They could have as flat an affect as a serial killer and I wouldn't mind if they actually did their jobs.
I think that even before Katrina hit, they were starting to fall apart. They simply couldn't fathom the Cindy Sheehan episode; the idea that the country could actually be turning against them emotionally doesn't register. It's not plausible in their universe. It's the kind of cognitive dissonance that makes them freeze or retreat to a scripted bubble world of rallies with screened audiences. And then to have a real disaster, a once-in-a-century catastrophe kind of like a city getting nuked only with no enemy to fight over it, hit while they're in this state... it's the kind of panic that turns you into a sort of robot. Deer in the headlights. They are simply constitutionally unable to do what we pay them for.
They could have as flat an affect as a serial killer and I wouldn't mind if they actually did their jobs
That's the thing... is someone who exhibits no emotional impact from this going to be motivated to go all out and do what needs to be done? Why did it take the President and Congress days to come back from their vacations after this happened? I think it's for the same reason that they just don't show any emotion. I thought Dubya's comments about Trent Lott's house were rather telling as to what their emotional stake and priorities are in all of this.
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Date: 2005-09-02 12:33 pm (UTC)I think that even before Katrina hit, they were starting to fall apart. They simply couldn't fathom the Cindy Sheehan episode; the idea that the country could actually be turning against them emotionally doesn't register. It's not plausible in their universe. It's the kind of cognitive dissonance that makes them freeze or retreat to a scripted bubble world of rallies with screened audiences. And then to have a real disaster, a once-in-a-century catastrophe kind of like a city getting nuked only with no enemy to fight over it, hit while they're in this state... it's the kind of panic that turns you into a sort of robot. Deer in the headlights. They are simply constitutionally unable to do what we pay them for.
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Date: 2005-09-02 02:29 pm (UTC)They definitely lack proper theology and geometry.
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Date: 2005-09-02 09:28 pm (UTC)That's the thing... is someone who exhibits no emotional impact from this going to be motivated to go all out and do what needs to be done? Why did it take the President and Congress days to come back from their vacations after this happened? I think it's for the same reason that they just don't show any emotion. I thought Dubya's comments about Trent Lott's house were rather telling as to what their emotional stake and priorities are in all of this.