Obama Nominates Former MBTA Head Beverly Scott To NTSB - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

nightfighter · 07-30-2015, 05:18 PM

You have to be effing kidding me..... This is the reward for leading the MBTA down the toilet? Obama continues to prove he is the worst decision maker the country has elected in my lifetime. This is small potatoes compared to his screw ups in the big picture, but locally, it certainly proves the point that he is unethical and unqualified for the office

Nebe · 07-30-2015, 05:26 PM

Afermative action !
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Jackbass · 07-30-2015, 07:34 PM

Pure insanity.
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tysdad115 · 07-30-2015, 08:12 PM

If you expected anything different you're the crazy ones these days. One failure in office putting yet another failure in office. This is what "the people" voted for.
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The Dad Fisherman · 07-30-2015, 09:05 PM

Lord Help Us.....
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Nebe · 07-30-2015, 09:39 PM

I am no longer an Obama supporter. Not because of this but of so many other things. hope? change? The change he has brought isn't what I was expecting.

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FishermanTim · 07-30-2015, 11:05 PM

Really, exactly what would you expect from a "zero-experience" president??

I had been hoping he would prove himself worthy, only he proved he's worthy alright!....worthy of being ridden out of town, hell...out of the COUNTRY on a rail!!!

He make Ford, Carter and Bush, Jr. all look like an Einstein by comparison.

Sea Dangles · 07-31-2015, 06:33 AM

Ironic that you would choose those formers for comparison,they were all politicians. This country was never as happy and united as when an actor was our leader. Patriotism was at an all time high,now we have the greatest divide I remember.
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PRBuzz · 07-31-2015, 07:43 AM

Similar to the Brockton school superintendent getting "fired" then hired by Deval as MA Sec of Education

scottw · 07-31-2015, 07:57 AM

also par for the course

spence · 07-31-2015, 08:51 AM

Her resume is quite impressive.

Fly Rod · 07-31-2015, 10:07 AM

I'm sure she will do an excellent job.....LMAO..... adminisration just a bunch of

What a great promotion for fracking up the MBTA.....Spence must have ment that as dry humor

justplugit · 07-31-2015, 11:58 AM

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I am no longer an Obama supporter. Not because of this but of so many other things. hope? change? The change he has brought isn't what I was expecting.

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LOL Nebe, I'll believe it when I see you posting " it's all Obamas fault" a few times a day for at least the next 6 years."

Nebe · 07-31-2015, 12:53 PM

Hmmmm.
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spence · 07-31-2015, 02:14 PM

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LOL Nebe, I'll believe it when I see you posting " it's all Obamas fault" a few times a day for at least the next 6 years."

I can't wait until they start naming schools and airports after him

justplugit · 07-31-2015, 07:09 PM

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I can't wait until they start naming schools and airports after him

LOL. Where in Iran and Russia ?

The Dad Fisherman · 07-31-2015, 09:51 PM

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Her resume is quite impressive.

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JohnR · 07-31-2015, 10:45 PM

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Her resume is quite impressive.

So was Obama's - oh, wait.

spence · 08-01-2015, 08:44 AM

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LOL. Where in Iran and Russia ?

You don't think some groups are just itching to start naming public buildings after the first black US President?

She does have an impressive resume. One challenge I think with issues like this is that the best candidates might not have a perfect past, but they do have the right experience. You see it all the time in business. How many CEO's have run failing companies at one time or another?

nightfighter · 08-01-2015, 08:54 AM

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You don't think some groups are just itching to start naming public buildings after the first black US President?

She does have an impressive resume. One challenge I think with issues like this is that the best candidates might not have a perfect past, but they do have the right experience. You see it all the time in business. How many CEO's have run failing companies at one time or another?

I just felt the need to quote this for posterity.... No opportunity to edit or delete.... Months after being forced out of her job she is on a list of best candidates????? Go back and get a better list! How quickly we forget that the contract to set up the Obamacare website was "awarded" to a friend of the first lady...... I guess she must have been on the list of best candidates too, even though she had never produced anything close to what was required.....

spence · 08-01-2015, 09:23 AM

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I just felt the need to quote this for posterity.... No opportunity to edit or delete.... Months after being forced out of her job she is on a list of best candidates????? Go back and get a better list! How quickly we forget that the contract to set up the Obamacare website was "awarded" to a friend of the first lady...... I guess she must have been on the list of best candidates too, even though she had never produced anything close to what was required.....

I think the nomination is based on her full experience and not just a recent failure, though I'm sure the issues at the MBTA will be a focus of her vetting by the Commerce Committee. She certainly has the experience to get consideration.

Nebe · 08-01-2015, 10:26 AM

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I think the nomination is based on her full experience and not just a recent failure, though I'm sure the issues at the MBTA will be a focus of her vetting by the Commerce Committee. She certainly has the experience to get consideration.

Let me cut to the chase and say what no one else is saying.. Did Obama nominate her because she is black ? To add to this, would she have been nominated IF SHE WASNT BLACK?

We have this and now they want to award Pell grants to people in jail... What about a hard working person who is responsible who won't get a pell grant because the limited funds went to someone in prison?
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spence · 08-01-2015, 10:48 AM

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Let me cut to the chase and say what no one else is saying.. Did Obama nominate her because she is black ? To add to this, would she have been nominated IF SHE WASNT BLACK?

Oh great so nobody of color can get a job without it being a race thing???

I think it's more influential that she's female.

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We have this and now they want to award Pell grants to people in jail... What about a hard working person who is responsible who won't get a pell grant because the limited funds went to someone in prison?
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I don't believe the Pell pilot program takes any money away from non-prisoners, it's a small pilot that's funded separately.

It could be a great idea by the way. Studies have shown that for every dollar of educational investment in prisons taxpayers save 5 in return.

Nebe · 08-01-2015, 11:04 AM

America. The land where all is given to those who make bad decisions and those who are responsible have to pay for them.
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Jackbass · 08-01-2015, 12:16 PM

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America. The land where all is given to those who make bad decisions and those who are responsible have to pay for them.
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I just fell out of my chair welcome to the formerly silent majority who are tired of seeing Abuses of taxpayer dollars based on being PC.

As far as Scott goes. This job is a gift. She failed miserably while increasing expenditures at the MB TA. She doubled the number of jobs over 100,000 she spent tons of money on travel "for the job". Her job in Atlanta? No real verdict on that one she did consolidate spending there but who leaves a job that is close to 350,000 in a temperate climate to move to Boston for a significant pay cut? She said she would not be seeking a new contract with MARTA but maybe that was a deal to unload her
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Sea Dangles · 08-01-2015, 04:01 PM

For an artist, Nebe is really starting to show signs of reality.

Meanwhile, I suggest Jeff keep the paddles nearby as his pulse could be in jeapordy.
Good Luck to both kindred spirits.
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The Dad Fisherman · 08-01-2015, 11:09 PM

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I think the nomination is based on her full experience and not just a recent failure, though I'm sure the issues at the MBTA will be a focus of her vetting by the Commerce Committee. She certainly has the experience to get consideration.

She doesn't even know how to shovel a #^&#^&#^&#^&-ing path to her mailbox.....WTF
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PaulS · 08-02-2015, 11:09 AM

Where is Michael Brown when you need him
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Raven · 08-02-2015, 03:14 PM

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LOL. Where in Iran and Russia ?

Kenya
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JohnR · 08-02-2015, 04:02 PM

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Oh great so nobody of color can get a job without it being a race thing???

I think it's more influential that she's female.

No, if they could have found a Farsi Speaking Latino Gender Curious Pacific Islander Female, she would have gotten the job instead.

Government is no longer about finding the right person to do the job semi-efficiently - regardless of gender / ethnicity - and to make proper decisions and help people - regardless of gender / ethnicity. There are plenty of women and men of many races more capable to put in these positions, but they are not bureaucratic political HACKS of the party in power.

Government's job is now to spread diversity and happy feeling. Sadly that is not what happens these days. The adults have left the room and they people that couldn't make it academia are now running the ship and can't navigate. We are arguably at the greatest national apathy in 40 years and we get HACKS.

We need the adults back - gender / race does not and should not matter. Best people for the roles. But that is not a progressive mantra. Meritocracy has no merit. To them it smacks of privilege though to the rest of us it smells like academia.

So we vote for these clowns, put them in power, and they bring in the ass kissing self-licking-ice-cream-cones and voila! Presto-frickin-changeo - things suck more.

Obama was not qualified to be POTUS and six plus into his eight years in office he has proven that time and time again.

But people voted for him because HOPE.