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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke shows up for his first day of work...
March 23, 2017, 03:48 PM
bigdealInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke shows up for his first day of work...
...on horseback. Could this be considered the western version of being 'Green'?
I'm still learning about this guy, but what I know so far, I really like. The heck with suit and tie, I like my civil servants much better like this.
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March 23, 2017, 03:51 PM
TexasScrubA couple of folks with a 'harumph' face, but for the most part they all seem to be smiling! Good start!
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He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries.
March 23, 2017, 04:01 PM
MNSIGquote:
Originally posted by TexasScrub:
A couple of folks with a 'harumph' face, but for the most part they all seem to be smiling! Good start!
Looks like he would kick their asses if they said anything snarky.
March 23, 2017, 04:03 PM
HRKa set of spurs, a cigar and a pair of 6 gun strapped on and it'd be a perfect entrance!
He certainly has the correct profile for a western cowboy, you could put him in a movie easily.
March 23, 2017, 04:04 PM
Lunaseequote:
Originally posted by MNSIG:
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Originally posted by TexasScrub:
A couple of folks with a 'harumph' face, but for the most part they all seem to be smiling! Good start!
Looks like he would kick their asses if they said anything snarky.
Highly likely being a Team Guy and all that.
March 23, 2017, 06:39 PM
mr kablammoAn Outdoorsman for the Interior? Howzat work?
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
March 23, 2017, 06:43 PM
ulstermanquote:
Originally posted by Lunasee:
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Originally posted by MNSIG:
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Originally posted by TexasScrub:
A couple of folks with a 'harumph' face, but for the most part they all seem to be smiling! Good start!
Looks like he would kick their asses if they said anything snarky.
Highly likely being a Team Guy and all that.
He was a US Navy SEAL from 1986 until 2008, and retired with the rank of Commander.
March 23, 2017, 06:59 PM
mcrimmAs a fellow Montanan, I'll bet that's the first time he ever sat an non-western saddle.
I know I've never sat one.
Where do hang your scabbard, rope, bedroll, saddle bags, hoof pick, etc on one of these saddles?
Mike - once a cowboy.
I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown
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When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham March 23, 2017, 07:28 PM
DonDraperI like seeing this. I hope he keeps Glacier Park well funded!
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I like Sigs and HK's, and maybe Glocks
March 23, 2017, 07:43 PM
GustoferI don't dislike him.
I grew up in the same valley as him at the same time, and while I never met him then, I knew the name. I like that a local kid has done so well in his life, and I think that he has his eyes on a bigger prize eventually.
But, I am a bit troubled with the fact that he seems to vacillate on some of his positions (global warming for one), and the fact that he seems to have inflated some of his service accomplishments. NOT STOLEN VALOR BY ANY STRETCH, but even some of his former commanders and teammates have raised eyebrows to some of his claims. Let's just say that he is very talented at embellishing his resume, which some of us are as well.
All that said, I think he'll be good in his current job as long as he doesn't jump back on the global warming bandwagon.
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