GW Chooses Carlos for Secretary of Commerce
President Bush on Monday chose Carlos Gutierrez, a native of Cuba and now the chief executive officer of Kellogg Co. to be secretary of Commerce.
If confirmed by the Senate, Gutierrez would succeed Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, a Texas confidant of Bush’s, who announced his resignation shortly after the Nov. 2 election. The president announced the choice of Gutierrez, 51, at the White House, calling him “a visionary executive” and “one of America’s most respected business leaders.”
Gutierrez, whose family fled Cuba in 1960 when he was 6, joined Kellogg in 1975. Known for having a strong work ethic and a seemingly endless stream of ideas, he worked all over the world for the company before being promoted to president and chief operating officer in June 1998.
Carlos Gutierrez’s story is inspirational and I think President Bush has made a very good choice.
but hey sandyb..you were only off by 54%…close enough.
Rat,
your comments on trade are much like your comments on history – they are rooted in ideology, not fact.
Sandyb
You are misreading the data here.
“But the point is – isn’t it a bit childish of Bush”
no, sandyb..the point is, you threw out yet another completely bogus statistic, in some biZarre attempt to slam Bush for not kowtowing to an ungrateful neighbor country that does nothing but side with our enemies…gee, I wonder why he wouldn’t want to bow down and kiss their collective ring, eh?
Canada is the US’s largest trading partner. Zelda’s stat refers to something different, but it makes the same point.
52.
Hmmmm, I’ve heard that before…… and it came from you…..Must be the truth.
what’s next, your going to fault him for not taking Jacque Chirac on a romantic moonlight cruise of the seine?????
Canadians fought in Afghanistan and were killed by American pilots while training. 2000 Canadians were in Afghanistan for 2 years, Kilo. Canada does not “side with our enemies”.
Canada has been good to America. They are a good stable neighbor with a history of close relations.
But America has also been good to Canada. Just because they didn’t want to attack Saddam in March 2003 doesn’t make them our enemy.
if we judge people by your judgements, dear mike, we’d all be in a lot of trouble, including Ted.
all i know is OJ was never convicted by a criminal jury. is he 100% guilty? i guess i’ll leave that to God & you.
the problem for Bush is, very few international legislative bodies wants to hear more of the same they’ve rejected over the last 4 years.
& since nothing has changed, what’s the point. prime ministers & other heads of state have to meet with him, like it or not.
despite the popular view on this site, he is not an internationaly beloved figure, not that most of you care.
canada certainly did “side with our enemies” in opposing the removal of saddam the butcher, meanwhile protecting the oil for food blood money being collected by their French pals…you deny this?
Well, Rat you aren’t arguing. Am I wrong about Canada being the largest trading partner of the US? the 71% number I think may refer to percent of Canadian exports, to the US. Just because Canada did not support the US in Iraq but has everywhere else does that rewrite history?
Shiloh, I thought you and I had reached the level of at least intellectually honest discourse….is this not the case?
61,
you dont see the difference between disagreeing on whether to wage war over Saddam or not and “siding with our enemies”? That’s sad.
Shiloh (you’ll note proper spelling, by the way), you are not also going to tell me that Mumia Abu Jamaal is a political prisoner, are you?
65,
what does that have to do with what shiloh is saying?
I’m just trying to get a read on Shiloh’s defending of Ted “oops, I killed her again” Kennedy.
Most of Canadas population lives on the Border they thrive off our system. If we ceased to exist they would be devastated if they ceased to exist North Dakota would have some killer deep sea fishing.
..because apparently in the liberal mind..whatever Tom Delay is supposed to have done is far worse than sending a young lady to a watery grave.
68,
Great. So Canada is irrelevant? If China and India stopped swallowing up US economic assets, the US economy would tank as well. The American and Canadian economies are interlocked. That’s not a reason to snub a country and alter a long tradition.
sandyb…I still don’t know what your point is???
mike kilo;
Who do you think is buying all of the Federal Savings Bonds that are funding America’s spending?
70. I didnt snub anyone hoser. The Canuck’s are a great bunch of fella’s. I’ve worked with them awlright. One was the best man at my wedding. So stop flying off the handle, eh…
72. I don’t know, Haliburton? (that’s what I answer to every question posed by a Bush-hater).
really sandyb… your hatred of all things Bush, of all things Republican, is really bordering on sickness… I think you should seek counseling.
How’ve ya been Mike
Wow! What did I miss! Oh, sorry shiloh, I thought dg was a girl…. Honest mistake.
especially since your leaders keep right on demeaning “red state” people, your media elites keep condescending to their ever-dwindling viewers, and your party leadership is prepared to run Queen Mean in ’08….. your party is seriously in danger of going the way of the Whigs.
All I’m saying is that Bush should probably address Parliament. That’s not sickness.
Well, I’m not a “Bush-hater”. So that Haliburton is not the answer. The answer is foreign governments like China and Japan.
Basically foreign governments are financing America’s spending.
This site has been over run by whining ever since that “rigged election” we had back at the beginning of Nov.
rigged election? Now that’s humor
President Bush won. There was no rigged election back at the beginning of November.
Oh yeah! Didnt you hear scandal as far as the eye could see!
i never said the election was rigged and mike, honesty of any sort would dictate you stop calling Ted a murderer, like he had intent.
you’re implying intent. every investigation has disagreed with that.
i believe i am being intelellctualy honest on this point.
…well, he didn’t bring black gloves, a fake beard and 10,000 to flee the country like O.J…..so maybe your right about intent.
OJ is a murderer.
Ted Kennedy is a Murderer.
Vince Foster Was Murdered.
David Koresh and dozens of Women and Children were murdered.
Why is it so hard for the liberal mind to come to grips with reality?
so much for objective judgements and i know i’m gonna be sorry to ask this, but, who did Mr. Foster in?
What the F…… the topic of this post is supposed to be the Bush appointment……
jeeeeesus.
not, back to bashing Bush, ready Dg, sandyb…GO!
87. Its hard for them to grasp reality because they are too busy whining for Gov. cheese, and ordering triple whip no foam lattes.
Shiloh, I have no idea who did Vince Foster in… I’d love to find out….. I doubt we ever will, that case dissapeared as fast as the front doors to Mt. Carmel.
in other words, however, you think I’m out of line to think that there is something suspician when Clinton White House Counsel, Vince Foster, turns up dead right in the midst of an investigation over shady financial dealings, of which he had intimate knowledge..yeah, I can see what that makes me a wild consipiracy theorist.
like I said, I’ll keep my distance from Kennedy’s and Clintons, getting too close can be hazardous to one’s health.
92,
It does make you a conspiracy theorist, Kilo.
ok… sorry.. I should have known that white house counsels just have a propensity for turning up dead.. my bad.
RE: #8
Only if you sit on the board of a big corporation.
RE: #17
Thanx, shiloh — and not just for the compliment. If any corporation needed to be organized, it’s Wal-Mart. How many labor laws have they violated, including hiring illegal immigrants.
wow!!! dg and I agree on something…holy $hit!
I’m sure peejz understands that women should be paid less than men.
though I do respect Wal-Mart’s allowing people the “right to work”……