Decius wrote:
Basically, we've got more incompetent Bush Administration appointees. This is beginning, for me, to be a core reason why I don't think I'll be able to vote for McCain no matter what I think of his policy positions vis-a-vis the Democratic nominee -- its still the Republican party, and the Republican party appears to be completely infested with rubes who can't do their jobs. This keeps coming up in context after context. Unfortunately, only Hillary seems to have made an issue out of it, and ironically so as she is perceived as being part of the culture of corruption too.

You obviously haven't met a lot of government workers on any side of the spectrum. They're ALL rubes. Working in government is exactly the opposite of what you said was the pathway to improving your economic status. It's not working hard or being clever. It's abdicating that with a 9-5 cubicle job complete with smoke breaks and consisting of mindless effort and intractable bureaucracy. If you were working hard and being clever, you wouldn't approach a gubment job with a 10 foot pole. This is the same organization that comes up with things like the DMV and public schools.

RE: Don't Fear the Bear - Barry Ritholtz - Esquire