Two words: arrogance and incompetence

[TruthIsAll]

Bush’s Teflon Armor
... when one begins to evaluate the actual performance and policies of the Bush Administration, one is overwhelmed by its incompetence, arrogance, and venality. ...
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The Wage Slave Journal
... 6 comments. 2-Mar-2003 There is, really, nothing surprising any more in the area of dishonesty, incompetence,and arrogance from the Bush administration. ...
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Letters to the editor, 07/25/03
... But I appreciate that your arrogance will not permit an apology ... being dispelled, it is hoped that a thorough revelation will be made of Bush's incompetence on 9 ...
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Tom Stephens: Rise Up!
... even greater peril. Under these crisis conditions, George W. Bush's incompetence and Dick Cheney's arrogance threaten our survival. ...
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Choices: Iraq: Have You Ever Seen Such Amazing Arrogance Wedded ...
... Jacques Chirac!" What a little miracle-man that George W. Bush is. ... Have you ever seen such amazing arrogance wedded to such awesome incompetence? ...
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Geodog's MT Weblog: George Bush, master of the big lie
... second part that infuriates me is Bush's arrogance, self-righteousness ... to be the result of incompetence, I have ... Bush's unspoken motto is now Oderint dum metuant ...
www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2003/03/18/george_bush_master_of_the_big_lie.html - 19k - Sep 7, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

[camero]

1. They usually go together

Dumb people don't know they're dumb. They think they're pretty smart.

Edit: oops, my bad.

[Brucey]

2. Thanks

great post, lots to think about. Dems must work hard, must defeat Shrub, resistance is futile. ABB.

[spooky3]

3. See this article

Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(6), 1121-1134.

This reports 4 carefully controlled studies. JPSP is a top refereed journal.

It's a great article and * and his gang could be poster boys for it.

[Brucey]

5. Thanks

for info, good to have you around.

[camero]

6. heard of that study

It said something like the people who didn't think they did well on academic tests actually did well and the people with low scores thought they scored in the top percentile.

The hypthesis being that competent people have high self assessment skills. Which means they know when they make a mistake and take corrective action.

[CBHagman]

4. Add the word "impotence"

When I write my letters or e-mails to members of Congress concerning the quagmire in Iraq, I'm going to mention the impotence and incompetence of the Bush administration in area after area.

Not only did they not free the area from terrorism, they increased the chances of it happening, thanks to the porous borders and the shortage of troops to keep order.

Not only did they not locate weapons of mass destruction, but they failed to secure sites where there was a chance of producing evidence concerning weapons programs. All this looting later, and what are we going to be able to hold before the world? Apparently not a lot.

And in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the tendency has been toward half-measures, with dire consequences for the populations, the troops, and aid workers. Afghanistan is still mostly dominated by warlords, and the whole notion that women are now freed from oppressive treatment is a huge joke. It looks as though they're setting out to make the same mistake in Iraq.