Your Forum Cabinet

[traininthedistance]

President: Traininthedistance (D-NY)
Vice President: Nathan (D-MA)

Secretary of State: Averroes Nix (D-NY) (I'd make him Veep, but the Constitution forbids)
Secretary of Treasury: Beet (D-VA)
Secretary of Defense: TDAS04 (D-SD)
Attorney General: bedstuy (D-NY)
Secretary of Interior: Redalgo (I-MT)
Secretary of Commerce: Hockeydude (D-NJ)
Secretary of Agriculture: Al (O-UK)
Secretary of Labor: Cal Tony (D-CA)
Secretary of Education: TNF (D-KY)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Scott (D-CT)
Secretary of Transportation: Simfan (R-NY)
Secretary of Energy: Harry (D-MS)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Clarence (D-FL)
Secretary of Homeland Security: King (R-NM) (Not sure how much of an actual fit this is… but I wanted to find a spot for him somewhere.)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Napoleon (D-NY)
Head of the EPA: Kitteh (G-VA)

Ambassador to the United Nations: Torie (R-CA)
Chief of Staff:  Hashemite (D-GR?)
White House Press Secretary: Bacon King (D-GA)

[traininthedistance]

I see I'm not making it into most cabinets anymore. 

I only make it into the Liquor Cabinets.  

So, Grumps for ATF Director then.  Sounds like a good idea.

[traininthedistance]

anvi, you're making me HUD Secretary despite the fact that I'm an avowed anti-urbanist? That seems like a bad idea, more so for HUD than for me.

I though it might be a good experiment, challenging you to humanize urban life and bringing some humanity back to the cities.  Neil Young used to ask accomplished musicians who backed him up on albums to play instruments they had never played before--and it always turned out very well, so I'm sort of like that. 

Think of it this way, Nathan:  If you're invested in preserving small-town and rural life, as I assume you are, you'd be better able to do that if you adopt urbanist goals and views, to make central cities (and inner suburbs) the best they can be.  That way, there will be less temptation for metro areas to spill out into the exurbs and ruin your countryside.  There's way too many folks on this earth for everyone to live an idyllic, authentic rural lifestyle.

[traininthedistance]

President: traininthedistance (D-NY)
Vice President: Nathan (D-MA)

Secretary of State: politicus(I-DK)
Secretary of Defense: General Mung Beans (D-CA)
Secretary of the Treasury: Averroes Nix (G-NY)
Attorney General: bedstuy (D-NY)
Secretary of the Interior: Tender Branson (G-AT)
Secretary of Agriculture: Sibboleth (O-UK)
Secretary of Commerce: muon2 (R-IL)*
Secretary of Labor: DeadFlagBlues (D-ID)
Secretary of Education: Gully Foyle (G-IE)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Franzl (D-DE)
Secretary of Transportation: Simfan (R-NY)
Secretary of Energy: dingojoe (??-LA)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Clarence (D-FL)
Secretary of Homeland Security: Mechaman (G-OK)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Antonio V (D-IT)
EPA Administrator (raised to Secretary level, of course): Harry (D-MS)

Chief of Staff: Napoleon (D-NY)
Press Secretary: Bacon King (D-GA)
Campaign Manager: Miles (I-LA)
Ambassador to the UN: windjammer (D-FR)
US Trade Representative: Torie (R-CA)

*A note on Commerce: that's the department that runs the Census Bureau.  Hard to pick anybody but Muon for that task, no matter what other differences we may have.

EDIT: Thought better of some things vis-a-vis people's temperaments rather than just their viewpoints; also added a few more minor offices.  There's a bunch of folks I'd like to find space for but can't think of the best slot; may do a Westminster-style list to rectify that at some point.

[traininthedistance]

President: traininthedistance (D-NY)
Vice President: Nathan (D-MA)

Secretary of State: politicus(I-DK)
Secretary of Defense: General Mung Beans (D-CA)
Secretary of the Treasury: Averroes Nix (G-NY)
Attorney General: bedstuy (D-NY)
Secretary of the Interior: Tender Branson (G-AT)
Secretary of Agriculture: Sibboleth (O-UK)
Secretary of Commerce: muon2 (R-IL)*
Secretary of Labor: DeadFlagBlues (D-ID)
Secretary of Education: Gully Foyle (G-IE)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Franzl (D-DE)
Secretary of Transportation: Simfan (R-NY)
Secretary of Energy: dingojoe (??-LA)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Clarence (D-FL)
Secretary of Homeland Security: Mechaman (G-OK)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Antonio V (D-IT)
EPA Administrator (raised to Secretary level, of course): Harry (D-MS)

Chief of Staff: Napoleon (D-NY)
Press Secretary: Bacon King (D-GA)
Campaign Manager: Miles (I-LA)
Ambassador to the UN: windjammer (D-FR)
US Trade Representative: Torie (R-CA)

*A note on Commerce: that's the department that runs the Census Bureau.  Hard to pick anybody but Muon for that task, no matter what other differences we may have.

EDIT: Thought better of some things vis-a-vis people's temperaments rather than just their viewpoints; also added a few more minor offices.  There's a bunch of folks I'd like to find space for but can't think of the best slot; may do a Westminster-style list to rectify that at some point.

You know, at this rate you might as well abolish the Homeland Security Office.  Unless you like the idea of me sitting on my ass watching Netflix all day and earning six figures.  Because that is exactly what would happen.

Well yes that is precisely the point.  It was a stupid reshuffling for the sake of security theater, and I'm happy to have you draw a paycheck for the purpose of kicking back, pontificating about history on the government dime, and demonstrating how silly it all was.

[traininthedistance]

Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht: BRTD

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