character, which were often a code for social class? do we want a racial spoil system where jobs are distributed too achieve quotas? the answer for woolridge is more meritocracy, eliminating remaining forms of special treatment based on money, connections or identity, to true make sure talented people who work hard are recognized and moved up the ladder. one can argue in the spirit of winston churchill that meritocracy is probably the worst of all selection systems, except for all of the others. and finally losing the long game, the false promise of regime change in the middle east. this is a book with a seemingly narrow subject matter but it s really a broad book about america s engagement with the world. the author, philip gordon, currently working in the white house, points out that throughout the middle east the u.s. has responded to periods of transition in complex societies, sometimes by intervening
they believe in a racial spoil system. they tell you that you have your traits that you have nothing to do with are the most important things about you. that is the very definition of racism. it also is a dangerous course for a country to take especially right now. increasingly, researchers know much more about dna and the role that it plays in human life.ng it is not hard at all to imagine a society that degenerates into pure general determinism. factions squabbling. it is already happening in brazil where race tribunals measure people s skull shape to see if they qualify for affirmative action. other countries throughout history, as you may have read, have done similar and horrifying things. do you want to live in a place like that? no thanks. better to stick to our ideals, where we do our best, not always successfully but we try to treat people as individuals and judge them by their behavior, whatdi they do, and not their ancestry. under that system, she would
advise and consent. so there s a different standard. but it should not be allowed to become patronage politics over whether or not this is the spoil system and the supreme court can go to whatever party is in power. it shouldn t be that. it should be a search for the truth and a search to get to the bottom of what has occurred here. senator mosley braun, the other issue is not only how brett kavanaugh and dr. ford conducted themself, much has been made out to snl on how it was the accuser who seemed so measured and calm, and the person being accused who seemed to, at times, emotional and upset. even if you wanted to be charitable and say people may respond differently to different things, he s also a sitting judge who has to return to the bench no matter what happens. so if we can compare that to what we call the kavanaugh standard, what he said judges ought to do and how they ought to act. take look.
freedom of information about request to figure who was getting the jobs for which you re supposed to have at least a college degree and for some you have to have a masters but instead installed in the jobs a kid who was an intern at the rnc. literally that person s last job. not like back in the day i started off as a teenager as an rnc intern but went on to be a well-qualified agriculture expert getting a high-level job at the usda. no, direct from rnc intern to high-level usda senior job. i mean, this is what political scientists call the spoil system. they appear to just be randomly handing out high level specific federal jobs supposed to go to experts but instead just giving them out to anybody that volunteered on the campaign or their sister. like the person in charge of energy efficiency and renewable energy at the energy department is a guy who most recently
i mean, this is what political scientists call the spoil system. they appear to just be randomly handing out high level specific federal jobs supposed to go to experts but instead just giving them out to anybody that volunteered on the campaign or their sister. like the person in charge of energy efficiency and renewable energy at the energy department is a guy who most recently worked in tire sales. retail tire sales. the assistant to the secretary of the treasury most recently worked as a production assistant at something called that s entertainment. i don t know what that s entertainment does but doubt it has anything to do with what the treasury department does. trump picked as a cabinet secretary the buying and selling stocks while taking action in congress to affect the price of those stocks. he nevertheless was confirmed in