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Looks like its official - or soon to be, Hillary Clinton will be the new Secretary of State. And, as you might guess, I think this is a bad move.  I thought Condoleezza Rice wasn't a very good choice either. Not that I'm some type of sexist asshole or anything, but most of our concerns abroad are centered in the Middle East where women are viewed as lesser people than men. If we intend  to open any sort of dialogue with leaders in the Middle East, they are much more likely to be responsive to a male figure. The exception to this may be in Israel, where they are a little nervous about Obama, but we're already in somewhat good standing there so that might be irrelevant. 
Hillary was critical of Obama's foreign policy experience before he won the nomination, but she doesn't have much experience herself. Also, Bill Clinton does lots of paid appearance speaking around the world which could possibly cause some conflict.
I think Bill Richardson would have been a much better choice, in keeping with Obama's 'cabinet of rivals' scheme.

That's it for political talk.

Been on the road all day, running errands and spending time/money with my family. It was nice. We even got a little bit of Christmas shopping done. Now I'm having a glass of merlot and then going to bed. Cause I'm always tired. Always.

and if you didn't download that Jakob Dylan album I linked to last time, wow, you're missin' out.