Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,519,997 times
Reputation: 27720

Advertisements

Meet the new Commerce Secretary..Penny Pritzker. She was in line for this spot in 2008 but involved in legal messes at the time. Pretty interesting history of this woman.

And her qualifications ?
She has money, lots of money and is part of the "Chicago Royalty".

She also has good insight into the corrupt banking practices and how they were run since she was involved in her own subprime mess herself and drove her bank into bankruptcy. But $460 million paid to the government got her forgiveness.

She also has good insight to "offshore banking practices" with multiple ongoing disputes with the IRS over her offshore tax havens.

She will be a great asset for labor since the AFL-CIO have registered many worker violation complaints against the Hyatt hotel chain.

Can it be any more obvious ?

Obama's New Commerce Secretary: A Billionaire Chicago Hotel Magnate - Matt Vasilogambros - The Atlantic
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:26 AM
 
18,836 posts, read 37,377,352 times
Reputation: 26469
Maybe Paris Hilton was the runner up.

Presidential appointees are bobbing heads. We see how useful the one appointed by Bush was during the "Katrina" crisis, he had no clue what emergency management was...yet he was chief of FEMA. Crazy.

Government run by incompetency. No surprises here. I wonder how much she ponied up to buy that spot...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:28 AM
 
45,232 posts, read 26,464,208 times
Reputation: 24994
But obama was gong to be different lol
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:30 AM
 
1,922 posts, read 1,746,503 times
Reputation: 798
Wealthy and crooked.... Obama's inner circle of friends.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,519,997 times
Reputation: 27720
Quote:
Originally Posted by jasper12 View Post
Maybe Paris Hilton was the runner up.

Presidential appointees are bobbing heads. We see how useful the one appointed by Bush was during the "Katrina" crisis, he had no clue what emergency management was...yet he was chief of FEMA. Crazy.

Government run by incompetency. No surprises here. I wonder how much she ponied up to buy that spot...
Probably a lot over the years. The article said she backed him from the onset of his political career.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,519,997 times
Reputation: 27720
It really just shows that those with money really do run the government and they do it to benefit themselves.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:38 AM
 
4,130 posts, read 4,462,953 times
Reputation: 3046
So Romney, proven to be a crook and a liar is extolled by conservatives (even defended)...but this business success is a crook and a liar just because she works with Democrats. Wow, the single minded determination of conservatives to hate anything and anyone that doesn't fall in line like a good authoritarian lapdog and bow down to them is way past the boarder of pathological.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:39 AM
 
13,694 posts, read 9,016,074 times
Reputation: 10416
Quote:
Originally Posted by HappyTexan View Post
Meet the new Commerce Secretary..Penny Pritzker. She was in line for this spot in 2008 but involved in legal messes at the time. Pretty interesting history of this woman.

And her qualifications ?
She has money, lots of money and is part of the "Chicago Royalty".

She also has good insight into the corrupt banking practices and how they were run since she was involved in her own subprime mess herself and drove her bank into bankruptcy. But $460 million paid to the government got her forgiveness.

She also has good insight to "offshore banking practices" with multiple ongoing disputes with the IRS over her offshore tax havens.

She will be a great asset for labor since the AFL-CIO have registered many worker violation complaints against the Hyatt hotel chain.

Can it be any more obvious ?

Obama's New Commerce Secretary: A Billionaire Chicago Hotel Magnate - Matt Vasilogambros - The Atlantic

An...interesting choice by Obama.

Here is another article about her:

Penny Pritzker to be nominated for Commerce secretary - Page 2 - Chicago Tribune

It appears that the Unions (including Teachers) will not be happy, since the article maintains she is pretty 'anti union'.

Money talks.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,519,997 times
Reputation: 27720
Quote:
Originally Posted by EmeraldCityWanderer View Post
So Romney, proven to be a crook and a liar is extolled by conservatives (even defended)...but this business success is a crook and a liar just because she works with Democrats. Wow, the single minded determination of conservatives to hate anything and anyone that doesn't fall in line and bow down to them is boarding on pathological.
LOL...you call her a business success ? She's a Trust Fund baby who inherited her wealth.

She represents everything you are against yet because she's a billionaire Dem backer you ignore the facts.

News flash..Romney isn't the President and Romney didn't appoint her.
She would have been appointed in 2008 if she wasn't hip deep in legal problems.

She is that 1% you can't stand and she's up near the top in YOUR party.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-04-2013, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,519,997 times
Reputation: 27720
Quote:
Originally Posted by legalsea View Post
An...interesting choice by Obama.

Here is another article about her:

Penny Pritzker to be nominated for Commerce secretary - Page 2 - Chicago Tribune

It appears that the Unions (including Teachers) will not be happy, since the article maintains she is pretty 'anti union'.

Money talks.
This is her "qualification" for that spot (from the link):

"A major donor to Obama, Pritzker has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats and their state parties across the U.S."
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:16 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top