Ben Carson Confirmed As Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development

brycejones

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I don't think he is a good choice, but now that he is confirmed I'll wait to see what he actually does.
 

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I don't think he's a particularly good fit for that position, but hey, they could do a lot worse. Lets see how he does.
 

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Or maybe it was because he was once considered the foremost neurosurgeon in the world?
Personally I think the man had a stroke a few years ago and has been hiding it.

Reportedly his skill at surgery is surpassed only by that at self-promotion.
 

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Respecting someone just because they're black? Ok.

He is sometimes controversial, but I respect him because he is generally a knowledgeable person, a gentleman, a renown neurosurgeon saving people's life , and he will not force hatred onto other people, not because he is black.

Maybe you respect Trump just because he is white?
 
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Is it too shameful to admit that, for a little while, I thought Carson was the best choice for POTUS?
 

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Is it too shameful to admit that, for a little while, I thought Carson was the best choice for POTUS?

Ordinarily no, but you're apparently also keen on being in a position of influence (teaching), so yes.
 

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He is sometimes controversial, but I respect him because he is generally a knowledgeable person, a gentleman, a renown neurosurgeon saving people's life , and he will not force hatred onto other people, not because he is black.

Maybe you respect Trump just because he is white?

Who says I respect Trump? Literally the only time i've ever voted was in 2008 for Obama.

from wiki
In 1987, Carson was the lead neurosurgeon of a 70-member surgical team that separated conjoined twins, Patrick and Benjamin Binder, who had been joined at the back of the head (craniopagus twins); the separation surgery held promise in part because the twin boys had separate brains.[96] Both boys entered the hospital "giggling and kicking" in preparation for surgery without which, it was said at the time, the seven-month-old twins would never have been able to crawl, walk, or turn over.[96] The Johns Hopkins surgical team rehearsed the surgery for weeks, practising on two dolls secured together by Velcro.[96] Although follow-up stories were few following the Binder twins' return to Germany seven months after the operation,[96] both twins were reportedly "far from normal" two years after the procedure, with one in a vegetative state.[96][97][98][99] "I will never get over this . . . Why did I have them separated?" said their mother, Theresia Binder, in a 1993 interview.[96] Neither twin was ever able to talk or care for himself, and both would eventually become institutionalized wards of the state.


Such a selfless guy:


In March 2013, Carson announced he would retire as a surgeon, saying: "I'd much rather quit when I'm at the top of my game."[102] His retirement became official on July 1, 2013
 

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Even Carson admitted his only qualification for HUD is that he grew up in the inner city/housing projects-as such, his qualifications greatly exceed those of DeVos in Education or Perry in Energy (his sole qualifications are he comes from Texas and wears glasses to make himself look smarter)..

I expect Carson to do relatively little damage at HUD himslef-the damage is going to come from the Bannon wing of the White House, which is on a rampage to raise mortgage interest rates (one of the first Executive Orders) and kill Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. America's middle class and the housing market are going to suffer.
 
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mxnerd

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Who says I respect Trump? Literally the only time i've ever voted was in 2008 for Obama.

So where did you get the idea I respect Ben Carson just because he is black?

Yet you voted for Obama in 2008. Interesting.
 
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Strangely I think he may be the right guy. I can't say why but I have a feeling this is the right spot
 

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He is sometimes controversial, but I respect him because he is generally a knowledgeable person, a gentleman, a renown neurosurgeon saving people's life , and he will not force hatred onto other people, not because he is black.

Maybe you respect Trump just because he is white?

Heh. He said the pyramids were built by Joseph for grain storage-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ay-get-him-some-votes/?utm_term=.cac5666cd46f

In a bit of post-truth humor, it's been claimed that he doesn't remember running for President-

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/boro...ays-he-has-no-memory-of-running-for-president

I'm not sure how funny that is....
 

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Alright. I take it back. You respect him because he has good hand-eye coordination. Slightly less silly.
 
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Alright. I take it back. You respect him because he has good hand-eye coordination. Slightly less silly.
That doesn't work either. Lots of people have good hand eye coordination, not too many are considered the top brain surgeon in the field, something, I submit, which can apparently be achieved by a functional idiot.

Surely all smart people know that the Pyramids were built as astronomical observatories, no?
 
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That doesn't work either. Lots of people have good hand eye coordination, not too many are considered the top brain surgeon in the field, something, I submit, which can apparently be achieved by a functional idiot.

Surely all smart people know that the Pyramids were built as astronomical observatories, no?

The pyramids were largely a status symbol (their builder's legacy), with some secondary functions which their advocates argue over.
 

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Is it too shameful to admit that, for a little while, I thought Carson was the best choice for POTUS?

If it were me I'd be too busy putting on a pair of underpants on my head (don't judge me) and checking myself and Ben Carson into the nearest looney bin to feel ashamed.
 

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Good grief man. You do know Carson was a hell of a surgeon right? I can hate the man's politics, don't think he is qualified for the post he was nominated for, but can still respect how he worked to achieve his professional success and his skills as a surgeon before entering the political realm.

He was not that great of a surgeon. He once tried to cut someone open and missed, breaking the knife on the man's belt buckle.

"I was trying to kill somebody," Carson told a San Francisco audience in September. He wrote in his 1990 best-selling autobiography, "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story," in recounting an incident where as an adolescent he tried to stab a friend: "Grabbing the camping knife I carried in my back pocket, I snapped it open and lunged for the boy who had been my friend. With all the power of my young muscles, I thrust the knife toward his belly. The knife hit his big, heavy ROTC buckle with such force that the blade snapped and dropped to the ground."

Now when I think of a great surgeon I always think "Someone who tries to kill people, extra points for attempting to kill your friend."
With friends like that who needs homicidal surgeons...err I mean enemies?
 
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