Dear Secretary Zinke
When someone says āZinke has rocks in his head,ā they are not saying you are a qualified geologist.
I used to think this administration was material worthy of a Kubrick film but now Iām beginning to think more Fellini.
I guess by Zinkeās standards I am entitled to call myself a novelist and a historian!
Oh Zinkeā¦Which ārocksā did you study in all those years as a SEAL? Maybe it was when you were the head of the Natural Resources Committee and decided that individual states should be able to rape the National Parks which resided thereā¦
āIām not a real geologist, but I play one in front of Congress.ā
He mustāve had a pet rock at some point.
Evidently he has a B.S. (ahem) in Geology from the U of Oregon.
OK, so I guess that makes me a physicist. Interesting that he did it under oath. Thatās technically (ahem) a felony. (Lying to congress includes deliberately misleading.)
Itās hard to be a geologist if you havenāt worked in the field. Getting out in the field to observe samples is basic.
You win the innertubes today!
I think maybe Fellini directing a script by the Marx Bros.
Except for Montana! (Surprise, surprise.)
I hate to nitpik, and I think Zinke is a hoseās ass, but if he has a degree in geology, he is a geologist.
Thatās exactly what I was thinking.
If only he would get busted on this. I would love to see him BREAKING rocks rather than lying about them.
I disagree. Having a degree in journalism does not make one a journalist, for example. Zinkeās use of the term suggests a professional background, which he does not have. If he had presented himself as a student of geology, that would be accurate. I do agree, however, that this is pretty petty compared to the havoc heās wreaking at Interior.
Speaking as a Psychologist (undergrad degree, no professional experience), Iād say Zinke is full of shit.
This man is such an ass. He probably also calls himself a cowboy because he rode a horse to work once and a captain because he stood in a canoe once.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has reportedly been touting his credentials as a āgeologistā to lend his decisions and opinions a professional foundation ā despite the fact that his only experience in the field is an undergraduate degree obtained 34 years ago.
Well, heās certainly more qualified to call himself a geologist than Secretary of the Interior.
Having a bachelorās degree in a particular major does not signify one has attained professional competence. A chemistry major in college is not a chemist, nor is an econ major an economist. Generally, those terms are reserved for people who have earned a Ph.D or a professional degree, not a bachelorās, in a particular area.