Secretary of State? No!

Obama's been busy disappointing everyone who has an eye on Bolivia with his appointment of Craig Greg as his White House counsel (Greg reps Goni, the ex-pres of Bolivia whom Evo is trying to extradite for his role in the government's killing of 60-plus Bolivians in 2003). (H/T to El Duderino.)

Scary stuff--it doesn't bode to0 well for the Obama administration's relationship with South America (the lefty countries, anyway, which is most of them). Also scary is the talk of Hillary Clinton getting the secretary of state position (which I blogged about last week). Ken Silverstein, over at Harper's, lists five reasons why she'd be a bad choice. Reason No. 2--that Obama would find it politically impossible to fire her--is something I didn't realize, and it should immediately disqualify her. (I'm betting it does.) But just take a look at reason No. 5!

1. And the strongest strike of all against Hillary as secretary of state… look at who endorses her.

Click on the link, reel back in horror.

Maritime Emergency Respone

Time to take a look back at New York City, a little over seven years after that fateful day that did, although I hate to say it, change the world. The Brooklynite on Ice points out to us a fascinating account of Sept. 11, 2001, by Carolina Salguero, the captain of the Mary Whalen. It's an angle to the oft-told story that I've never heard: the response of the maritime industry to that fateful day. Check out the pictures, too. They're great.