Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

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Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

The Fark right-wing's intellectually-superior sense of humor is once again on full display for the world to admire.

Oh c'mon... I'm definitely on the left side of this board. I'll give credit where it's due. From the right, that's pretty funny. Good on ya, Browncoat.

You don't want the only attention they get to be for ZOMG!!!MUSLIN!!!!WHARRGARBL!!!!!, do ya?

/See also: reinforcing negative behavior.

Done in one.

So the astronaut automatically is the better choice?

So by that logic, Terrell Owens would make a good Commissioner of the NFL.

Very nice bit of humor there sir, my man Obama does seem to have a habit of picking people without their paper trail together.

Yeah, but can he judge a horse show?

Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

i chuckled.

Joining in the chorus of praise for Browncoat. Very amusing.

Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

Or whichever one has the most number of statements on record disagreeing with Obama's policies which they then have to retract.


/yours was better, I fail.

PurplePimpSaber: The Fark right-wing's intellectually-superior sense of humor is once again on full display for the world to admire.

Oh come on, that was funny.

Obdicut: Or whichever one has the most number of statements on record disagreeing with Obama's policies which they then have to retract.

Looky there! Obdicut comes in with teh fun-nay!

Obdicut: /yours was better, I fail.

It wasn't that bad.

madmann: MUSLIN

My cousin owns a Victorian-era house that once had hunting scenes painted in fine muslin on the ceiling in one of the sitting rooms. Too bad the idiots who owned the place after the original owners tore it out. I bet it was pretty damned impressive.

/oh wait

Lando Lincoln: So the astronaut automatically is the better choice?

So by that logic, Terrell Owens would make a good Commissioner of the NFL.

Only when compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger

I've visited Kennedy and Johnson Space Centers. I've been to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum (both of them). I've been to Huntsville's space center. I should be the next head of NASA.

I guarantee that not more than 2 space shuttles will explode on my watch.

Astronaut in question (new window)

ex-Congressman in question (new window)

See, I would have expected the head of NASA to have at least one PhD.

netweavr:

See, I would have expected the head of NASA to have at least one PhD.

How does having a PhD make someone more qualified to run an agency? I would think an MBA would be a better degree to have.

Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

You can't possibly know that.

It very well could be the one that was a lobbyist a year and a half ago that will have to remove himself from all discussion on manned space flight.

netweavr: Only when compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'd rather have Arnold as the Commish.

I would gladly support the one that tells me we can have a man on the moon by the end of this decade. I would also call him JFK as a nickname.

ExJerseyGirl: netweavr:

See, I would have expected the head of NASA to have at least one PhD.

How does having a PhD make someone more qualified to run an agency? I would think an MBA would be a better degree to have.

Depends on the purpose of the agency. If it's a scientific agency I'd expect them to have scientific qualifications. And no, an undergraduate degree is not a "scientific qualification."

Were they an agency designed to handle money or organize social activities. Then I'd expect an MBA.

Not to say the person shouldn't have an MBA in addition to a PhD, however when you're only offering $177,000/year, I doubt you'll find someone with those qualifications that is willing to take the job.

That's irritating. I had heard Neil deGrasse Tyson was in the running for that.

Oh, well. He would've been good.

MaxxLarge: That's irritating. I had heard Neil deGrasse Tyson was in the running for that.

Oh, well. He would've been good.

Yeah, he would be a much better choice.

netweavr: Depends on the purpose of the agency. If it's a scientific agency I'd expect them to have scientific qualifications. And no, an undergraduate degree is not a "scientific qualification."

No, it depends on the duties of the job, not the goals of the agency. If most of his duties are administrative and he hardly does anything scientific, then I wouldn't necessarily want a PHD in the position.

Ryan2065: netweavr: Depends on the purpose of the agency. If it's a scientific agency I'd expect them to have scientific qualifications. And no, an undergraduate degree is not a "scientific qualification."

No, it depends on the duties of the job, not the goals of the agency. If most of his duties are administrative and he hardly does anything scientific, then I wouldn't necessarily want a PHD in the position.

If he has to choose between two case-studies, I want him to have the background required to identify the better choice.

netweavr: If he has to choose between two case-studies, I want him to have the background required to identify the better choice.

What's the difference between a PHD making the choice and an administrator asking a PHD to make the choice?

Ryan2065: What's the difference between a PHD making the choice and an administrator asking a PHD to make the choice?

The administrator gets to take the credit while screwing up other department. The PHD would just do his job and move on to the next task.

Ryan2065: netweavr: If he has to choose between two case-studies, I want him to have the background required to identify the better choice.

What's the difference between a PHD making the choice and an administrator asking a PHD to make the choice?

The Administrator overriding the PhDs recommendation based on political reasoning.

Then again, after looking up Michael D. Griffin's academic qualifications, I'm forced to say that people suck and your education seems to have no impact on how much of an ass you are.

Lando Lincoln: So the astronaut automatically is the better choice?

So by that logic, Terrell Owens would make a good Commissioner of the NFL.

EXACTLY this. What does subby seem to think that the skills required to be an effective NASA Administrator might be, given the challenges facing that agency?

You sure as hell don't want some flat-headed engineer running it, that's for sure - you want someone able to successfully manage NASA's paring-down of its existing bureaucracy, and re-positioning itself for the coming decades. This calls for political acumen, not the ability to solve problems involving tensor-valued functions.

ExJerseyGirl: netweavr:

See, I would have expected the head of NASA to have at least one PhD.

How does having a PhD make someone more qualified to run an agency? I would think an MBA would be a better degree to have.

I would contest that an MBA has no value in imparting leadership ability (though I also don't see the need for the head of NASA to have a PhD).

burndtdan: Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

i chuckled.

I did too, and I know you're a lefty like me.

Bipartisanship ribbing. Hey, at least it shows the Left can take a valid shot across the bows!

Demetrius: Yeah, but can he judge a horse show?

Give it up. It was over in the boobies.

bronyaur1: You sure as hell don't want some flat-headed engineer running it, that's for sure - you want someone able to successfully manage NASA's paring-down of its existing bureaucracy, and re-positioning itself for the coming decades. This calls for political acumen, not the ability to solve problems involving tensor-valued functions.

Well it would seem (from your links) that one of them has a masters degree in systems management and after 36 years in the military (13 concurrently years with NASA) has worked his way to the rank of Major General in the Marine Corps while the other started off as the tax assessor in one of the most corrupt regions of Texas, taught science for a while,got elected to Congress a couple of times and well, you know, some other stuff...

netweavr: The Administrator overriding the PhDs recommendation based on political reasoning.

Is that better or worse than the administrator having a PhD and still making choices based on politics?

burndtdan: Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

i chuckled.

Really? was that actually funny? I mean 1.) I've seen that "joke" like 50 million times on Fark already and 2.) It's not even particularly clever, I mean at least mess with it a little, make it subtle or something.

Wasn't there some super fundraiser or Arabian horse stable executive that would have been a better choice

netweavr: ExJerseyGirl: netweavr:

See, I would have expected the head of NASA to have at least one PhD.

How does having a PhD make someone more qualified to run an agency? I would think an MBA would be a better degree to have.

Depends on the purpose of the agency. If it's a scientific agency I'd expect them to have scientific qualifications. And no, an undergraduate degree is not a "scientific qualification."

Were they an agency designed to handle money or organize social activities. Then I'd expect an MBA.

Not to say the person shouldn't have an MBA in addition to a PhD, however when you're only offering $177,000/year, I doubt you'll find someone with those qualifications that is willing to take the job.

NASA has lots of contractors. In other words, hellooooo kickbacks.

I'd love to see Sen. Bill Nelson get the job, but I'd be afraid that the environment in Florida would result in Democrats losing a seat not just from Gov. Crist's appointment, but also in a subsequent election.

You can be rest assured that it will be another Global Warming™ whargarrblist to help him prop up the fake science behind his cap-and-trade program.

degreeless: You can be rest assured that it will be another Global Warming™ whargarrblist to help him prop up the fake science behind his cap-and-trade program.

Citation Needed.

/I can't help it, idiocy about this subject is like a Siren call.

Its marked dumbass just because the astronaut isn't automatically getting the job? That smells like an entitlement.


Its probably down to these 2 because no one else wants the job. I wouldn't want it.

Punchline to the joke:

They don't want to say "Yes NASA, no NASA."

colbert_rules: Its probably down to these 2 because no one else wants the job. I wouldn't want it.


I'd take it.

Of course, I would soon be forced to resign because my experience in the space program is limited to the model rockets I assembled when I was a kid.

Wow! Thank God Fark is so qualified to judge who should be in charge of NASA.

For the record, being that the Johnson Space Center was in Nick Lampson's farking district, you think maybe he'd have some political and administrative background, enough to help navigate the bullshiat in washington and maybe, maybe, JUST MAYBE get some decent funding for NASA from the government.

No. Of course not. Thank god people like degreeless are on the case!

Scott Pace, a former NASA official directing George Washington University's Space Policy Institute, said Obama would be looking for a two-person leadership team on which the administrator enjoys a strong relationship with the president and Congress - and the deputy administrator would have broad technical expertise. "Between the two officials, you need to be able to operate up and out to the White House, Congress and the public - as well as manage down and into the agency," Pace said.

sounds good to me

I liked that astronaut lady with the diapers. He should get her in there and really stir shiat up.

Browncoat: Whichever one has the most tax evasion problems will get the nomination.

Dammit. I make basically the same joke in the drug czar thread, and not one bite.

Is this thing on?

Lando Lincoln: So the astronaut automatically is the better choice?

So by that logic, Terrell Owens would make a good Commissioner of the NFL.

Well, if Terrell Owens also had 30 some years of management experience over very large numbers of people, had a masters degree, and had spent time as the Deputy Commissioner of the NFL, then yes, that analogy would make sense.

And he'd be qualified.