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This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC

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This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
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This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 20, 2017 at 8:55 pm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...d284aa6351

Quote:I didn’t think I’d ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit.

Quote:The public outcry led the administration to reverse course and name the CIA director an NSC principal, but the White House’s inclination was clear. It has little need for intelligence professionals who, in speaking truth to power, might challenge the so-called “America First” orthodoxy that sees Russia as an ally and Australia as a punching bag. That’s why the president’s trusted White House advisers, not career professionals, reportedly have final say over what intelligence reaches his desk.

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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 20, 2017 at 9:35 pm
I seem to recall that he just wants pictures and charts, anyway. Maybe his handlers are simpler than we previously thought?
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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 20, 2017 at 9:40 pm
They probably just hand him pictures of things with "good" and "bad" stamped on them...

Putin "Good"

Australia "Bad"

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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 23, 2017 at 6:43 pm
(February 20, 2017 at 9:35 pm)Fireball Wrote: I seem to recall that he just wants pictures and charts, anyway. Maybe his handlers are simpler than we previously thought?

Trump can barely read so that makes sense.

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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 23, 2017 at 10:46 pm
Chasing away talent is a sure sign of shitty management.

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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 23, 2017 at 10:54 pm
(February 23, 2017 at 10:46 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Chasing away talent is a sure sign of shitty management.

The fact that republican can retain control of both chambers of congress meant this country really doesn't deserve better and have no right to complaint when things get much worse.
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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 24, 2017 at 10:18 am
(February 23, 2017 at 10:54 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(February 23, 2017 at 10:46 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Chasing away talent is a sure sign of shitty management.

The fact that republican can retain control of both chambers of congress meant this country really doesn't deserve better and have no right to complaint when things get much worse.

I'm unsure why you quoted me in making your point, which has nothing to do with mine.

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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 24, 2017 at 1:42 pm
Looks causally related to me.

Chasing away talent -> poor quality government is your assertion.

His assertion is that the GOP's control has led to many things, amongst them is chasing away talent, and that it's the fault of the country for doing so.
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RE: This Is What We Lose When Breitbart Takes Over the NSC
February 24, 2017 at 2:20 pm (This post was last modified: February 24, 2017 at 2:21 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(February 24, 2017 at 1:42 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Chasing away talent -> poor quality government is your assertion.

No. My point is that a talented manager attracts talent to surround them. And the corollary is that is talented folks are leaving, the manager may wish to re-examine his or her approach to leadership.

Now, it can be argued that the quality of governance thereafter falls, and oftentimes it does. But bureaucracies have a way of evening out these things.

And, I'm not so sure that leadership separates upon partisan lines.

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