{"id":387,"date":"2004-03-09T08:21:15","date_gmt":"2004-03-09T12:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=387"},"modified":"2004-03-09T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2004-03-09T12:21:15","slug":"those-are-my-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Those are my principles&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;if you don&#8217;t like them I have others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<i>Groucho Marx<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karmalised.com\/archives\/000397.html#comments\">this<\/a> post I mentioned that in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressive.org\/radio\/radiolink.html#anchorpointofview\">March 4<\/a> two-minute radio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressive.org\/webex04\/wx030504.html\">commentary<\/a> Matthew Rothschild suggested choices for Kerry&#8217;s cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an interesting idea I&#8217;ve decided to explore quickly.  However Dennis Kucinich is my President-elect and too many names come to mind to mention, but here are a few: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-State\"><b>Secretary of State<\/b><\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ips-dc.org\/bios.htm#Phyllis%20Bennis\">Phyllis Bennis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-the-Treasury\"><b>Secretary of the Treasury<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><b>My nominees:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxspeak.org\/mt\/\">Max Sawicky<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospect.org\/authors\/mcintyre-r.html\">Robert S. McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Defense\"><b>Secretary of Defense<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><b>My nominees:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wic.org\/bio\/caldicot.htm\">Helen Caldicott<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/kwiatkowski\/kwiatkowski-arch.html\">Karen Kwaitkowski<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/home.igc.org\/~sherrynstan\/\">Stan Goff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Attorney-General\"><b>Attorney General<\/b><\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/directory\/bios\/bio.mhtml?id=408\">Patricia J. Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-the-Interior\"><b>Secretary of the Interior<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><b>My nominees:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiantrust.com\">Elouise Cobell<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1567512585\/counterpunchmaga\/103-4404995-4714259\">Jeffrey St. Clair<\/a>                                                                    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Agriculture\"><b>Secretary of Agriculture<\/b><\/a>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dietforasmallplanet.com\/\">Frances Moore Lappe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Commerce\"><b>Secretary of Commerce<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><b>My nominees:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corpwatch.org\/about\/PAS.jsp\">Pratap Chatterjee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/action.truemajority.org\/register\/\">Ben Cohen<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Labor\"><b>Secretary of Labor<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><b>My nominees:<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathannewman.org\/log\/\">Nathan Newman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospect.org\/authors\/meyerson-h.html\">Harold Meyerson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Health-and-Human-Services\"><b>Secretary of Health and Human Services<\/b><\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/site\/apps\/s\/content.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&#038;b=24899&#038;content_id={7E39EFE8-BF39-4126-BCDA-A6FE0FBE0CBA}\">Dr. Heather Boushey<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Housing-and-Urban-Development\"><b>Secretary of Housing and Urban Development<\/b><\/a>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acorn.org\/index.php?id=2\">ACORN<\/a> should be consulted on this choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Transportation\"><b>Secretary of Transportation<\/b><\/a>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transalt.org\/\">These<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucolick.org\/~de\/AltTrans\/\">folks<\/a> might have some ideas.    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Energy\"><b>Secretary of Energy<\/b><\/a>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nader.org\">Ralph Nader<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Education\"><b>Secretary of Education<\/b><\/a>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmag.org\/chomsky\/index.cfm\">Noam Chomsky<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Veterans-Affairs\"><b>Secretary of Veterans&#8217; Affairs<\/b><\/a>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9-11commission.gov\/about\/bio_cleland.htm \">Max Cleland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/United-States-Secretary-of-Homeland-Security\"><b>Secretary of Homeland Security<\/b><\/a>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com\">James Bovard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These aren&#8217;t cabinet positions but my White House wouldn&#8217;t be complete without them:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/Director-of-the-National-Drug-Control-Policy\"><b>Director of the National Drug Control Policy<\/b><\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigleftoutside.com\/\">Al Giordano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>U.S. Trade Representative:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.50years.org\">Soren Ambrose<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/encyclopedia\/Vice-President-of-the-United-States\"><b>Vice President of the United States<\/b><\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/paul\/ \">Rep. 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