Prs. Elect makes first totally incompetent decision.

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So far the Cabinet of the Obama Administration has disappointed a bit, but also impressed me. It is very disappointing to see that Obama's adiminstration is a complete reversal of the entire "change" campaign Obama ran on. I know, I know, some of you will say that the "change" was just from the last 8 years, but Obama also used the Change campaign against Hillary, so that the whole "8 years" excuse doesn't wash. Naming retired Gen. Eric "Beret Blunder" Shinseki was pretty boneheaded (to use one of Obamas words). I mean, the guy seriously thought that changing the hat of the Army would improve morale! But as I said, he has also made some choices that impress me. Keeping Robert Gates as the Secretary of Defense should prove to be a great move, both politically and militarily. Politically because it goes a long way towards Obama's promise to appoint people "without regard to party or ideology". Militarily because Gates has more than proven himself in the position he holds. But Prs. Elect Obama has made a decision that is completely and entirely incompetent. So incompetent that it should be the Democrats leading the charge against it. Leone Panetta as Director of the CIA? Ever since Hurricane Katrina, Democrats have complained, lampooned, laughed, protested and been outraged about Michael Brown being the director of FEMA. The main complaint seemed to be that, while Brown had experience as an administrator, he had no experience in Emergency Management. The fact that FEMA only seemed to have botched 1 major disaster recovery mission during his 2 1/2 year tenure was apparently meaningless. What good is a track record when there is a meaningless witch hunt to appease? Please, can anyone who took part in the lynching of Brown defend this completely incompetent choice for CIA Director? He has no experience in intelligence, no experience in information and data gathering, no experience in intelligence disemination and the only experience he seems to have in Disinfomation is against the people of the US as part of the Clinton Administration. Most Cabinet and Agency Director positions require people with adminstration skills more than actual experience in the function of the agency or department. Most administrators can't actually do the work of the people who work for them, but that is ok because most never actually do the work anyway. They don't concern themselves with where the rubber meets the road as much as the road map and "big picture". They don't make the day to day decisions, they coordinate the assets and communicate with other agencies and departments to make sure things flow smoothly. The CIA is a different animal. The Director absolutely needs to understand everyone's position, from the Long Range Surveilance Teams and Spies on the ground to the analysts, linguists and researchers who take information and data and turn it into intelligence. They may not be able to do it all, but it is imperative that they know how it's done. They can't possibly do their job otherwise. Leone Panetta not only can't do this job, he has contempt for the entire intelligence community. Naming Leone Panetta as the CIA director makes LESS sense than naming Col. Sanders as the CEO of PETA. This isn't just another one of Obama's self described "Bonehead Moves", this is completely incompetent.