President elect Barack Obama appointed Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as Secretary of Homeland Security.
That is great news for Janet Napolitano. This news however, may not be so great for the United States of America.
Let me explain why I believe this could be bad news.
Firstly, going from being the governor of a state like Arizona to the Secretary of Homeland Security is like going for the manager of Quickie-mart to CEO of Coca-cola corporation in terms of complexity. Arizona, where for the most part they try to re-invent the wheel every time they do something, rather than looking at what other states have done successfully and following that lead. Arizona is a red state, mostly Republican older retiree's who don't want to pay taxes with their fixed incomes and don't want some government official telling them what they can and can't do. Arizona, where the land is so barren and useless that the government gave several large sections to the displaced Native Americans that were left after the genocide because they figured it would (the land) never have any value. Arizona is not a port city and therefore does not have much in the way of diversity or cultural roots, and if it wasn't for the invention of air conditioning would be all but uninhabitable during five to six months of a year.
I really do hope Janet Napolitano does a fantastic job at her new post and I wish her the best. Being the Secretary of Homeland Security is a very complicated position with many, many ways to make mistakes that will have disastrous results.
Just look at the great job Tom Ridge did with this position.
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