In addition to presiding over the Senate and attending state funerals, one of the Vice-President's duties (as I see it) is to badmouth the Chairman of the Federal Reserve to the President.
In addition to presiding over Freeport's board, Mr. Moffett is chief executive and co-chairman of McMoRan, and owns stakes in both companies.
He blames Bill Clinton for everything from cutting military spending to presiding over an administration during which "birth to teenage mothers rose to their highest level in decades".
In a relatively short time, the local Buddhist monk has gone from being a moral authority, teacher and community leader fulfilling important spiritual and secular roles to someone whose job is often limited to presiding over periodic ceremonies.
The Walt Disney Company said it would pay its chairman, George Mitchell, a retainer of $500,000 in stock after he was elevated in March from chairman to presiding director.
If McGuire was playing football – as opposed to presiding over the affairs of the Collingwood club – he could expect to face a long suspension, because he has previous for comments variously regarded as racist and homophobic.
