(January 2, 2015 at 12:42 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: [quote='vorlon13' pid='833086' dateline='1420159761']
I'm calling the following the Watkins Effect.
Back in the late 80s, President Reagan appointed a commission to look into the nation's AIDS crisis (finally) and to craft a response/policy to follow into the future to combat the epidemic.
A long time navy admiral, Watkins, wound up in charge of the commission. The commission was very controversial, just having a gay member or gay friendly members put the conservative and religious fundies into orbit. Gay activists feared (rightly in my view) draconian (if not worse) and ineffective measures to combat t
I appreciate your reasoning and get what you're saying about the Watkins Effect -- but aren't you assuming that Obama has sound reasons for keeping it open?
He's busy golfing and doesn't have time to sign the order ??
Must have some decent rationale for failing to close, unless you're onto something there, and his reason(s) is specious bull crap.
Or he likes watching videos of big strapping hairy men getting waterboarded . . .
hmmmm, maybe not O, but it might work on me.
