President Obama considering Larry Summers for Treasury position

This is just messed up.
I’m sure you all remember Larry Summers as the clown who claimed that one of the reasons women are so rare in the sciences is that our little brains can’t hack it. This was irresponsible enough (the latest research indicates there *are* no significant differences between men and women in any mathematic task but 3d rotation, which is unimportant in most sciences, and besides, the same research Summers was looking at says women are more verbal, and I’m not seeing us dominating the writing industry). However, it turns out that there are many other reasons to want Summers kept far, far away from power.


This is a diary on Daily Kos discussing the reasons why environmentalists, POC activists, and people who believe in social justice would want Larry Summers kept far, far from power. (Highlights: he called Africa “under-polluted” and more or less said that we should send our toxic waste to third world countries because they’re poor, and poor people are less valuable.) And according to an online petition against him, he was actually involved in the deregulation of the banks that resulted in the mess we’re in today.
However, President Obama is apparently seriously considering appointing this assclown to nomination as Secretary of the Treasury. I’m thrilled that Obama won, but he’s not a magic man whose every move is perfect, and considering this guy for a position higher than dog catcher is a mistake we need to help Obama avoid.
Here is an online petition that emails to Obama’s transition team.

http://action.openleft.com/page/petition/nosummers

Feminists, POC activists, environmentalists, and people who want to see the economy *fixed* by someone who knows what they’re doing should all stand together to keep this guy from getting nominated.

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