tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post113917088841319162..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: The Collected Works of George DeutschLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-1139558397536446212006-02-10T00:59:00.000-07:002006-02-10T00:59:00.000-07:00I hope noone minds if I lighten the discussion a b...I hope noone minds if I lighten the discussion a bit with a lil cartoon:<BR/><BR/>http://greedoneverfired.blogspot.com/2006/02/big-bang-for-your-buck.htmlDave Himselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01897575350911919096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-1139507696240561242006-02-09T10:54:00.000-07:002006-02-09T10:54:00.000-07:00cnn.com Well, it looks like Georgie has resigned. ...<A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/02/09/nasa.resignation.ap/index.html" REL="nofollow"> cnn.com </A><BR/><BR/>Well, it looks like Georgie has resigned. Of note are Michael Griffin's (NASA Administrator) comments:<BR/><BR/>"The job of the Office of Public Affairs, at every level in NASA, is to convey the work done at NASA to our stakeholders in an intelligible way," Griffin wrote. "It is not the job of public affairs officers to alter, filter or adjust engineering or scientific material produced by NASA's technical staff."Schtackyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01331186845524220244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-1139274936392612312006-02-06T18:15:00.000-07:002006-02-06T18:15:00.000-07:00Ah, of course... and if NASA's head gets out of li...Ah, of course... and if NASA's head gets out of line with what the president wants, it's he who will get canned, not the incompetent boob. I guess I was assuming more autonomy on the part of agencies (and a stricter separation of political appointees at the top and civil servants below) than I should have, though I did note Deutsch was a presidential appointee...<BR/><BR/>And I suppose that the AUMF gives the president the right to turn any unelected governmental position into an appointed one at his whim, anyway...Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-1139266876309939872006-02-06T16:01:00.000-07:002006-02-06T16:01:00.000-07:00NASA should fire this incompetent boob.That's the ...<I>NASA should fire this incompetent boob.</I><BR/><BR/>That's the problem; he is a presidential appointee, and thus works at the "pleasure of the president." NASA can't fire him.spyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14251017646611361354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-1139184667652025502006-02-05T17:11:00.000-07:002006-02-05T17:11:00.000-07:00This post from Digby:http://digbysblog.blogspot.co...This post from Digby:<BR/><BR/>http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2006_01_29_digbysblog_archive.html#113909188993862584<BR/><BR/>.. does a great job on explaining why fighting this junk is important.cowmixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207760597337878091noreply@blogger.com