The Silicon Graybeard

In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from repeating them. Silicon Graybeard is my term for an old hardware engineer; a circuit designer. The focus of this blog is on doing things, from radio to home machine shops and making all kinds of things, along with comments from a retired radio engineer, that run from tech, science or space news to economics; from firearms to world events.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Solyndra Quote of the Day

Johnathon Silver of the Department of Energy, when questioned by Representative Cliff Stearns of Florida about whether someone should be fired for approving the loans to Solyndra (source).

Rep. Cliff Stearns, Florida Republican and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce investigations subcommittee, pressed Mr. Silver on whether anybody should be fired.

“I’m saying we are doing the best job we know how to do,” Mr. Silver said, declining to answer the question.

Newsflash Mr. Silver: in the real world, people doing the best job they know how to do get fired with depressing regularity.