Re: Don't know nearly as much....

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:47:27 -0600, whitroth <whitroth@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Martha Adams wrote:
"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Martha Adams <mhada@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So Bush's track record of fetching in people to Washington who can't
carry the load, is just a slightly exaggerated continuation of an
old practice.

You do know he's not responsible for selecting congressmen, right?

Right. I've noticed that. I think the failure of the Constitutional
Executive / Legislative / Judicial checks-and-balances system
illustrates my point. This failure is *systemic.* ...Are We Rome?
There's a book around by that title. Good topic, and timely.

Given the members of the Supreme Court he's chosen,

What is wrong with Roberts and Alito?

and his choices of
Attorney General, and the unbelievable spinelessness of the Dems, they
*have* been failing.

We'll see if things change in 10 days (that is, starting the day after the
Inauguration).
--
"The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on
too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may
be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government
stupidity-- and until they do (and find the cure) all ideal plans will
fall into quicksand."
- Richard P. Feynman
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