What a stranded carrier, a lettuce outbreak, a burning robot, and a broken CIA have in common, and why you only find out what you cut once something breaks.
As this essay makes clear once more, Trump and his acolytes hate rules and restrictions of any kind and couldn’t care less about their victims.
Their malicious indifference extends to a long and growing list: children suffering in decrepit detention camps or dying in a measles outbreak; thousands severely ill because this government recklessly cut food safety protections; Navy sailors literally going insane after unplanned extensions of their deployment at sea, in horrific conditions, with no end in sight; misidentified and brutalized targets of lawless ICE thugs on our streets; women and minorities presumed to be undeserving because of their gender, race or heritage; young women again forced to carry pregnancies to term regardless of circumstances; and the millions of sane Americans who must endure the daily torture of a treasonous, incompetent regime toxic with sadism and cruelty.
We the people need to end this nightmare with action, beginning with individual acts to help defeat MAGA at the polls this November and in court as Trump and MAGA pursue their ongoing coup to keep power in order to enrich themselves.
The world is complex, hence the need for testing, thoughtful decision making, peer reviews, planning, processes, etc., etc. Work needs to be planned and plans need to be worked. Late changes cause massive disruptions. Interference from a no nothing hip shooter does nothing to speed production of a quality product. Just saying as a retired engineer with experience in ship building, computer design, project installation, product design, management, and team management. Complex things are not easily done. What bites you in the butt is usually not what you anticipated.
Excellent piece. Thank you. The section about the Texas factory reads like a 3 stooges bit except we are millions of tax payer $$$ spent on a bunch of useless metal and it is not funny.
Intentional Kakistocracy, including the Biden bit. Government should not bend over for coporations. If a contract is signed and the company fails to perform...bye, bye.
This is excellent. If you don't ask questions, you don't get answers. Nobody around Trump, and Trump himself, every asks even one question about anything. How many missiles do we have? Not asked. How long have our warships been at sea? Not asked. Can Iran close the Strait of Hormuz easily? Not asked. Will they? Not asked. On and on and on.
This is a very sensible discussion that should not be as rare (and thus as badly needed) as it is.
I would distinguish between the Biden administration's issue - trying to expedite weapons production because of the crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine - and the issues under Trump - eliminating tracking of bacteria, firing foreign policy and strategy experts because they don't believe in regulation (or their corporate donors do not) or because the analysts once analyzed Trump's activities in a way that he did not like.
the results may be similar but the causes and thus remedies are different.
Well said. The circularity of it is wonderful, especially with your Texas example. Creative solutions require failure, but are only creative if failure creates solutions.
One can thump their chest over and over appearing manly but if it’s an ass you’re beating it will still be just an ass.
It took too long for most to see the incompetence ..and even still! Facts be damned , won’t surpass the lies repeated ..like …”Trust me” until trust is all but gone (along with the money).
The shame is realized not by the guilty but by those fooled..and the guilty are a long way from accountability.
That all holdings, possessions, accounts, and freedoms ( baring [over]due process) of those guilty be confiscated to pay reparations won’t come even close to restoring the damage, nor the cost.
Our great grandchildren will still be paying that bill.
Making America Great had already been established. FYI .
But Greed threw The Cloak of Deception smothering everything but their Gloat ,Pride, Secrecy, Spin …even their “transparency”…. “We’re gonna be so rich”. Remember ?
Many will remember the complicit list…hopefully bring it to justice.
The lesson will teach . Maybe a renewed standing in honor that doesn’t get fooled again. There’s many a guardrail to strengthen , warning flags to adhere to the law be consistent, and requirements for those breaking oaths to be quickly removed from office.
It may be naive on my part, however, when reading through the well-described descriptions of these processes, I can’t help but ask “didn’t anyone test this process” before spending million upon millions of tax dollars? While one might chuckle at the clown car mental images of exploding robots, a sad outcome is it leads to mistrust of not only the governmental decision makers but the competence and expertise of corporate America once touted as a world standard.
As this essay makes clear once more, Trump and his acolytes hate rules and restrictions of any kind and couldn’t care less about their victims.
Their malicious indifference extends to a long and growing list: children suffering in decrepit detention camps or dying in a measles outbreak; thousands severely ill because this government recklessly cut food safety protections; Navy sailors literally going insane after unplanned extensions of their deployment at sea, in horrific conditions, with no end in sight; misidentified and brutalized targets of lawless ICE thugs on our streets; women and minorities presumed to be undeserving because of their gender, race or heritage; young women again forced to carry pregnancies to term regardless of circumstances; and the millions of sane Americans who must endure the daily torture of a treasonous, incompetent regime toxic with sadism and cruelty.
We the people need to end this nightmare with action, beginning with individual acts to help defeat MAGA at the polls this November and in court as Trump and MAGA pursue their ongoing coup to keep power in order to enrich themselves.
The world is complex, hence the need for testing, thoughtful decision making, peer reviews, planning, processes, etc., etc. Work needs to be planned and plans need to be worked. Late changes cause massive disruptions. Interference from a no nothing hip shooter does nothing to speed production of a quality product. Just saying as a retired engineer with experience in ship building, computer design, project installation, product design, management, and team management. Complex things are not easily done. What bites you in the butt is usually not what you anticipated.
Excellent piece. Thank you. The section about the Texas factory reads like a 3 stooges bit except we are millions of tax payer $$$ spent on a bunch of useless metal and it is not funny.
Intentional Kakistocracy, including the Biden bit. Government should not bend over for coporations. If a contract is signed and the company fails to perform...bye, bye.
This is excellent. If you don't ask questions, you don't get answers. Nobody around Trump, and Trump himself, every asks even one question about anything. How many missiles do we have? Not asked. How long have our warships been at sea? Not asked. Can Iran close the Strait of Hormuz easily? Not asked. Will they? Not asked. On and on and on.
This is a very sensible discussion that should not be as rare (and thus as badly needed) as it is.
I would distinguish between the Biden administration's issue - trying to expedite weapons production because of the crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine - and the issues under Trump - eliminating tracking of bacteria, firing foreign policy and strategy experts because they don't believe in regulation (or their corporate donors do not) or because the analysts once analyzed Trump's activities in a way that he did not like.
the results may be similar but the causes and thus remedies are different.
This is so good. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Another splendid piece shining light into our dark times.
Well said. The circularity of it is wonderful, especially with your Texas example. Creative solutions require failure, but are only creative if failure creates solutions.
“Trump bad”
I love it.
just as well, because you're paying for it.
One can thump their chest over and over appearing manly but if it’s an ass you’re beating it will still be just an ass.
It took too long for most to see the incompetence ..and even still! Facts be damned , won’t surpass the lies repeated ..like …”Trust me” until trust is all but gone (along with the money).
The shame is realized not by the guilty but by those fooled..and the guilty are a long way from accountability.
That all holdings, possessions, accounts, and freedoms ( baring [over]due process) of those guilty be confiscated to pay reparations won’t come even close to restoring the damage, nor the cost.
Our great grandchildren will still be paying that bill.
Making America Great had already been established. FYI .
But Greed threw The Cloak of Deception smothering everything but their Gloat ,Pride, Secrecy, Spin …even their “transparency”…. “We’re gonna be so rich”. Remember ?
Many will remember the complicit list…hopefully bring it to justice.
The lesson will teach . Maybe a renewed standing in honor that doesn’t get fooled again. There’s many a guardrail to strengthen , warning flags to adhere to the law be consistent, and requirements for those breaking oaths to be quickly removed from office.
Tall orders.
I’ll do my best ..VOTE
It may be naive on my part, however, when reading through the well-described descriptions of these processes, I can’t help but ask “didn’t anyone test this process” before spending million upon millions of tax dollars? While one might chuckle at the clown car mental images of exploding robots, a sad outcome is it leads to mistrust of not only the governmental decision makers but the competence and expertise of corporate America once touted as a world standard.