And the President's staff isn't doing the same?

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You don't know that.  You do not know what they are telling him, unless
you have access to presidential communications.  Do you?

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This isn't a right/left issue, but just in general.  What President (or any
leader) surrounds himself with
people who disagree with him?  I don't think a person would last long on
the staff if they
were trying to tell him there was bad news.

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You don't know that either.  Since you do not know what he is
hearing.  I dont believe the staff is a bunch of yes-men.

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For those of you who work in a large corporation - how many times did your
higher ups want
to hear about a problem?

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My boss does not want to hear a lot of whining, neither would I.
He does not always respond as I expect him to either, but then
I don't have the big picture, and he does not always have the same
scope of vision his boss has, etc.

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Anyone watched some History Channel stories lately, on the shuttle
disasters?
Some people tried to tell their boss that they thought there was a problem.
And they were told "I don't want to hear it - there is NO problem".
And they even refused to have any one try to get a look to see if there was
a problem.

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Now we are talking about issues of bureacracy, and entrenched government.
It is clear NASA can no longer do the job is was supposed to do, and
needs to be fundamentally revised.  If you are talking about privatization,
or free market solutions to the space race, you are playing my tune.

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