Our new Secretary of State -- Dr. Rice

[quade 4]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=254647

She's bright and well spoken, but doesn't, in my opinion, have a very good poker face(1)

Ought to be interesting.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[lummy 4]

a side note, who was the first woman Secretary of State?

I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1

[mardigrasbob 0]

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as secretary of state on January 23, 1997

Who was the first black secretary of state?



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Well, I wanted the job, but GWB didn't call. I guess my JACKASS extradition treaty with Equatorial Guinea focus and poor yodelling ability were the primary reasons. Just another example of the world keeping the short man down.

I'm wondering how Dr. Rice will handle the job, truth be told. Politically she's an outstanding choice. Being NSA prior to SecState, she's already got a handle on all of the major issues. Now she just has a slight change in focus. Dealing with her replacement as a partner in the Bush foreign policy team and managing a department will be challenging for her. If she does this job well then a truly fine and experienced VP candidate in '08 she would definitely make, should she have such aspirations. We shall see.

I still think I could have done a good job.

Vinny the Anvil
Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL
JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

[TomAiello 26]

Who was the first Jew to hold cabinet level office?

Interesting little factoid

-- Tom Aiello

Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com
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[Muenkel 0]

I'm going to guess before I hit your link: Kissinger.

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Chris

[Muenkel 0]

Well, I was wrong. Thanks for the factoid. I never would have guessed it was someone from the 19th century.

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Chris

[mardigrasbob 0]

11 January 1861-- Alabama seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America.
February 1861--The Confederacy was founded at Montgomery
25 June 1868--readmitted to the Union
14 November 1954--Condoleezza Rice born in Birmingham, Alabama
1955-56--Montgomery Bus Boycott in the
1963--Birmingham demonstrations
1965--Selma March
August 1965--U.S. Voting Rights Act
1975--master's from the University of Notre Dame
1981--Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver
22 January 2001--Dr. Condoleezza Rice became the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2004 10:08:41 AM --
WASHINGTON: National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice was Tuesday nominated by President George W Bush as the new Secretary of State.

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Interesting little factoid

All right pet peeve here -
A metalloid is something that resembles a metal but isn't truley a metal. A planetoid is something close to a planet but not really a planet.

So a factoid??? Something that isn't quite a fact?
If you want to be cutesy call it a factino....

Jump

Scars remind us that the past is real

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14 November 1954--Condoleezza Rice born in Birmingham, Alabama

And a happy birthday to her on Sunday!

She's not as biddable as some, and I sincerely hope she stays that way. She's very very smart, and will undoubtedly listen to the wisdom of others rather than figuring that she already knows everything she needs to.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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So a factoid??? Something that isn't quite a fact?

The technical term in sociology for something that sounds like a fact but isn't is "facticity." Now -- you can debate whether sociology can be used in the same sentence with technical with a straight face, but there is a name for that one thing.

I'd always thought of factoid as the kind of little piece of trivia that was put into empty space in the newspapers before proportional fonts were as easy to get.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)