What if, just what if, what for all the world looks like a kakistocracy is in fact a kleptocracy with moves so smooth they border on the supernatural? I'm only just asking, since we're all assessing and connecting dots here - are there competing interpretations of these portents signifying the approach of something truly wicked?
Ray Nagin no friend of ours.., the folks who Ray Nagin is actually VERY friendly with and whose interests he has served with kakistocratic finesse - converting troublesome invisible refugees into expendable and even less visible detainees - and finally, the piece d'resistance in the whole seemingly chaotic jumble. Bearing in mind there are still quite a few folks convinced that the invasion of Iraq has something to do with preventing WMD's from falling into terra-ist hands...,
I would certainly agree. I think I had a different definition (http://www.bartleby.com/61/49/K0004900.html) - one which included the notion of incompetence, as well as the notion of being unprincipled. In any case, this is certainly a kleptocracy and I don't subscribe to theories of benign bungling.
This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
Posted by: Temple3 | September 09, 2005 at 08:48 PM