Tax troubles

This makes me feel as if I should join in on the tax-avoiding fun!

500th Post!

Somebody Think A Little has made it to the 500th post. I don't know about everyone else, but I am really happy with the progress of the blog so far.

On another positive note, as of yesterday Obama has his full cabinet.

Cynical Politics?

OK, so it's possible I'm just being overly political here, but do you think it stands to reason that Barack Obama appointed Janet Napolitano to DHS as an olive branch to John McCain, as it removes a very large (and really the only) challenger to his Senate seat in 2010?  Just a thought ...

Cabinet profiles (12/15)

I would like to have one central place with articles profiling potential Cabinet members (and those filling Cabinet-level posts). This will make it easier for me to learn about them. Does anyone agree or disagree? Perhaps I will just create a table in this post that can be edited by anyone who would like to add a link (see below).

General links related to the composition of Obama's Cabinet and/or administration:

• "Well Done" - The New Republic
  
• "Obama Unveils Team to Tackle 'Historic' Crisis in Economy" - The New York Times
  
• "Obama Defends Cabinet: The Change Will Come From Me" - Huffington Post
  
• "The Five Best Jobs Obama Has Yet to Fill" - Politico
  


• "Obama, Aides Considering Appointing Energy 'Czar'" - The Wall Street Journal

Cabinet Position	Candidate	Articles
State	Sen. Hillary Clinton
Treasury	Timothy Geithner	"A reassuring figure for Treasury" - The Economist "Why the Geithner Pick Is Even Better Than You Think" - The New Republic
Defense	Robert Gates	"Gates Agrees to Stay on Under Obama" - Politico
Attorney General	Eric Holder	"Holder is Disqualified by Marc Rich Pardon" - RCP
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce	Gov. Bill Richardson	"Chinese-Americans Protest Richardson Cabinet Post" - Huffington Post
Labor	Mary Beth Maxwell	"Mary Beth Maxwell, Labor Secretary?" - Huffington Post
Health and Human Services	Former Sen. Tom Daschle	"A shrewd choice" - The Economist "Daschle-Obama Health Care Possibilities" - Washington Times
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation
Energy	Steven Chu	"Steven Chu, Energy Secretary?" - Huffington Post
Education	Linda Darling-Hammond	"Old School" - The New Republic
	Arne Duncan	"Arne Duncan To Be Named Obama's Education Secretary: Report" - The Huffington Post
Veterans Affairs	General Eric Shinseki	"Obama's Meet The Press Interview: General Eric Shinseki To Be Veterans Affairs Secretary (VIDEO)" - The Huffington Post "Karmic Justice: Gen. Eric Shinseki" - The Atlantic
Homeland Security	Gov. Janet Napolitano

Cabinet-Level Position	Candidate	Articles
Vice President	Sen. Joseph Biden
White House Chief-of-Staff	Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Management and Budget	Peter Orszag	"Peter Orszag to be Head of Office of Management and Budget" - The American Prospect
National Drug Control Policy
Trade Representative

Other position	Candidate	Articles
National Security Advisor	Marine General James L. Jones	"Who Is Jim Jones?" - The New Republic
Head of White House Economic Council	Lawrence H. Summers
Head of Council of Economic Advisers	Christina D. Romer
Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes
White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers	"Friend of the Obamas to be Social Secretary" - Washington Post "Obamas Taking Rogers to D.C." - Chicago Tribune