Comments on: Asleep at the Wheel http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 08:21:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bdbd http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262331 bdbd Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:08:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262331 good thing he didn't tumble out of his chair and hurt himself. I don't think OSHA can help with "fell asleep during a briefing " injuries good thing he didn’t tumble out of his chair and hurt himself. I don’t think OSHA can help with “fell asleep during a briefing ” injuries

]]> By: Bob B http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262318 Bob B Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:01:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262318 "Karl Rove says that Bushie Boy reads loads, so there." He probably meant that Bushie Boy always read what Karl Rove gave him to read, which probably accounts for why we are in the mess we are and why the Republicans did so badly in the elections last November. The [London] Times convened a panel of experts to assess the achievements of 42 past US Presidents. Going from top to bottom, GWB was rated in the bottom 10 at number 37, equal with Richard Nixon: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5029204.ece IMO that's a bit unkind about Richard Nixon. Whatever else, no one at the time claimed Tricky Dicky wasn't smart. “Karl Rove says that Bushie Boy reads loads, so there.”

He probably meant that Bushie Boy always read what Karl Rove gave him to read, which probably accounts for why we are in the mess we are and why the Republicans did so badly in the elections last November.

The [London] Times convened a panel of experts to assess the achievements of 42 past US Presidents.

Going from top to bottom, GWB was rated in the bottom 10 at number 37, equal with Richard Nixon:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5029204.ece

IMO that’s a bit unkind about Richard Nixon. Whatever else, no one at the time claimed Tricky Dicky wasn’t smart.

]]> By: sharon http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262299 sharon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:53:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262299 Karl Rove says that Bushie Boy reads <em>loads</em>, so there. Karl Rove says that Bushie Boy reads loads, so there.

]]> By: MarkUp http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262251 MarkUp Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:03:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262251 "I don’t see much evidence of him working either hard or smart . . ." Has there been am impeachment? Go back to the Y2K campaign talk and ask yourself if in an indirect manner many of those goals have not been accomplished - granted some of them are still up in the air and subject to possible dampening effects of the next set of bull riders and rodeo clowns. Remember being an experienced oil man he knows that to put out a fire [of liberalism] you'll likely have to use a [conservative] bomb... “I don’t see much evidence of him working either hard or smart . . .”

Has there been am impeachment? Go back to the Y2K campaign talk and ask yourself if in an indirect manner many of those goals have not been accomplished – granted some of them are still up in the air and subject to possible dampening effects of the next set of bull riders and rodeo clowns. Remember being an experienced oil man he knows that to put out a fire [of liberalism] you’ll likely have to use a [conservative] bomb…

]]> By: rea http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262242 rea Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:24:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262242 <i>His motto was “don’t work hard, work smart”.</i> Are you sure, John? I don't see much evidence of him working either hard or smart . . . His motto was “don’t work hard, work smart”.

Are you sure, John? I don’t see much evidence of him working either hard or smart . . .

]]> By: Bob B http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262239 Bob B Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:18:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262239 Speaking of those in Britain who endorse the Republican cause in America, I do so look forward to a forthcoming meeting when George Osborne, the Conservative treasury spokesman in Britain, comes across to tell Tim Geitner and Larry Summers why crass keynesianism is bad and why a fiscal stimulus in times of recession amounts to fiscal insanity: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/george-osborne-labours-folly-has-finally-been-laid-bare-1062876.html Speaking of those in Britain who endorse the Republican cause in America, I do so look forward to a forthcoming meeting when George Osborne, the Conservative treasury spokesman in Britain, comes across to tell Tim Geitner and Larry Summers why crass keynesianism is bad and why a fiscal stimulus in times of recession amounts to fiscal insanity:
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/george-osborne-labours-folly-has-finally-been-laid-bare-1062876.html

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262238 John Emerson Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:48:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262238 His motto was "don't work hard, work smart". <i>Wu-wei</i>. Management fu. His motto was “don’t work hard, work smart”. Wu-wei. Management fu.

]]> By: Paul http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262237 Paul Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:16:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262237 Why do such antics not surprize me especially when the name George W. Bush is in reasonable proximity ? Why do such antics not surprize me especially when the name George W. Bush is in reasonable proximity ?

]]> By: Bob B http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262233 Bob B Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:23:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262233 No comment necessary: "Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism adviser, said then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and her deputy, Steve Hadley, told him, 'Don't give the President a lot of long memos. He's not a big reader.'" http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/12/30/2008-12-30_clueless_w_was_just_like_palin_railin_ex.html No comment necessary:

“Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism adviser, said then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and her deputy, Steve Hadley, told him, ‘Don’t give the President a lot of long memos. He’s not a big reader.’”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/12/30/2008-12-30_clueless_w_was_just_like_palin_railin_ex.html

]]> By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262232 John Quiggin Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:58:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262232 As Brad DeLong says, worse than you can possibly imagine even after you've taken account of the fact that they are worse than you can possibly imagine. As Brad DeLong says, worse than you can possibly imagine even after you’ve taken account of the fact that they are worse than you can possibly imagine.

]]> By: eudoxis http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262228 eudoxis Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:35:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262228 There's a more important story here than the rather sloppy WaPo report (dental <i>lab</i> technicians, and, there were <20,000 TB cases in the US in 1997), a story that begins with Reagan's gutting of OSHA and destruction of union power (PATCO), and dismantling of research into population health. Peter Infante has been a crusader for better workplace safety standards for a long time, starting with a battle over cancer causing properties of formaldehyde. There’s a more important story here than the rather sloppy WaPo report (dental lab technicians, and, there were <20,000 TB cases in the US in 1997), a story that begins with Reagan’s gutting of OSHA and destruction of union power (PATCO), and dismantling of research into population health. Peter Infante has been a crusader for better workplace safety standards for a long time, starting with a battle over cancer causing properties of formaldehyde.

]]> By: jacob http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262227 jacob Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:29:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262227 <i>Leaky pipes.</i> Damn. Are the internets broken again? Leaky pipes.

Damn. Are the internets broken again?

]]> By: Righteous Bubba http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262225 Righteous Bubba Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:05:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262225 <blockquote>How’d he explain the little pools of drool? </blockquote> Leaky pipes.
How’d he explain the little pools of drool?
Leaky pipes.

]]> By: Robert http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262224 Robert Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:52:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262224 <blockquote>Foulke denied falling asleep at work, although he said he was often tired and sometimes listened with his eyes closed.</blockquote> How'd he explain the little pools of drool?
Foulke denied falling asleep at work, although he said he was often tired and sometimes listened with his eyes closed.

How’d he explain the little pools of drool?

]]> By: noen http://crookedtimber.org/2008/12/29/asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-262220 noen Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:54:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=9007#comment-262220 Bush has standards? Bush has standards?

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