Whatever happened to Lahaina?

Remember Lahaina, the Maui community that was incinerated by by a wildfire back in August? Many questions remain over the cause, the final death toll, and the response by the government, but these questions will go unanswered because the news cycle has thrown out any mention of Lahaina now. This was the plan the entire time: deflect until the majority of the public loses interest. Why were police and utilities trucks blocking the only exits out of Lahaina? Why was no advance warning given to residents? Why did no one working in law enforcement or the Lahaina government even appear to care about what happened, and their role in making the situation worse?

I think I have an answer. There is a type of person, totally incompetent, but able to put on a very convincing appearance of competence. Bullsh** artists, in other words. Airheads, with no actual skills, they infiltrate these administrative positions, and then totally drop the ball when a crisis occurs. This explains the fallout of almost every major disaster to befall the US over the past 30 years. It’s the “mistakes were made” crowd every single time. Stern faces behind lecterns, offering meaningless boilerplate for the media and then washing their hands of the entire affair. How many people die every day due to this type of person employed somewhere that they have no business being? This could be traced back to the hiring process itself. Who is hiring these people? Someone fooled by the BS performance that these people can pull at will.

Also, the strangest thing about these people is that they can ape competence better than those who actually are competent. Which means that, in crisis, we can only be assured that no one is actually in charge, and that whoever is barking orders will only make matters far worse.

Author: S. Smith