Incompetence


            ‘What’s the worst sin you can commit if you’re in charge? Doesn’t matter if it’s business or government, family or a club.’

            ‘Is this a trick question?’ Camp asked while enjoying the first sip of his pint.

            ‘No, just asking, probably prompted by this Signal snafu (situation normal, all fucked up) group chat fiasco from last week where the top brass of the US, including the VP, the ex-fox news broadcaster and now head of the Pentagon, the Director of National Intelligence, a Hare Krishna offshoot cultist, the Secretary of State and various other bobbleheads mistakenly invited a journalist to their chat about a military operation in Yemen. Makes Hillary’s e-mail controversy look like a high school chat room.

            ‘Ok I get the point. So, the worst sin is surely incompetence if you’re in a position of responsibility or leadership.’

            ‘Anyone particular come to mind?’

            ‘You don’t want me to name names, do you? We all know who wins the prize for the most incompetent leader and we also know that people like that surround themselves with equal or worse practitioners of incompetency and mediocrity.’

            ‘How did this happen and how come these people get away with their feeble-minded righteous agenda and get to rule?’

            ‘I take it this is a rhetorical question,’ Camp said.

            ‘Now, we have a federal election coming up here in a month. Seems obvious to me who the best qualified and most sincere future PM should be.’

            ‘Yeah, once again, obvious to the two of us. Definitely not the one who never had a real job, never fixed, solved or organized anything on any level and has no international experience.’

            ‘He would fit right in with the present US administration. Another bobblehead.’

            ‘Again, we don’t need to mention any names. Suffice it to say that the candidate who wants to make Canada great again; who euphemistically refers to it as Taking Canada Back – from whom or wherefrom is anybody’s guess – is not the guy who we want in charge of the country at a time like this.’

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Cynics and Politics


It’s fall here, which means rain, pumpkins and indoor activities. Not my favourite time of year. I just don’t like putting on all these layers of clothes and Clare always has ‘nothing to wear’ when it gets cold and miserable outside. The last couple of days were crystal clear and crisp and apparently October 10th was the coldest in BC in a 123 years. Yikes.

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