How did that work out? Remember FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina? Would that <em>beep</em> have anything to do with the fact that the Head of 238FEMA was a horse breeder with no qualifications whatsoever other than being W's buddy?<br />
Stop embarrassing yourself and come back to the forum after you educate yourself in the topic.</p>
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<p dir="auto">since a lot of years now, all presidents of usa are puppets.</p>
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<p dir="auto">In all seriousness he was under qualified. It was political patronage, Obama was helping a buddy out for campaigining for him. And it actually kind of sends wrong racial messages as well. Obama appointed him saying his was in touch with his Indian roots and all of his films make fun of his heritage.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I found it really strange that Jon Favreau was Obama's speech writer until I found out it was another Jon Favreau.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Excellent comeback.  I am guessing that you also have a degree in Sociology.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Better than your degree, which is majoring in flipping burgers.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1168018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1168018</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:53:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Make me question the integrity of the Obama administration…. on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:53:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>brscth74</strong> — <em>15 years ago(July 11, 2010 09:00 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">LOL, he majored in film and sociology.  That is not being educated, that is a waste of a degree.</p>
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<p dir="auto">he is/was completely unqualified, and really isn't especially well educated either, despite your allegation that he is</p>
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<p dir="auto">How do you know he's not qualified? Do you have proof?</p>
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<p dir="auto">Never said he wasn't smart I just said he probably wasn't qualified.<br />
I said the administration tend to pick people because of their status in the academic social circles, pop trendy, like Sanjay Gupta. Smart as a whip but clearly a media personality.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Kat Pen is very educated. Just because he's famous, doesn't mean that his credentials aren't up to par. People can be qualified for government positions and handle fame. The fact that he was able to 'think outside the box' and was still able to hold international conversations, says a lot about his intelligence and demeanor. I think he could handle the fame, but the White House Administration couldn't handle all of the attention revolving around him.</p>
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