2016 Dec 9^th

I’ll take a brief look at some of Trump’s recent cabinet picks. Trump has said that he prefers to appoint very successful people to these positions because they will then use their success to benefit the entire country. That might pass inspection if we don’t look at his picks too closely. Of course it is occasionally ridiculous, as in the case of Betsy DeVos, Education Secretary, who simply came into the possession of a five billion dollar fortune by being born into the right family. That is a skill set she probably can’t share.

Linda McMahon, once the CEO of World Wide Wrestling, is to be head of the Small Business Administration. It is certainly true that Linda and her husband have grown their company from a small pay per view outfit to a company grossing worth well over a billion dollars. Linda tried a run for the senate in Connecticut and lost after spending over a hundred million on the effort. Now, by donating just over six million to Trump’s campaign she gets to be in his administration. She wins political success at last, and it cost so little

The new EPA head is Scott Pruitt, a climate change denier just like his boss and who, as Attorney General of Oklahoma is suing the organization he now heads. No matter what happens there he can’t lose…or looked at another way, he can’t win. Breathe deeply while you  still can do it without coughing.

The Department of the Interior goes to Cathy McMorris-Rogers, currently employed as a representative from a district in eastern Washington State. The new head of this department plans to open lots of federal land to oil and gas drilling. Again, see Yellowstone while your view is unobstructed by oil derricks. Of course, maybe Trump will sell some of Interior’s National Parks to the Chinese to compensate for the federal revenue lost by his tax reduction plan for millionaires.

Mike Pompeo is the new and very hawkish CIA director. Pompeo graduated first in his class at West Point and as soon as his military obligation was finished, he was off to Harvard Law. He is virulently anti-Muslim and a firm believer in internet surveillance. He seems not much bothered that his anti-Muslim attitude would alienate non-radicalized Muslims whom we need to discover the radical ones. Pompeo is sure they are all alike.

The new Secretary of Labor is Andrew Puzder. He is the CEO of a fast food chain and although he is Secretary of Labor, he is no friend of labor. He is not in favor of any minimum wage, just another plutocrat who wants the government to help him support his employees.

Puzder has an affinity for ads showing very scantily clad young women eating his sandwiches in near orgiastic ecstasy. One of these ads shows a well-endowed model pretending to eat a substantial hot dog, except she never bites it, she just keeps sliding it in and out of her mouth. Many TV stations have refused to show these commercials. When asked about them Puzder claims that he sees nothing wrong with pretty girls eating his restaurant’s product.

So much for our new Secretary of Labor and Soft Core Pornography.