America Punished Elizabeth Warren for Her Competence
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The Atlantic ^
| March 5, 2020 | Megan Garber
In November 2019, as the Democratic presidential candidates prepared for the primaries that had been taking place unofficially for more than a year and that would begin in earnest in February, FiveThirtyEight’s Clare Malone profiled Pete Buttigieg. In the process, Malone spoke with two women at a Buttigieg event in New Hampshire.
One liked Joe Biden, but felt he was a bit too old for the presidency. The other liked Buttigieg, without qualification: “I feel he’s well positioned,” she explained. “The country is ready for a more gentle approach.”
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Study: White liberals perform ‘competence downshift’ when talking to a black person
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Hotair.com ^
| 11-27-18 | John Sexton
This article on Yale’s website was published almost two weeks ago. The
author of the article, Cydney Dupree, is one of two researchers who started out looking at how white presidential candidates talk when they are addressing a mostly black audience compared to when they are speaking to a mostly white audience. Dupree, who is black, and co-researcher Susan Fiske of Princeton found the candidates were less likely to use words that expressed competence and more likely to use words that expressed warmth when talking to a minority audience: The team found that Democratic candidates used fewer competence-related words in...
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This Insane Diversity Program Develops Airport Traffic Controllers Based On Race, Not Competence
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The Federalist ^
| AUGUST 29, 2018 | Christian B. Corrigan
ATCs must necessarily be among the most skilled and competent federal government employees. In
accordance with an Obama administration plan to “transform” the Federal Aviation Administration into a “more diverse workplace” however, the FAA has abandoned its merit-based hiring program for ATCs, as it implements a plan to hire 1,000 ATCs a year to replace a generation of retiring controllers. Congress can and should intervene in this unfortunate plan to restore sanity and safety to the skies, because it endangers people’s lives. ... It is expensive and time-consuming to train ATCs, and many candidates who believe they have what it...
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Republican Sen. Corker: Trump has not shown 'competence' needed to lead (rant)
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Trump Lacks Stability and Competence for Job, Corker Says
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https :// www . arcamax . com / politics / politicalnews / s - 1988593 ^
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Sen. Corker slams Trump for lack of ‘competence’ and ‘stability’ (up for reelection!!)
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washingtontimes.com ^
| 8/17/17 | Dave Boyer
Sen. Bob Corker blasted President Trump’s handling of racially charged protests in Virginia, telling reporters Thursday that the president lacks “stability.” Mr.
Corker, Tennessee Republican and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Mr. Trump “has not demonstrated he understands the character of this nation.” His comments to reporters came after he gave a speech in his home state. “The president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful,” Mr. Corker said. “He has not demonstrated that he understands what has made this...
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Paris: Donald Trump Demonstrates That He Has The Basic Competence To Be President
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Manhattan Contrarian ^
| 2 Jun, 2017 | Francis Menton
Among my New York friends, one of the most frequent criticisms that I hear of Donald Trump is that he just doesn't have the basic competence to be President. He is ignorant of fundamental issues of public policy; he arrogantly thinks he knows everything, while in fact he knows little or nothing;
his attention span is about 6 seconds, and he refuses to learn. I mean, how can such a person possibly carry out in an appropriate way the awesome responsibilities of the presidency? For myself, I've been withholding judgment. After all, a President doesn't really need to know all...
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Overcoming Laziness from Unconscious Incompetence to Conscious Competence - Mark Divine
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youtube.com ^
Video LinkI thought this was a great motivational video.I am 68 y/o and work out everyday...but, like all of us, I look for external motivation.This video helps explain some of the issues surrounding motivation.
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ABC’s Stephanopoulos: Trump in Denial Amid Questions About His Competence, Credibility
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Breitbart ^
| 26 Mar 2017 | PAM KEY
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos said President Donald Trump was “in a bit of denial amid these big questions” about his competence and credibility.
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Latest FBI email release shows Hillary Clinton exposed on competence
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The Australian Financial Review | September 5, 2016 | Chris Strohm and Joe Sobczyk, Bloomberg
Link only due to copyright issues: http://www.afr.com
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Trump Places Competence Ahead of Compassion [semi-satire]
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Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^
| 31 July 2016 | John Semmens
Vice-President Joe Biden explained the difference between a Clinton and a Trump administration in a raucous speech to the Democratic National Convention, contending that Trump’s catchphrase from his Apprentice reality show “’you’re fired,’ reveals a gaping existential chasm between Democrats and Republicans.” “Just because a person can’t handle a job doesn’t mean
he doesn’t need that job,” Biden pointed out. “Yet, Trump would callously cast employees aside based merely upon performance. Is this the kind of man we want to place at the head of our government?” “In contrast, our nominee has the compassion to understand that competence is not...
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Local Problems, Global Problems, and Government Competence
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Townhall.com ^
| February 4, 2016 | Timothy D. Terrell
Last August, an accident at a federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleanup project at the long-abandoned Gold King mine in Silverton, Colorado, resulted in a gusher of heavy metal-laden water into the Animas River. Not only did EPA project mismanagement cause the spill, but also its response after the accident was wholly
inadequate. Apparently, it didn't notify nearby residents for 24 hours, and it failed to alert officials downstream quickly that the toxic water was coming. Any private firm that had done this would doubtless have been fined or otherwise penalized--by EPA. A recent water quality crisis in Flint, Michigan...
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True Or False: We Need The Bar Exam To Ensure Lawyer Competence
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Forbes ^
| April 22, 2015 | George Leef
The correct answer is false. Instead
of ensuring that all legal practitioners are competent, the bar exam (and its long prelude, law school) merely creates an artificial barrier that keeps many people from competing in the market for legal services. That has two main consequences. First, some people who could earn a pretty good living as attorneys are prevented from doing so; they have to look for work in other fields. Second, some people (quite a large number in fact) are unable to afford legal help when they need it because few of those who do overcome the barrier to...
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A Referendum on Competence: Anemic economy and sense of national decline portend doom for Democrats
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National Review ^
| 10/31/2014 | Charles Krauthhammer
Is this election really about nothing? Democrats
might like to think so, but it’s not. First, like all U.S. elections, it’s about the economy. The effect of the weakest recovery in two generations is reflected in President Obama’s 13-point underwater ratings for his handling of the economy. Moreover, here is a president who proclaims the reduction of inequality to be the great cause of his administration. Yet it has radically worsened in his six years. The 1 percent are doing splendidly in the Fed-fueled stock market, even as median income has fallen. Second is the question of competence. The list...
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The Collapse of American Competence
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The American Conservative ^
| October 24, 2014 | Patric J. Buchanan
When this writer was three years old, the Empire of Japan devastated Battleship Row of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Before I was seven, Gen. MacArthur was in an office in Tokyo overlooking the Imperial Palace, dictating to a shattered Japan. In 1956, President Eisenhower, impressed by the autobahn he
had seen in Hitler’s Reich, ordered a U.S. Interstate Highway System constructed, tying America together, one of the great public works projects in all history. Within a decade, the system was on its way to completion. In 1961, John F. Kennedy said the United States, beaten into space...
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America Has Lost Faith In Competence Of Leaders
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IBD ^
| October 24,2014 | PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
When this writer was 3 years old, the Empire of Japan devastated Battleship Row of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Before I was 7, Gen. MacArthur was in an office in Tokyo overlooking the Imperial Palace, dictating to a shattered Japan. In 1956, President Eisenhower, impressed by the autobahn he
had seen in Hitler's Reich, ordered a U.S. Interstate Highway System built, tying America together, one of the great public works projects in history. Within a decade, the system was on its way to completion. In 1961, John F. Kennedy said the United States, beaten into space by...
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