Archive: Incompetence

In using the “I know I am but what about you” defense, Greer reminded us of Springfield’s chief of police, Clancy Wiggum, who once broadcast this warning, which was about as helpful as most of the things Jim Greer says: “This is Papa Bear. Put out an APB for a male suspect, driving a…car of some sort, heading in the direction of, uh, you know, that place that sells chili. Suspect is hatless. Repeat, hatless.”

The “Cash for Clunkers” program has been a success by all metrics. Car buyers who traded in their older cars for up to $4,500 in downpayments for new, more energy efficent vehicles depleted the program’s $1 billion funding within the first week. As many as 250,000 cars were sold last week, according to government [...]

Not satisfied with losing a bunch of elections last November as well as a whole bunch of formerly loyal members from every level, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) appears to be trying to finish the job through what looks from the outside like a purge of, gasp! — Libertarians. At least that’s what one [...]

At least the ones in Florida apparently are incapable of distributing a press release without grammatical or spelling mistakes, or in this case, missing copy. I have not altered this text. I copied it directly from the Republican Party of Florida’s press release. If it weren’t for the headline, that first sentence, although factually accurate, [...]

It would be laughable … oh hell, it is laughable. Here’s the latest quote-marked blurt from Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, (edited for length, not content):
Back in the USSR
Tallahassee — Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s most recent appointment of yet another czar to [...]

In case you’re just tuning in to this story, last Tuesday, Oct. 23, as the wildfires raged in Southern California, FEMA held a news conference that was broadcast by the cable newsers. Within hours, however, it was revealed that the entire news conference was fake. That’s right — good ol’ gubmint propaganda:
The Bush administration was [...]

Remember at the beginning of summer when Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff ramped the nation up a notch on alert for terrorist attacks based on what he called his “gut feeling?” Well, an economist has actually looked at something called data and determined that it must have been something Chertoff ate because his indigestion sure [...]

Now we know why it’s best for Bush to stay home and clear brush. Not long after answering Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile’s question about progress in Iraq, “We’re kicking ass,” Bush went on to really offend.
Bush strode away from the lectern on a path that would have sent him over a steep drop. [...]

On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall near New Orleans, all the ink was about the progress, and lack thereof, in restoring the city and the rest of the Gulf coast.
We live in an era of failed leadership. Corrupt and incompetent politicians. Thieving CEOs. Priests as pedophiles. Media monopolies. A president’s unpopular, intractable [...]

George, Laura, Al and Becky on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007
Sad. So sad. I might just cry.
George Bush: “After months of unfair treatment that has created a harmful distraction at the Justice Department, Judge Gonzales decided to resign his position, and I accept his decision. It’s sad that we live in a time when a talented [...]