Inept, incompetent and untrustworthy

The recent nonsense about balloons has proven that both the Biden administration and the mainstream media are inept, incompetent, and untrustworthy.

To say nothing of the incompetent response to the train derailment in Pennsylvania.

Recent studies have shown that trust in the media is at an all-time low. It’s well deserved. But it still shocks me that Democrats didn’t get more of a no confidence vote in the last election.

18 thoughts on “Inept, incompetent and untrustworthy”

    1. Allegations in a lawsuit. So what?

      Not that I doubt that Fox does unsavory things to get ratings, but … be serious.

      1. When the actual words from behind-the-scenes commentary grossly contradict the public commentary of a media outlet, it engenders distrust on low credibility.

  2. QUOTE: But it still shocks me that Democrats didn’t get more of a no confidence vote in the last election.

    According to National Review, despite having all the right ingredients for a red wave…

    Republicans did not see the predicted wins on Election Night because the party failed to capture the independent vote, offered no value proposition for voters, failed to combat Democrats’ abortion messaging, and had a lack of resources…Republicans lost voters by offering “no plan, no agenda, no hint of what they will do”.

    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gop-pollster-republicans-failed-to-secure-red-wave-in-2022-midterms-for-four-key-reasons/

  3. If you want to talk about the balloons, I’d be glad to. Worked 9 years in radar systems and electronic warfare. I no a damn sight more than any congressman or news talking head. I could tell you the scientific and systemic reasons why balloons are hard to detect. Could also remind you that you don’t create a modern weapon system in two weeks let alone two years. If it’s Biden’s fault allegedly, then more so orange bozo for not developing capability on his watch.

    Could also give a reason why a Sidewinder missed over Lake Huron. Wasn’t Biden’s fault nor pilot error. But, we aren’t really interested in that… Outrage seems to drive the day.

    2. I know a little about why balloons are difficult to track. That’s not why the Biden administration is incompetent. The incompetence was (1) in waiting too long to shoot down the first one, and then (2) as over-compensation, shooting down balloons that were probably amateur weather balloons. It makes us look like idiots.

      And I don’t think balloons had anything to do with the incompetent response to the chemical disaster in Pennsylvania.

      1. If the reports I’m seeing about the size of that first balloon are accurate, I’m not sure what alternatives they had to destroying it over the ocean. Something like that coming down over a populated area is not going to be good.

          1. Still, there was a risk that it didn’t land as expected and caused damage. I could only imagine the hoopla if it happened to kill some recluse that lived in the wilderness, animals or somehow destroyed property. As is, they were able to shoot it down over the ocean safely and collect the remains for study.

          2. “Sparsely populated” isn’t unpopulated. You really don’t want to take out ANY American civilians over this, and there isn’t that much control over how something like this comes down.

      2. In 2018 Trump administration rolled back a train brake regulation that the Obama administration had implemented in 2014. Could that rollback be somehow responsible? Maybe. However, the Biden admin has had two years to re-implement and hasn’t–Mayor Pete saying he doesn’t have the authority… idk.

        Now,I only usually hear of FEMA getting involved when it’s a so called act of god like a flood, hurricane, or other bad storm…something in nature. Usually don’t hear of FEMA getting involved for a corporate f*ck up. I suppose those people can take the railroad to court. That’s the libertarian paradise, right? Let’s remove all regulations and corporations are good people (heck, they’re people too according to SCOTUS), they’ll do the right thing, and if they don’t, people can sue.

        1. FEMA is the emergency management agency; their job is to help the people affected by catastrophic events. I don’t see why their mission would depend on whether it was a natural event or someone’s fault.

          1. Sure, it shouldn’t be limited. But the deal with hurricanes, etc, is that they involve a lot more people.

            So, how many people does it have to affect for the Feds to get involved? How widespread does it have to be? Is this not something the state could handle?

            States rights! States rights! States rights! Except when it’s us… then we want daddy Fed to help us…

            1. I don’t know this for sure, but if a tornado came in and wiped out the infrastructure of a small town and made it uninhabitable, I think there would be some kind of FEMA response. FEMA doesn’t come in for stuff that affects 12 people, but this was at least one whole town.

    1. I trust the White House about as much as I trust Big Pharma.

      I don’t know if it should be FEMA or what, but it’s criminal that the administration is not paying more attention to this issue. Maybe they should be forcing Norfolk Southern to do more. But the spectacle of Pete Butt-whatever complaining about the racial makeup of road crews while a town is being flooded with toxic chemicals is not a good look. It’s also not good that Biden is promising to pay the pensions of people in Ukraine, but hasn’t offered anything to Palestine.

      Every time there’s some new offer to Ukraine, I wonder what blackmail material Zelenskyy has on Biden.

      1. The process for engaging FEMA is that it has to be requested by a governor.

        In a press conference Wednesday, DeWine said President Biden has offered any assistance the state needs but that the governor had deemed it unnecessary at this stage.

        Now, there seems to be some confusion about this because after this press conference DeWine stated that they were ineligible to receive FEMA aid.

        Hmm…that’s curious. Could there some politics at play with the prime players…the blame game??? Naaaah…never for a situation like this, right???

        https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3861480-sherrod-brown-calls-on-ohio-governor-to-declare-disaster-over-east-palestine-derailment/

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