Incompetence?

Welcome to the Era of Incompetence

And because of our notorious incompetence...

Well, that was General Tanz's word. Incompetence.

Do you want to be dismissed for incompetence?

I can bring you up for trial on charges of incompetence.

Incompetence, mental instability, and you name it, you can have it!

Repeatedly invoking Chapter VII did not strengthen the Organization, but only revealed its incompetence and lack of imagination.

But, members of the jury... you must not confuse my... incompetence... with any of the issues of this trial.

The hard evidence and results of a city inquiry point to incompetence on the part of the Bellavista Company.

Many legitimate manufacturers worldwide, whether through complacency or incompetence, lack adequate quality controls. In some cases, deficient storage and refrigeration systems turn safe medicines into dangerous substances.

Indeed, the attacks represent more than a failure of police work. They represent a collapse of governance these are the wages of the sins of administrative incompetence and political malfeasance.

Borg and Radelet define botched executions as those involving unanticipated problems or delays that caused, at least arguably, unnecessary agony for the prisoner or that reflect gross incompetence of the executioner.

Will Hamas be able to root out corruption and incompetence, and deliver services fairly and efficiently? How will its election affect Palestine s foreign aid inflows, which form major component of the national budget?

So who will take on the responsibility to protect the weakest if none of these three actors can do it properly? Are we heading toward a world united by shared incompetence and inadequacy?

The State cannot invoke either its own legislation or the incompetence or disobedience of its agents to exonerate it from its responsibility, whether the actions in question are government ones or purely managerial.

Far more serious was the lack of transparency in the Central Electoral Commission and the political imbalances on some local commissions. Some of this may have been deliberate, but incompetence also played a part.

The Muslim Brotherhood s Islamist government, led by Mohamed Morsi, demonstrated all too well its incompetence and incapacity to ensure an inclusive democratic transition. But the solution offered by Egypt s military is far from ideal.

The first and second primary grade books are constantly being changed. quot Some subjects are also badly taught, this being due partly to the curriculum and partly to the incompetence of the teaching staff.

They successfully reconciled Islamic politics with the Turkish lifestyle and modernity in general. Cleverly, they positioned the party as conservative rather than Islamist a process aided by the corruption, bickering, and incompetence of the existing parties.

Incompetence is one reason, but politics is probably the decisive cause. The NBU is subordinate to President Viktor Yushchenko, who, despite naming Tymoshenko as prime minister, seems more interested in harming her politically than in capping inflation.

Incompetence is one reason, but politics is probably the decisive cause. The NBU is subordinate to President Viktor Yushchenko, who, despite naming Tymoshenko as prime minister, seems more interested in harming her politically than in capping inflation.

In accordance with paragraph 65 of the CDM modalities and procedures, a review shall be limited to issues of fraud, malfeasance or incompetence of the DOEs and a request for review shall, therefore, be specific in this regard.

Even America s Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for providing relief after natural disasters and man made catastrophes, was in the hands of inept political cronies rather than professionals. When hurricane Katrina struck America s Gulf Coast, that incompetence proved fatal.

To promote an aggressive nuclear policy was to vindicate Khomeini s battle against America, the Great Satan. Only when Iran s voters lost patience with Ahmadinejad s incompetence and elected Hassan Rouhani in 2013 could the Islamic Revolution be said to be over.

There are three theories as to why the Bush administration is focusing on Social Security. The first is simple incompetence Bush and his inner circle simply do not understand the magnitude and importance of the federal government s other fiscal problems.

I don t see any other, more pressing, reforms such as raising income taxes to pay for national security gaining any traction in the Bush regime. If I had to bet on a cause, I would put my money on sheer incompetence.

He wisely accepted his critics suggestions, fixing the problems that he had denied existed. He was awarded the highest public service medal by the then Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chi wah, who was later ousted by Beijing for incompetence.

In these articles, he stated, inter alia, that the President was responsible for the destruction of the country and the calamitous situation of State institutions and was accountable for the promotion of incompetence, embezzlement and corruption as political and social values.

A large majority of Mexican voters continued to suspect it of corruption, authoritarianism, and economic incompetence. Peña Nieto s predecessor, Felipe Calderón, had bequeathed him a war on drugs that had already caused more than 60,000 deaths at least another 22,000 Mexicans were missing.

Pascual is accused of behaving like a Proconsul, after Mexican authorities due to incompetence or irresponsibility assigned him that role. In a recent interview, Calderón lambasted Pascual for his ignorance, after the ambassador sent incontrovertible cables describing the real situation on the ground.

Instead of focusing on structural reforms to liberate the economy s productive forces, it relied on income cuts and tax increases. The incompetence of the governments that implemented the agreement exacerbates that defect by sidelining structural reforms and enacting only the terms concerning austerity.

It is remarkable how, having proven their incompetence, they are still revered in some quarters. What matters more than deficits is what we do with money borrowing to finance high productivity investments in education, technology, or infrastructure strengthens a nation s balance sheet.

These problems have been cited, year after year, in the United Nations Development Program s reports. Moreover, the situation was exacerbated by the incompetence of the region s authoritarian regimes, which have been unable to provide their young people with any prospects beyond repression.

We do not attempt to explain whether the American people were deliberately misled regarding the war s costs, or whether the Bush administration s gross underestimate should be attributed to incompetence, as it vehemently argues is true in the case of weapons of mass destruction.

If the Executive Board decides not to approve a proposed issuance of CERs and if a DOE is found to be in the situation of fraud, malfeasance or incompetence, the DOE shall reimburse the costs incurred as a result of the review.

Once a world leader in the fight against environmental degradation, America was the last major economy to acknowledge the reality of climate change. Financial deregulation enriched Wall Street, but ended up creating a global economic crisis through fraud, excessive risk taking, incompetence, and insider dealing.

The most strident criticism, however, comes from those who worry that the World Bank is straying from its mandate. Of course, the Bank must do everything that it can to ensure that its money is well spent, which means fighting both corruption and incompetence.

Keynesian economics, in turn, abstracted from the problem of official incompetence and corruption by assuming that governments were run by omniscient, benevolent experts. Today s new classical economics abstracted from the problem of uncertainty by assuming that it could be reduced to measurable (or hedgeable) risk.

CHICAGO These days, the United States media are full of ordinary Americans venting their rage at the incompetence and immaturity of their politicians. Even though the US government s debt limit was raised in the nick of time, the process was and remains fraught with risk.

If the Executive Board decides to reject the registration of a proposed project activity and if a DOE is found to be in the situation of malfeasance or incompetence, the DOE shall reimburse the Board for the expenses incurred as a result of the review.

In South Africa, a judge might be removed from office by the President only on the grounds of misbehaviour, incapacity or incompetence established by the Judicial Service Commission and upon receipt of an address from both the National Assembly and the Senate requesting such removal.

This lack of progress is truly remarkable, given that Iraq s annual budgets for the last five years have totaled nearly 500 billion. Incompetence and corruption are rampant Iraq routinely scores among the bottom ten countries in Transparency International s list of the most corrupt countries in the world.

One question is why Bush and Cheney set themselves up for this embarrassment. Bush has said that he learned of the NIE s conclusion only a week before it came out a statement that either is false or reveals a level of incompetence beyond anything suspected so far.

Taiwan s missed opportunity reflects its government s sheer incompetence, arrogance, and ignorance. Chen squandered six valuable years as his administration engaged mainly in polemics with its opposition parties while he pandered to the extreme wing of the DPP and mobilized his government to de Sinicize Taiwan culture.