I just saw this on the SF Chronicle's web site.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/03/01/financial/f153240S57.DTL&type=printable

After looking at what she did at HP, heaven knows how much damage she will cause there...

As cynics all know, having the corner office never means having to say you're sorry...

Ooops--make that "...means never having..." Hope I'm more awake for the drive home. Yeeesh.

It's a gambit to have someone truly incompetent in place when the IWB comes to the aid of the US economy.

It's fascinating to me that President Bush will be appointing the director of the World Bank. I had no idea the World Bank was part of the US government's executive branch. I guess I missed that part of the Constitution.

US -> WorldBank
EU -> IMF

I guess she wasn't considered incompetent enough to get a Cabinet post.

Next time, Pinky, we are taking over the world!

(Thunder & Lightning)

Bush also appoints judges, who aren't part of the executive branch. right?

Wow. Talk about spin:
"Fiorina, as chief of the computer and printer giant, was one of the most high-profile CEOs in the country. During her nearly six-year tenure, she sought to reinvigorate the company. But the board felt she didn't execute its strategy quickly enough and dismissed her in early February."

Interesting way to word "almost drove the company into the ground until she was fired"

[Note: Mine is spin, too. But I suspect mine is closer to the truth than theirs"

Philo

There's also the 'we got rid of her before she got rid of all of us' spin.

I guess their no.1 concern is that it needs to be a woman?

"I guess their no.1 concern is that it needs to be a woman?"

Yeah, she got tapped over the likesof Scott McNealy and probably whole *boatloads* of other equally qualified incompetents. You're right: It must be a quota thing. ;-)

I ask again: Are there any intelligent conservatives?

At least Clinton could recognize talented individual.

"I ask again: Are there any intelligent conservatives?"

Absolutely. Dick Cheney, for instance, is a wonk's wonk, and I can respect his intellect even while I personally like to believe that he's straight from The Dark Side. Clinton deliberately played to the center--don't forget that.

Of course, George Bush Senior is ok.

"I ask again: Are there any intelligent conservatives?"

I'm a conservative.

So, apparently not.

Philo

The Austrian finance minister is conservative. Probably more than Philo. After the performance I saw the other day I'd have to say he is highly intelligent as well. I still think he's a cu[no carrier]

Zed, the US constitution gives the President the right to appoint new Supreme Court justices from time to time.

Does the Constitution make the World Bank part of the government at all?