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If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« on: October 15, 2021, 08:15:35 AM »
He's been on maternity leave for the last two months.

I figure that whole "both parents get the same time off" thing is here to stay, but that should be for employees. A CABINET SECRETARY ha no business getting things like maternity leave. You accepted a great responsibility for 4-8 years when you accepted the position. Suck it up and do your job, or quit. They are all millionaires and can afford not to work.

These positions are not hobbies. Do your job or GTFO. We are in the middle of a transportation nightmare and the Transportation Secretary goes on leave. What if the President took two months off for paternity leave?

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/10/14/politico-explains-transportation-secretary-pete-buttigiegs-whereabouts-for-the-last-2-months/
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2021, 08:37:21 AM »
Maybe the president needs that paternity leave to unscrew his progeny. Might take awhile. Why two months for Pete? Things not healing fast down there?
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2021, 08:38:48 AM »
I didn't even know he was pregnant
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2021, 08:47:36 AM »
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2021, 09:13:16 AM »
An awful lot of comments come to mind, most of which would be inappropriate for a forum that - nominally, at least - is supposed to be "family friendly."

So I'll just say my already low opinion of Pete, his employer, and a social order that allows paternity/maternity/whatever leave has dipped even lower.   :facepalm:
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2021, 09:23:13 AM »
The fact that he's out of the office is actually a plus, so let's give him some more time to bond with the kiddo.
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2021, 11:46:31 AM »
Like he was going to do anything but *expletive deleted*ck it up worse
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2021, 12:07:19 PM »
Like he was going to do anything but *expletive deleted*ck it up worse

Maybe he'll let the truckers drive at night.
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2021, 12:35:07 PM »
Maybe he'll let the truckers drive at night.

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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2022, 11:30:55 AM »
A certain someone's flight was canceled and now he wants the airlines to be punished and be forced to hire more people.

Buttigieg says feds have power to force airlines to hire more workers amid travel delays
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-power-force-airlines-workers-travel-delays
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2022, 01:54:30 PM »
A certain someone's flight was canceled and now he wants the airlines to be punished and be forced to hire more people.

Buttigieg says feds have power to force airlines to hire more workers amid travel delays
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-power-force-airlines-workers-travel-delays

He can't force them to hire more workers. Just about every critical position, from pilots to flight attendants to ramp-side personnel requires not only training but background checks. The airlines are trying to staff up, but it can't be done overnight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dunXAGSOQwQ
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2022, 02:04:53 PM »
I didn't even know that you got maternity leave for adopting kids.  Wonder how much leave the birth mother received?
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2022, 05:53:08 PM »
A certain someone's flight was canceled and now he wants the airlines to be punished and be forced to hire more people.

Buttigieg says feds have power to force airlines to hire more workers amid travel delays


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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2022, 06:09:37 PM »
Buy an electric plane
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2022, 06:13:55 PM »
I don't care where he is but I wish he would get someone working on gas prices. Not everyone wants to take it up the Buttigieg every time they fill up their tank.
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2022, 06:19:29 PM »
"I wish he would get someone working on gas prices."

Someone is working on gas prices, you silly neo-Trump fascist homophobe!

Gas prices are going up as intended and soon people will be forced to buy electric cars!

Well, those people who still have jobs because of the DonkeyPox recession, but still, WIN!
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Re: If You're Wondering Where Pete Buttigieg Has Been...
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2022, 07:01:30 PM »
Gas prices are going up as intended and soon people will be forced to buy electric cars that aren't Teslas!

FTFY, since we can't be enriching billionaires who wrong-think.
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