{"id":6296,"date":"2008-12-17T23:12:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T04:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=6296"},"modified":"2008-12-18T05:51:31","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T10:51:31","slug":"well-now-here%e2%80%99s-an-interesting-development%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6296","title":{"rendered":"Well now here\u2019s an interesting development\u2026.[COB6]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times <\/a>is reporting that a gentleman named William White is being pushed to the Obama camp to become the next Secretary of the Navy. Of course Mr. White has an exceptional qualification for such a high position.<\/p>\n

Some top retired military leaders and some Democrats in Congress are backing William White, chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, to be the next secretary of the Navy – a move that would put the first openly gay person at the top of one of the services.<\/p>\n

The secretary’s job is a civilian position, so it would not run afoul of the ban on gays serving in the military, but it would renew focus on the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy as President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don\u2019t personally give a damn what Mr. White does in the privacy of his home but to hire a guy to head an organization that he would be disallowed to serve in seems strange to me. He must be one seriously qualified Muldoon!<\/p>\n

Fortunately The Intrepid Foundation <\/a>has his biography posted:<\/p>\n

White has been an active volunteer in many organizations. He served for eight years in the Point Lookout-Lido Volunteer Fire Department. He established Fordham University\u2019s student-operated volunteer ambulance service. In 1991 he established a charitable organization, Operation Support, which in only three months raised $400,000 for the families of servicemen and servicewomen lost in the Persian Gulf War.<\/p>\n

White worked in his family restaurant and real estate business, which has operated five successful establishments in Manhattan and Long Island. As Senior Manager of his family\u2019s restaurant operation, he helped ensure this 30-year business remained a successful enterprise.<\/p>\n

In 1991, following the success of Operation Support, White was asked by Mr. Zachary Fisher, a leading real estate developer and Founder of the Intrepid Museum Foundation in New York, to help raise funds for Intrepid, the world\u2019s largest maritime museum. White formed a volunteer organization, the Intrepid Museum Society, in November 1991. This group hosted several receptions and benefit dinners aboard the decommissioned carrier, raising $500,000 in its first two years of operation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s review: Volunteer Fireman, Fund Raiser, Worked for mom and dad, Fund Raiser again.<\/p>\n

You have got to be kidding me! There is absolutely nothing in this resume to qualify this guy to be Secretary of anything other than a fund raising organization or perhaps a Roman Bath House.<\/p>\n

As if the president-elect isn\u2019t enough evidence, I\u2019ll say again that identity politics is a very dangerous thing.<\/p>\n

What one generation tolerates, the next will embrace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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