tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post6947021369282966123..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: The saddest thing about this whole gender thing with the Fed...Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-48665834185151320612013-08-05T00:12:47.584-04:002013-08-05T00:12:47.584-04:00Whoops-a-daisy. Whoops-a-daisy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-10765468471098156592013-08-04T16:37:11.640-04:002013-08-04T16:37:11.640-04:00Oh dude. Bad. BAD Joseph! :)
If you were my cat I...Oh dude. Bad. BAD Joseph! :)<br /><br />If you were my cat I'd be getting my spray bottle out right now.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-48084855184002097622013-08-04T14:46:37.633-04:002013-08-04T14:46:37.633-04:00"What the hell do you care if we have nine wo..."What the hell do you care if we have nine women on the court at this point?"<br /><br />Well, so long as they've gone through their "change of life" I don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-14771302223686608752013-08-03T22:25:52.242-04:002013-08-03T22:25:52.242-04:00I don't doubt there are pressures from some fo...I don't doubt there are pressures from some for him to pick a woman. If Obama does pick a woman, I really doubt her gender will play a role in that decision.Ken Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-87479231607585532332013-08-03T00:25:14.719-04:002013-08-03T00:25:14.719-04:00Did you ever consider that the supply is a structu...Did you ever consider that the supply is a structural factor, and then consider what the structure is? There weren't too many african-american professors the day after slavery was abolished. (There still aren't, proportionally, today. We haven't washed that slate clean.) Get it?<br /><br />You're really missing the boat here. When you discuss a man, no one ever talks about whether sexism plays a roll in the pick, because it's ASSUMED that a man is qualified - or, at least, doesn't need to be carefully, individually qualified based on his gender. When you pick a woman or a minority, gender and race are ALWAYS mentioned - because you have to prove they're at least equal in qualifications to get over the "this is a race/gender pick" hurdle. It is not assumed. A white male is the status quo. A woman or minority isn't. This is how our country is structured.<br /><br />As others have pointed out, no one asked about Bernanke's "gravitas" when he was appointed. No one called it a "gender" pick. The problem isn't solved by having two women in the running. The problem is solved by not discussing at all, in any way, gender or race, whether openly or in code. If we're still talking about how candidates act in stereotypical terms, we've accomplished nothing.Existentialhttp://www.rationalizeanimal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-58680030672025810572013-08-02T10:54:29.027-04:002013-08-02T10:54:29.027-04:00Palin for Fed chair!Palin for Fed chair!Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-18541441153191491762013-08-02T02:39:27.078-04:002013-08-02T02:39:27.078-04:00Call me foolish and naive, but...
I'm hoping...Call me foolish and naive, but...<br /><br /><br />I'm hoping that the information from the White House on it's final picks were deliberate half-truths. I hope that the reports of Larry Summers and Tim Geithner being among those considered were part of the Obama administration keeping it's cards close to it's vest for some uncertain long-term political and policy plus, and that eithe Janet Yellen or Christina Romer would be the final choice.Blue Aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044362251868221897noreply@blogger.com