Talk:Louis Caldera

message: There are photos of Louis Caldera on UNM's website at  and . (Same photo, different cropping.) I wasn't sure if they would be fair use or not. -Oddtoddnm 18:49, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: On further thought, I believe it would be fair use to use the photo. It is promotional, so it would qualify as that kind of fair use. -Oddtoddnm 00:16, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair Use Photos?

message: Possibly worth including a picture? Since its probably going to end up being career milestone for him... Also, I read somewhere that Obama was "incensed" and also "furious" when he heard of the flyover, I would have included the one about him being furious, but we already have Bloomberg described as "furious" so I thought it best to try and find another description of the President's reaction, if applicable. Has anyone else seen an article detailing Obama's reaction? It might be worth including, especially if we have Bloomberg's. --Pstanton (talk) 23:36, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NYC flyover? 

message: I would like to change the following statement to something that is not so wordy.
Caldera then served as a California State Assemblyman from 1992 to 1997, equal opportunity, supporting fellow constituents representing the nearly 400,000 residents of the 46th District, which is located in and around downtown Los Angeles.
What is it meant by equal oppportunity?  Anyone who is a registered voter in that district can run for the office. What is it meant by supporting fellow constituents?  He represented fellow residents of that district, but that doesn't mean that he supported them.  I will be editing this statement, unless I hear objections as to why it shouldn't be changed.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:57, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  CA State Assembly 

message: Is a section on his career missing? I don't understand how Caldera goes from the first sentence to the second? 
"Before finishing his third term in the Assembly, Caldera left to begin serving as managing director and chief operating officer for President Bill Clinton's Corporation for National and Community Service (1997-1998), a domestic volunteer program. On May 22, 1998, Clinton announced Caldera as his selection for Secretary of the Army.[4] On July 2, Caldera was sworn in as the 17th Secretary of the Army by Secretary of Defense William Cohen."[5]Profhum (talk) 22:00, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing Section?

message: Stunt may well be an effective adjective to convey one's annoyance at the event. It is perfectly acceptable here on the Discussion page. As used in the article, though, it is neither neutral nor, as I see it defined, an accurate use of the term.
Unless someone effectively voices their disagreement, I plan to change it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhugot (talk • contribs) 21:30, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Stunt" is not a neutral term 

message: Several users (one in particular) have been editing numerous times today to add specific language about Caldera being forced to resign and being a scapegoat and remove languag suggesting that he tendered his resignation.  I have yet to see any authority for these statements or find any by searching news reports for the day.  Although it may be true that he was forced to resign, content must be verifiable.  Candidly, I am not versed enough in handling of Wikipedia policy to know how to address the issue as either vandalism, 3RR or something else - but would gladly accept any direction in that regard.  Euclidjr (talk) 02:39, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, "Caldera was made a scapegoat by the Obama White House" is not a neutral POV. Rtolmach  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.207.140 (talk) 17:10, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The edit warring continues on this point. It's really silly and needs to stop. Janus303 (talk) 18:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Was he forced to resign?  Was he a scapegoat?  Perhaps he simply threw up his hands and said something like, "You made your bed, now lie in it, I'm off to work with reasonable people who don't screw up".  Maybe he was fired because he messed up pretty badly, who knows?  Point is, unless there's a verifiable reference from a credible source, we just report the facts, we don't interpret them and try to put a "spin" on them. Banaticus (talk) 23:16, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The only real evidence I've seen is the Internal Review published by the White House, available at many places including here. If this report is correct, then Mr Caldera was clearly not performing his duty. However I wouldn't use this report as a source, because the White House is not an objective source. I don't see any alternative to the simple reporting of facts, the report came out, and Mr Caldera tendered his resignation, which was accepted.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorillatheape (talk • contribs) 00:04, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Scapegoat" and "Forced to resign" authority 

message: He's not a "former director" until May 22nd.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter/CalderaLetter.pdf  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctorcherokee (talk • contribs) 19:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Louis Caldera Is Still Director 

message: There have been suggestions made that the flyover was part of an experiment to gauge the public and governmental response to a real terrorist attack mimicing the style those of  9/11/2001.  In order to perform any controlled experiment only one variable may be changed at a given time whilst all other conditions remain the same.  Implicit in the nature of a controlled experiment would be the lack of foreknowledge by the public, key governmental officials, the president, as well as the mayor of New York of the scheduling of the flight.
I removed this paragraph. With no sources or citations it has no place in an encyclopedia. Various attempts have been made to make it less conspiratorial sounding, but none have addressed the basic fact that it's an unsourced claim. Even if it were true, it doesn't belong in this article unless Louis Caldera had something to do with it. Janus303 (talk) 16:15, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conspiracy Theories 

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