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Dreamer Tatum

(10,926 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 06:11 PM Sep 2014

Re: the recent SS foul-ups and failings, to what do you attribute them? [View all]


11 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Incompetence and/or stupidity
9 (82%)
A specific murder plot
0 (0%)
Underfunding
1 (9%)
Something else
1 (9%)
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Understaffed due to the organized failure called Republicans underpants Sep 2014 #1
Poor recruitment CanonRay Sep 2014 #2
After listening to Director Pierson at the hearing this morning I'll take incompetence/stupidity Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #3
Other: They were transferred to the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #4
This is what Mr. Whathell said: The SS shouldn't be a matter of political appointments. whathehell Sep 2014 #5
I know, we are accustomed to thinking of the SS as the elite crack security. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #8
Yes, definitely, and they SHOULD be...Do you think there's any chance whathehell Sep 2014 #9
I don't know, honestly. It seems hard to make agencies in DC give up a power once they have it. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #11
I'm hoping this will be an exception. whathehell Oct 2014 #22
+1 Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #14
I have to admit, it's wobbled my worldview in a way I didn't expect. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #15
We all need that "reset" from time to time Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #17
Well, most of the other groups I already didn't trust. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #18
It's unreal.. whathehell Oct 2014 #23
THIS. eom. Raine1967 Sep 2014 #10
Add complacency to incompetence and stupidity. Laurian Sep 2014 #6
I blame Director Julia Pierson. Jenoch Sep 2014 #7
Did you miss this one? Kingofalldems Sep 2014 #12
It's not individual incompetence pscot Sep 2014 #13
Incompetence, Stupidity, and laziness. Savannahmann Sep 2014 #16
Cutting employment and closing centers n/t eridani Sep 2014 #19
One note about the incompetence MohRokTah Sep 2014 #20
Poor training.....they've went so long without a threat they've lost their edge. ileus Sep 2014 #21
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