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- bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27They pay $140G for that job? Holy crap, what a waste.
- GamerDonkey, on 10/10/2007, -2/+26That's technically correct. The second list is subordinate to the first because of the 'otherwise' adverb.
- BadAstronomer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19I'm a known communist? That's news to me. Flip flop? I change my mind when better evidence comes in, if that's what you mean, as opposed to some ideologues who are so fossilized and ossified they cannot move out of the way of a truck barreling down on them.
- BadAstronomer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17Brandonvan, that's not correct. Read the links in my article about George Deutsch, a grossly unqualified White House flak, who actively tried to subvert science in NASA, and who did quite a bit of damage to NASA's public face.
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -3/+15NASA's like the abused kid at the orphanage. How much money is given to Homeland Security, and the IRS, and so many pet projects of the reps, and we can't spare a few extra million to be able to explore the rest of the Solar System? Seems like the US is passing on a major opportunity here by not getting the Mars/Moon stuff into rapid development.
- blaze4metal, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14B-b-b-but Clinton!!!
- MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12"A known communist"?
Who are you, Joe McCarthy? Jesus Christ you people are cliched. - MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Personally, I'd like my NASA liaisons to have some background in science. Perhaps even space science, though perhaps that's too much to ask for from the Liberty bunch.
- UnFriendlyFire, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13MS Word 2007 identifies only one error. The spelling of flunkie, which should be flunky (two places) Rollin' is misspelled on purpose. No grammatical or punctuation errors.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -9/+20Bush please dont ***** with NASA, it's all we got left.
LEAVE IT ALONE!! - blaze4metal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Communist! Run away! Didn't you get the memo? Terrorist is the new fear-word.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10In other words, a site that disagrees with your own FUD. Nice Try.
- nicku, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Yeah, but Bush's friends are as incompetent as he is.
- neoblaque, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Read part 2 of this link for a much more in depth look, especially what the qualifications would be for her pay if she worked at NASA, she is even qualified to write the qualifications.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/31/8364/55557 - nicku, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12NASA's not looking for Jesus so it has no use for Bush.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"pinko liberal commy"? Do you hear yourself?
- m0tbaillie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Shut up, ya *****' buttplug. You can whine, bitch, and moan about "libtards" this "liberal diggs" that "libs libs libs" - it's not MY constituency that blew half a trillion dollars, lost a ***** war, and groomed, backed, and continues to back the worst presidential administration in American history.
Bitch. - FarEastKilla, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7If Bush didn't hook up his Frat buddies who will?
- kmpr326, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I don't know if he is serious or making fun of Bush supporters. Either way, it's hilarious.
- joebob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Everyone knows Bush is really an alien sent to film the offworld reality comedy show, 'How screwed up can this backwater planet get?"
Damn NASA and thier duplicitous ways! - Cwind, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4oh come on.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5You don't have any idea who Phil is do you? Moron.
- joebob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Am I the only one just outright scared by that photo?
- Zreitan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5He'll just throw bibles at the moon!
- lechatron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I'm a Communist that wears flip flops to the beach, you got a problem with that?
- zappo1776, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4pogfreak is a troll. Look at his profile. Blocked.
- akatherder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Your anus *stern glare*
- djempirical, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3/dugg up for using "ossified"... 50 cent words represent!
- BadAstronomer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Um, three things:
1) She isn't the head of NASA;
2) She's a she; and
3) I said explicitly in my blog entry that presidents do this; however, I also point out that Bush has a history of putting completely unqualified people into such positions, and that NASA has suffered through this before. *And*, Ms. Cherry is deeply involved with at least two scandals as it is already. That's why I'm ticked. - kmpr326, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Because she kind of needs to know what she is talking about? How can you explain what good a project will do for the world if you don't have a science background? Like, the microwave. "Hay those NASA dudes want to shoot waves into stuff, should we give a couple million to do that?" "Hell no, shooting waves into stuff sounds useless!"
Then we would never have a microwave =/
Lame example but you get my point. - kmpr326, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3How can he be a communist if he flip flops on issues? Wouldn't communism be a sort of thing you can flip flop on?
Idiot. - Cwind, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3i'm scared, because the photo is credited to Ruebel FUNERAL Home.
- jftitan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3where are the Consultants Bob and Bob when you need to interview a person on whether they are 'efficient' at their jobs.
"Hello, I'm Bob, and that is Bob as well. We would like to know... do you physically walk the information from the white house to the engineers?" - zappo1776, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3pogfreak is just a troll. he's only dug 12 stories in the last year.
- MrSketch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I think you mean $140k for a kilodollar, since a Gigadollar would be a lot more.
- InvisibleMan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Cause we all know other Presidents never hire people from there administration to head government agencies.
Don't crucify a guy before he has a chance. Its not like NASA under the Clinton administration was a beacon of progress. So please leave the partisan politics out of space travel, cause in the end no one elects/votes against anyone because of NASA. - MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I confused as to what you're getting at.
- monomyth, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4NASA is long gone. It's called the New Vision now.
- GamerDonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I have to give that one to you, but it's a typo that can happen easily. I didn't even notice it on my read through.
- ghamal, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I was hoping to get away from reading about the Bush administration here on Digg Space...
- Cwind, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1haha...you're probably right.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Please keep your kiddie political flame war ***** out of science.
- Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Is that the sixteenth or seventeenth time I've buried your stupid, inane, moronic, spam?
- eqfan592, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Of course they are political appointees, but I think past presidents have at least TRIED to find semi-qualified people to fill the necessary roles in the past that also happened to believe in most of the same things they did. Now it seems the only qualification you need for any job in the white house is having been an old drinking buddy with W.
And I'm sorry, but the justification that "everybody else has done it so why can we?" simply doesn't hold water with me, even if it were 100% true. - rotophonic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2So this person's new pay grade is now around $150K. The previous person in this position...also a Bush flunkie...had the job for about 3 years. Want to know what his salary was when he worked at the White House? $40K. Sweet deal.
- RGWX, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1The justification is not "everyone else has done it" but rather, Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution specifically gives every President the right to make appointments to the government. For some, Congressional approval is needed. For most, it isn't.
As other have noted, nothing about the White House liaison job requires her to be a rocket scientist. Gosh...it would SUCK for NASA is someone there could get the White House on the phone, wouldn't it? What a disaster that would be... Look, she's a political person and that's a political job. No one who works in this or any other White House or senior appointed position is a slacker or a dolt. These are people who have drive, connections and a work ethic that involves 120 hour weeks. It is a mistake to presume that simply because she works for a President you may disagree with that she's not qualified.
And again...are you going to call on the Democrats to make all their appointments solely based on qualifications and not political considerations? - TobiasTheCommie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0He may be many things, but he is NOT a communist..
That title remains mine..
Now back off. - flaterates, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Fools don't read the post! Ms. Cherry should be assigned to an anti-pornography commitee.
- eqfan592, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Actually, because it's dealing with NASA, I would say it falls under BOTH politics and science. Time to face reality guys; sometimes politics and science do indeed collide.
- zm634, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Agree. I subscribe to tech, gaming, and science to avoid all the political stuff. Come on.
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