Obama too Busy to Appoint Public Officials

Influenced by Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, I've often looked to the stars and wondered if the Earth going communist is a forgone conclusion and maybe the best bet is to flee to the moon and the planets and the asteroids, and build a conservative paradise there. Although I feel that getting to outer-space can best be accomplished by free-market entrepreneurs, I still feel that the government can play a role in this process, and that is why I still keep on eye on NASA news.

The big news regarding NASA is what to do with its $230 billion shuttle fleet. This is a big decision facing this executive agency, and after years of neglect by the Bush White House it is a decision that many expected Obama to demonstrate his incredible leadership skills in making. But sadly, as the article details, NASA still does not have an agency chief- in fact, "NASA seems so far off the White House radar, said one presidential expert, that it might as well be on Pluto." Apparently meeting with Chavez and Castro and touring the world bashing the United States is more important to President Obama than doing the real work of appointing qualified administrators to handle government agencies and bureaus.

So far, the Obama administration has nominated nearly 200 officials, including an undersecretary of agriculture for rural development, an assistant labor secretary for veterans employment and training, and actor Kal Penn as a White House liaison. But at NASA, Obama has not nominated a single manager who requires Senate confirmation.

McCain did not talk enough about how Obama is all talk or flash and no action or substance- this guy has been in office 100 days and only nominated 200 officials- and many of those have been tax cheats, unqualified, or otherwise scandal-plagued. Very poor work, and let's indeed judge him on his inability to do the job well.

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