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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. Institutional memory is far more important than many seem to realize.

Fri Jul 6, 2018, 09:36 AM

Jul 2018

There have been recent threads here calling for strict term limits for judges or members of Congress, institutional memory be damned. Among the reasons the loss of long term employees at places like the EPA or the CDC is that pretty soon no one will be around to understand how things really work there, or what happened even several years ago, let alone several decades ago.

What Trump is accomplishing with all this chaos is not so much what he wants to accomplish, but by doing the only thing he knows how to do: create chaos. And let others clean up the mess.

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The Worst Run White House In Modern Times [View all] babylonsister Jul 2018 OP

Well, at least this is a silver lining. lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #1

In a way, Cheeto refutes the Peter Principle FakeNoose Jul 2018 #9

I "Remember the "Peter Principle" well. maddiemom Jul 2018 #13

Worst Run White House - Period. JDC Jul 2018 #2

They also don't realize how badly they NEED that establishment. calimary Jul 2018 #7

Time for Democrats to Form a Government in Exile McKim Jul 2018 #3

I've thought often about our having a shadow government.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #14

Institutional memory is far more important than many seem to realize. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #4

They don't realize that. calimary Jul 2018 #8

You make an excellent point PatSeg Jul 2018 #10

and yet, the various sycophants still work there. Javaman Jul 2018 #5

Im going to be very disappointed jambo101 Jul 2018 #6

If your goal is to drown it in a bathtub.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #11

"Trump may well have created a West Wing in his own image" PatSeg Jul 2018 #12