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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:03 PM
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Bush is the Captain Queeg of the U.S.S. America
(snip)After a honeymoon period, it becomes apparent that Queeg is prone to eccentric behavior. Queeg displays a micro-managing command style and (sometimes unprovoked) angry outbursts.


How about eccentric behavior? Does sitting immobile for several minutes in a Florida classroom on 9-11 after being told the United States was bombed count? Chopping wood on ones ranch while the city of New Orleans drowns in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina seems queer. The New York Times editorial from 19 July 2006 noted that, "the really weird thing is his (Bush's) sense of victimization. He's strangely resentful about the actual core of his job. Even after the debacles of Iraq and Katrina, he continues to treat the presidency as a colossal interference with his desire to mountain bike and clear brush."

Micro-manager? Okay, not so much. Manager? Not so much. The most vacationed President in the history, spends little time managing anything. But "anger"? That's another story. The jutting jaw tirade unleashed during today's press conference was occasionally interrupted by the Bush smirk. Doubt Bush was angry? Give NBC's David Gregory a shout.

As time passes, he begins to make mistakes that endanger his crew. He neglects to order the ship to stop turning while reprimanding a crew member for having his shirttail out, and so the ship steams over its own towline, parting it.


Mutiny in America by Larry Johnson


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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:07 PM
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1. GREAT analogy! nt
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