Apparently the Brownie Fiasco was not nearly instructive enough

Before anyone says, "Clinton did it too," I'd just like to state that a tradition of bad ideas does not make a bad idea good.

So Bush appointed Brown to FEMA, political cronyism at its most obvious. Brownie screwed up royally. I'm not sure I blame him; how could anyone expect any different from someone who is inadequately trained for the job? As far as I'm concerned, he met expectations.

Less than a month after that whole scandal, Bushie is at it again. This time, it is doubly ironic. First, he just got whipped by the media for appointing political hacks to important government positions. I guess he didn't think it was that big of a deal. Second, his administration sends an annoyingly strong message about terrorism, Al Qaeda and vigilance. Truly, how vigilant is Bush about border lockdown and homeland security when he treats it like some inconsequential governmental role?

This just supports the idea that Bush pushes "vigilance" against the "threat of terrorism" as a distraction from the bigger issues with his administration's policies. It's clearly not as important to him as he'd like us to believe.