13 thoughts on “Sorting For Stupidity”

1. Tried to email you but your email in the “about” no longer is valid.

   1. simberg@transterrestrial.com? Works for me.

      1. Bounced twice yesterday. I dunno.

2. As usual, Reynolds is on target. Never since the worst days of pay for spoils have our ‘civil servants’ been so venal and incompetent.

3. The good thing about the spoils system is, those bureaucrats answered to the sitting President and could be fired on a whim. These little sphincters? Not so much. These tale of how Reagan could not get rid of my dad was illuminating. In the end, they opened a condemned office building and stuck him in it. He said, “I’m entitled to a secretary.” and so one came and sat at a desk in his outer office.

4. I was astounded by something I read in that story:

   According to the D.C. Bar’s 2021 annual report, there are now over 111,000 members. And lawyers are only the tip of the iceberg: Washington also became a magnet for lobbyists, trade associations, industry newsletters with names like Candy Industry or Satellite Week that advise readers on regulatory developments and the like. And, most important for our discussion here, Barnes notes that the city became flooded with the kind of money that such interests bring, sprouting luxury car dealerships, expensive restaurants, upscale shops and five star hotels until parts of it looked more like Rodeo Drive than with the Washington of previous years.

   The current population of Washington, DC is roughly 680,000 people. So the population of Washington, DC is only six times larger than the bar association for Washington, DC. Imagine if all those lawyers actually lived in Washington, DC?

   1. World’s largest HOA.

      1. Washington (DC) Home Owner’s Association or WHOA.

         1. Washington Home Owners’ Regulatory Escalation Services or WHORES.

            1. Winner.

5. If Trump won’t do it, I want the next administration’s pledge to streamline or decentralize the executive branch. If they can’t close these damned departments at least move them out of DC and closer to their constituencies.

   That is if they want MY vote.

   1. If only we could put the Capital Building on wheels and move it around the country… Then it wouldn’t be HOA as much as KOA.

6. They are sorting for loyalty. Stupidity is just a correlation but maybe they aren’t stupid so much as never held accountable for poor performance.

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