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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/politi...ref=slogin

[quote]George C. Deutsch, the young presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs workers to limit reporters' access to a top climate scientist and told a Web designer to add the word "theory" at every mention of the Big Bang, resigned yesterday, agency officials said.
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Mr. Deutsch's resignation came on the same day that officials at Texas A&M University confirmed that he did not graduate from there, as his r

why would the president appoint a PR guy for nasa in the first place? seems like a waste of time to me.

dfarr Wrote:why would the president appoint a PR guy for nasa in the first place? seems like a waste of time to me.

thats called political favors .. just like he hired Mike Brown to be the head of FEMA ... although he had no experience in emergency response.

CrazyBlazer Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:why would the president appoint a PR guy for nasa in the first place? seems like a waste of time to me.

thats called political favors .. just like he hired Mike Brown to be the head of FEMA ... although he had no experience in emergency response.

yeah, i can understand that, but an entry level PR job? seems like its kind of pointless to ask the president to appoint people to a job so meaningless.

Wait, it's in the New York Times? I'll wait for verification, thanks. ;-)