"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Friday, March 6, 2009

Wasn't Barack Obama Supposed to be Competent?

That was one of his big selling points, wasn't it? After eight years of George Bush - and the snafus in Iraq and Louisiana - we'd have someone in there who knew what he was doing.

Well, so far, we've seen appointee after appointee quit or be forced to resign before even taking office. Even Paul Kurgman has blasted Team Obama for dithering on the economy. The administration has tried to defend itself by noting the Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is working pretty much alone, since the they haven't filled many of the other appointments in the department. Well, whose fault is that?

Meanwhile, Obama ticked off the Brits by giving Gordon Brown a bunch of DVDs as a present after their first meeting, while Brown gave the president some well-thought out and expensive gifts. (Apart from the chintziness of the American gift, who gives movies to a guy who is blind in one eye and has limited site in the other?)

Now, there's this. Seriously, they couldn't find one Russian speaker in Washington?

1 comment:

ron said...

I think you get a pass for not having literacy skills in a language you've never studied. Less forgivable is Japanese PM Taro Aso being unable to read in his own friggin' language.

Here's the link I promised you.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZOyowHH81oPT_T58YosES7Gyf7gD96NCGF80

PS- Did you listen to the Cthulu love song? I'm just asking 'cause the goggle spam check word on the page right now is "demon."