If you could choose which government posts a TWWer would work, who would you put there and why? The position could range from President to Secretary of Defense or Treasury, Fed Chairman, senator, congressman, sheriff... whatever.

I would make theDuke866 Secretary of Defense because he has experience in the military and he seems like the most level-headed guy in TSB. Plus he's a pretty fair moderator.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 9:36 PM. Reason : 8]

10/9/2008 9:25:54 PM

EuroTitToss

10/9/2008 9:31:31 PM

EuroTitToss for high chancellor

10/9/2008 9:34:49 PM

wilso for Pharmacist General

10/9/2008 9:37:55 PM

upon further consideration, this would probably do much better as a Chit-Chat topic

10/9/2008 9:38:02 PM

LoneSnark and kwsmith2

one for chief economic adviser and one for treasury secretary

10/9/2008 9:58:46 PM

The more I've learned about economics the more I've understood Loneshark. He's clearly very educated on the basics, theory, and basics. However he is a clear "efficient market" spokesman. I wouldn't want him leading any economic advisory position with this bias.

To be fair, I can't name a single person I'd completely trust with being an economic adviser despite the great number of teaching from important economic professors, class books, and personal study I've put into the issue within the last two years.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 10:08 PM. Reason : Loneshark is also a good debater, which is why I haven't gotten into serious debates with him.]

10/9/2008 10:06:52 PM

me as dictator

10/9/2008 10:16:50 PM

Being a dictator is a great way to save yourself the trouble of ever having to plan for retirement. And, considering what is often done to their bodies, a funeral won't really be an issue either. Dictators should probably get a better union. I think Castro had one.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 10:21 PM. Reason : ]

10/9/2008 10:20:05 PM

Secretary of State: Hardest to call out of TWWers. I'd probably make a personal decision in this case based on the assumption I'd be president and thus would be analyzing their advice. I'd pick someone who generally logically disagreed with me.

Secretary of the Treasury: Loneshark. Despite what I posted about his opinion on economic matters he is by far the most qualified TTWer for this position. In addition a possible nominee for Secretary of State. I consider economics to be an incredible driving force for for all domestic and policy arguments.

Secretary of Defense: Redguard. Consistently posts the most logical and reasoned posts on matters of military significance. In addition a possible nominee for Secretary of State.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 10:22 PM. Reason : force]

10/9/2008 10:21:36 PM

baonest as Commander of █▓▒ Operations

10/9/2008 10:32:48 PM

I call dibs on secretary of energy. I always thought the dibs system worked about as well as the spoils system anyways.

10/9/2008 10:44:14 PM

Secretary of the Treasury: DrSteveChaos Rational, appeals to reason, refuses to make decisions without logic and evidence.

Secretary of State: Socks`` Contrary by Nature, Argumentative, Cynical, rejects most of my ideas with intelligent evaluation.

Secretary of Defense: theDuke866 Real Military Experience, Stubborn, Trustworthy, and would never send marines into a quagmire.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 10:50 PM. Reason : -]

10/9/2008 10:46:14 PM

GrumpyGOP: Ambassador to the Court of St. James's.

Frumpy is just cantankerous enough to keep the UK on its toes, yet intellectual enough to lend them an empathetic ear. Besides, I'm sure he could drink with the best of them.

10/9/2008 10:59:18 PM

^^^^ ReceiveDeath is clearly the logical choice for Operations commander! LOL

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 11:10 PM. Reason : !]

10/9/2008 11:06:01 PM

General Health Person or Whatever: BridgetSPK

I just wanna advocate masturbation, but instead of getting fired, I intend to get a medal for it.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 11:24 PM. Reason : surgeon general is too stuffy for someone advocating frequent masturbation.]

10/9/2008 11:20:53 PM

I would put hooksaw as head of the diplomatic envoy to Iran because I know he would get the job done as far as not having nukes.

10/9/2008 11:34:10 PM

dnl as supreme court justice? lol

10/9/2008 11:51:31 PM

drunknloaded as Chief Jester

10/9/2008 11:55:12 PM

General Health Person or Whatever seconds^^

10/9/2008 11:57:13 PM

IMStoned420 as minister of agriculture

10/10/2008 12:00:03 AM

Boone as head of the Dept of Education

JoeSchmoe should be Secretary of State. Dude knows his world history n shit

ssjamind for Energy Secretary.

LoneSnark and kwsmith2 at Sec of Treasury and Fed Chairman, or vice versa.

Republican18 for Sheriff

Duke for Prez. The one guy I probably agree with the most in TSB. Plus he knows his shit.



[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 12:19 AM. Reason : 2]

10/10/2008 12:17:42 AM

So at what time is it appropriate for us to turn to negative campaigns?

I just want to put it out there that theDuke bragged about having grown up and being mature but then, well, you know, he attended a madrasah.

10/10/2008 12:26:51 AM

eh em

10/10/2008 12:44:00 AM

And it's only a matter of time that it's revealed that JoeSchmoe had lunch once with the great great nephew's sister-in-law of the personal barber of HITLER!

10/10/2008 12:58:38 AM

I find it hilarious that so many of y'all would hand the economy over to LoneSnark.

10/10/2008 1:00:56 AM

Quote :

"He's clearly very educated on the basics, theory, and basics."

Sorry, I thought that was funny.

Quote :

"GrumpyGOP: Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. Frumpy is just cantankerous enough to keep the UK on its toes, yet intellectual enough to lend them an empathetic ear. Besides, I'm sure he could drink with the best of them."

I'll hope the US State Department feels the same way, as much as I'd love for them to send me to Tajikistan. Although I'd probably have to tone down the drinking in England; embarrassing them wouldn't help the diplomatic rapport.

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I can't imagine a worse diplomat than Socks``, assuming for the moment that we're excluding salisburyboy and steve9194. That's exactly what we need in a diplomatic setting -- "Oh, well, you say this now, but ten years ago you said this thing about a completely unrelated subject ooooohhhh burn!"

My Secretary of State nominee would probably be SkiSalomon, given that he has a lot of relevant experience in the field (both in the sense of, "the field of study" and "out there in the shit).

10/10/2008 4:51:41 AM

Quote :

"I can't imagine a worse diplomat than Socks``, assuming for the moment that we're excluding salisburyboy and steve9194. That's exactly what we need in a diplomatic setting -- "Oh, well, you say this now, but ten years ago you said this thing about a completely unrelated subject ooooohhhh burn!""

He would be perfect for me, because he often challenges what I suggest. This is definitely the result of him holding viewpoints on both sides of the political spectrum. However, that is exactly what I want from a Secretary of State, someone that voices his opinion on nearly every idea that I raise with an intelligent response based on his past experiences with the issues. Finding and labeling a person that consistently responses intelligently to me in TSB cannot be attributed to the majority of you. My Secretary of State would have to be a divergent and perhaps cynical personality. There would be no "Yes" men in my cabinet.

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 7:55 AM. Reason : -]

10/10/2008 7:40:48 AM

hooksaw as homeland security
Socks`` secretary of energy
DrSteveChaos as attorney general
Prawn Star as Chief of Staff
sarijoul as secretary of education
TreeTwista10 as chief janitor and grounds maintenance

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 10:42 AM. Reason : -]

10/10/2008 10:42:12 AM

^^I'm not suggesting that yes-men are desirable, or that Socks`` contrary nature wouldn't be useful when he's actually sitting in the cabinet providing ideas. But the Secretary of State is the country's top diplomat, too. There are certain circumstances with certain people where he needs to be able to turn that off. I didn't mean he was going to be saying "ooooohhh burn" to his president, I meant he was going to say it to some other President, probably during crucial high-level talks about trade or nuclear proliferation.

10/10/2008 1:26:13 PM

hooksaw should serve a dual role:

Ambassador to the UN. he'd make Bolton look like a liberal pantywaist

Chairman of the FCC. he'd clean up the scourge of the librul media.




[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 2:47 PM. Reason : ]

10/10/2008 2:44:44 PM

i need a job!

10/10/2008 2:49:33 PM

LoneSnark doesn't seem like such an expert once you get past Econ 201/202 and realize that people aren't rational actors or virtuous all the time, externalities are way more important than you thought, the information in the market is more often than not faulty and thus very imperfect, no first world country follows the econ advice they constantly force on any other non-1st world country, most economists are bullshit artists, and than you've been admiring the econ knowledge of a CSC major who likes to read Cato a lot all of these years.

hooksaw for secretary of education b/c i'd like to see what sort of affirmative action campaign he forces to try to stop the LIBERAL BIAS.

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 7:21 PM. Reason : .]

10/10/2008 7:20:25 PM

HUR

Dictator 4 Life niggaz!

10/10/2008 7:23:54 PM

haha i hate that I missed this thread when it first came out.

Batman - Attorney General, he's batman

TreeTwista10 - Director of the ATF. Kick the tires and light the fires, son!

GoldenViper - Director of the Advanced Technology Program, I really have no clue if this would be a good idea or not, but I think it would be interesting having a transhumanist in charge of doling out research dollars.

hooksaw - Chief of Staff, because you want a hard-fighting SOB getting shit done in your office. Plus, he has good independent feedback on policy.

Gamecat - Sect of State, because you want a smart, level headed guy as your face to the world.

LoneSnark - Sect of Tres, because he's knowledgeable in econ and I think having someone with a libertarian bent in a position of power is always a good thing. That or maybe head of NASA. He and Me, We All About Privatizing Space.

Kainen - Sect of Energy, we both seem concerned about climate change and he recognizes that nuclear power is important step in lower our ghg emissions.

Stimwalt - Sec of Labor, because he reminds me of Robert Reich in a good way

kwsmith2 - Fed Chairman, because he's got the best background in econ and is more of a technocrat. so he would prob do well here.

Redneck Bob - Sect of Ag. Because he would tear that shit up.

BEU - Sec of Defense, becuase he's all informed and experienced (his Iraqi update thread is very good stuff)

Duke - President, because it's obvious.

Socks`` - US Ambassador to the UK, because I like traveling and don't like real work. It's my impression ambassadors have it easy. So that's the job I want.

CeilingCat - Co-Ambassafor to the UK, because she is one red hot lady.

11/20/2008 1:45:06 AM

SandSanta - President

McDanger - Vice President

Because god damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

11/20/2008 2:08:23 AM

I would like to be acknowledged.

I'll settle for some negative attention.

Anything really.

I can throw a tantrum if need be.

[Edited on November 20, 2008 at 8:01 PM. Reason : !]

11/20/2008 8:01:19 PM

Quote :

"I would make theDuke866 Secretary of Defense because he has experience in the military and he seems like the most level-headed guy in TSB. Plus he's a pretty fair moderator."

yeah...right

11/20/2008 8:33:27 PM

BridgetSPK - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

11/20/2008 9:27:58 PM

WOO HOO!!!!

But, seriously, I'm totally honored!

11/20/2008 9:33:54 PM

gonna reciprocate?

11/20/2008 9:35:03 PM

I've been trying to think of something.

chembob - Secretary of the Navy

It was changed in '47, but we can bring it back!

11/20/2008 10:14:15 PM

lol

in 47 the Department of the Navy was just subordinated into the Dept. of Defense.

11/20/2008 10:17:18 PM

Subordinated is covered by "changed." I was trying to be cute...you know, it has "Navy" in the name, and you're all into the Navy and stuff.

Since you're being know-it-ally, I'm taking you out. You can be the white house press secretary. Enjoy!

11/20/2008 11:33:21 PM

Sec. of Defense - theDuke866: Wouldn't take us anywhere that we didn't need to be but would know how to take care of peeps if we did.

Sec. of Education - Shadowrunner: One of the most cerebral people I have had the pleasure of meeting and would feel confident with him sculpting the minds of our future.

Sec. of the Interior - alee: You would be hard pressed to find someone who is more concerned about balanced and well planned conservation and preservation.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - hooksaw: Arguably one of the most powerful positions in the land and allows for the accumulation of time and wisdom to help direct the future by remembering the past and not giving into the impulsiveness of the present.

Sec. of the Treasury - Gamecat: Alexander Hamilton would be proud.

Sec. of State - TGD: The exact kind of level headed and just standup person that one could want representing your country to the rest of the world.

Director of the Environmental Protection Agency - HockeyRoman: You can't get much more treehugger than that. I mean the guy freakin' believes in nature deities for crying out loud.

Attorney General - Republican18: Any job that keeps him from running over helpless critters while being able to uphold the law.

Chief of Staff - GrumpyGOP: Aside from the afore mentioned hooksaw he also seems highly capable of smacking around folks to get the job done while providing logical insight.

Sec. of Energy - humandrive: Seeing as he works at a nuclear power plant I'd say he knows a thing or two about how to get our country less dependent upon coal.
Surgeon General - SkankinMonky: Because he needed a job.


Too many people, not enough matching jobs.

11/21/2008 10:19:52 AM

i thought about making this thread the other day and didn't because i didn't know exactly how to lay it out. props to the OP for doing it well.

That being said, i agree with a lot of these positions that have been assigned. namely.

Quote :

" I would make theDuke866 Secretary of Defense because he has experience in the military and he seems like the most level-headed guy in TSB. Plus he's a pretty fair moderator. Secretary of the Treasury: Loneshark. Despite what I posted about his opinion on economic matters he is by far the most qualified TTWer for this position. In addition a possible nominee for Secretary of State. I consider economics to be an incredible driving force for for all domestic and policy arguments. kwsmith2 - Fed Chairman, because he's got the best background in econ and is more of a technocrat. so he would prob do well here. sarijoul as secretary of education "

also i'd like to find a job for moron i'm just not sure what it would be.

overall i was thinking about this because despite the frequently arguing we probably hash out more real policy issues here than they do in a typical administration. there is more honest and candid debate allowing for a sincere evaluation of ideas.

11/21/2008 11:24:55 AM

Quote :

"hooksaw ... accumulated wisdom ... not give into the impulsiveness of the present."

are you joking?

11/21/2008 11:32:27 AM

I would have included TGD for something, CEA maybe, but he's too good to post here anymore. So fuck him!!

[Edited on November 21, 2008 at 11:49 AM. Reason : ``]

11/21/2008 11:49:09 AM

I wanted to have something for Socks, moron, PrawnStar and nutsmakr but I didn't have enough jobs so here we go;

Brains Trust - Socks``, moron, Prawn Star, nutsmackr: Too much smarts to just get left out.




[Edited on November 21, 2008 at 7:07 PM. Reason : Socks I hate your name]

11/21/2008 7:01:33 PM

I'm flattered that you thought of me as part of the "Brains trust"

11/21/2008 7:07:12 PM