Acsenray:
Now, what I don’t know is where “inferior officer” ends and “civil service job” begins. At some point, if the president is blocked from appointing anyone , I would think that certain functions would have to be performed on an acting basis by a civil servant.
As far as Congress is concerned, there is no limit. The enabling legislation determines whether given officers of an agency are subject to confirmation.
lol @ Dick Armey
Dick Armey had no idea he was speaking to the left-wing Media Matters organization during an interview last week, he told The Daily Caller Tuesday. Instead, Armey thought he was chatting with the conservative Media Research Center.
A post published Friday by Media Matters blogger Joe Strupp relayed concerns by Armey — also a former House majority leader — about FreedomWorks’ expenditures, including several million dollars spent on sponsorship opportunities with radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Over the weekend, conservative reaction to Armey’s decision to “dish” to Media Matters about his tumultuous exit from FreedomWorks ranged from befuddled to furious.
But in a Tuesday phone interview with TheDC, Armey insisted that even though Strupp properly identified himself, it wasn’t until “somebody busted my chops on Facebook” that he realized he spoke to a left-wing group.
“I wouldn’t know Media Matters from a hole in the wall,” the 72-year-old told TheDC. “That was a major, big screw up on my part. I thought they were somebody else.”
When asked who he thought Media Matters was, Armey replied, “Who’s the guy with the red beard that always does the show where he points out how biased the press is?”
“Oh… the Media Research Center? Brent Bozell?” TheDC suggested. Bozell appears weekly on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to spotlight liberal media bias in a segment called “Media Mash.”
“Yeah, I thought it was Brent Bozell,” Armey replied.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/09/dick-armey-on-why-he-gave-that-interview-to-media-matters/
This is your conservative movement, America. Cherish it.
MacCat
January 9, 2013, 5:48pm
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MOIDALIZE:
lol @ Dick Armey
Saw him last night on Hardball. His arm waving and gesticulation was hilarious. Someone needs to set it to music…
::scribbles furiously::
I’ve now filed paperwork for the creation of The Hermitage Foundation and The Kay Tow Institute.
Now to set up some phone lines and GOLD, JERRY! GOLD!
The Amerindian Enterprise Institute.
Armenians for Tanks Reform
I trust that I will be able to welcome many of you into the ranks of my newly created Gran’s Olde Par-TAY, a liberally conservative (and conservatively liberal) political party.
The National Raffle Association. Hell if you just say it aloud in the south, they won’t even know the difference.
Gyrate
January 9, 2013, 6:43pm
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I don’t know if he’s Republican but man, is he right-wing:
Alex Jones on Piers Morgan .
The linked video is just a snippet but the whole thing is filled with fun statements like:
Alex Jones afterwards
Jones says the British TV personality is part of “the New World Order,” a corporatist, globalist conspiracy to suppress free people everywhere by taking away their guns, tracking their cell phones and poisoning them with psychoactive drugs in their drinking water, among other tactics.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a granny to bludgeon.
Trion
January 9, 2013, 6:59pm
8112
Really?
Panic on the streets of London!
Burn down the disco!
Gyrate:
I don’t know if he’s Republican but man, is he right-wing:
Alex Jones on Piers Morgan .
The linked video is just a snippet but the whole thing is filled with fun statements like:
Alex Jones afterwards
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a granny to bludgeon.
Good Lord. I saw this on TDS with Jon Stewart last night.
I give Piers Morgan mad props for not punching him. I have never wanted to pummel anyone so much in my life.
Gyrate
January 9, 2013, 10:53pm
8116
Strangely, that’s what I usually say about Piers Morgan.
But yes, Stewart’s response was on the mark .
MOIDALIZE:
lol @ Dick Armey
Dick Armey had no idea he was speaking to the left-wing Media Matters organization during an interview last week, he told The Daily Caller Tuesday. Instead, Armey thought he was chatting with the conservative Media Research Center.
A post published Friday by Media Matters blogger Joe Strupp relayed concerns by Armey — also a former House majority leader — about FreedomWorks’ expenditures, including several million dollars spent on sponsorship opportunities with radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Over the weekend, conservative reaction to Armey’s decision to “dish” to Media Matters about his tumultuous exit from FreedomWorks ranged from befuddled to furious.
But in a Tuesday phone interview with TheDC, Armey insisted that even though Strupp properly identified himself, it wasn’t until “somebody busted my chops on Facebook” that he realized he spoke to a left-wing group.
“I wouldn’t know Media Matters from a hole in the wall,” the 72-year-old told TheDC. “That was a major, big screw up on my part. I thought they were somebody else.”
When asked who he thought Media Matters was, Armey replied, “Who’s the guy with the red beard that always does the show where he points out how biased the press is?”
“Oh… the Media Research Center? Brent Bozell?” TheDC suggested. Bozell appears weekly on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to spotlight liberal media bias in a segment called “Media Mash.”
“Yeah, I thought it was Brent Bozell,” Armey replied.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/09/dick-armey-on-why-he-gave-that-interview-to-media-matters/
This is your conservative movement, America. Cherish it.
Somebody ought to found a liberal organization and call it the Hermitage Foundation .
ETA (after starting to read this page): nevermind
Gyrate:
Alex Jones
Hey! I got through to his voicemail a few weeks back, which was unsurprisingly easy since he doesn’t seem to have a receptionist to screen his calls. Nor anybody else working at Infowars. He’s a sad, frightened, loud man, so I didn’t take advantage of my access to his inner sanctum.
fumster
January 10, 2013, 1:43am
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What I find amusing is the response I got to my thread about conservatives being *literally *insane. You don’t get much crazier than Alex Jones and remain uninstitutionalized.
As a literal descendant of (among other things) New England WASP’s who fought in the War for Independence, I think I could reasonably found an “American Heritage Fund” or the like.
Granted, I’m the sort who was disappointed to find out how WASPish my ancestry is, I thought I was more of Pennsylvania Dutch descent.