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kleinbl00  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The State Department’s entire senior management team just resigned

I don't know a lot about Rex Tillerson. I've had the impression that he's an oil man, doing what oil men do. Considering oil comes from Texas, Alberta and a long list of shady lookin' places, you end up with a lot of Texans and Canadians who deal with the shady.

I suspect that Tillerson is primarily motivated by money, and if he couldn't make more money by being the head of the State Department than being the head of Exxon, I doubt he'd do it. Expect things to benefit oil companies and oil company shareholders at the expense of others.

Do not expect space shuttles filled with deadly orchid venom to loft forth to secret space stations.





white2  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I suspect that Tillerson is primarily motivated by money, and if he couldn't make more money by being the head of the State Department than being the head of Exxon, I doubt he'd do it.

Exxon has a forced retirement age of 65 and Tillerson turns 65 in March. Not that it invalidates your point.

kleinbl00  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lollerskates. That makes me like him more. I mean, he might bathe in the blood of babies for all I know but beating someone up because they get along with Putin is fuckin' retarded if Exxon sent him to Russia to get along. I mean, the dude got a CivE and started working for Exxon straight out of undergrad.

my favorite Rex Tillerson tweet

WanderingEng  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Do not expect space shuttles filled with deadly orchid venom to loft forth to secret space stations.

Any thoughts on whether Trump or Tillerson will hire a man with metal teeth as personal security?

kleinbl00  ·  2618 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll be astonished if we don't end up with a Persian cat and some killer hats but metal teeth isn't classy. Sad.