> This is remarkable: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.chertoff/index.html
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> Are these people just not being properly briefed, or is it truly just an application of the "Big Lie"? Both?
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kakistocracy
SYLLABICATION: kak·is·toc·ra·cy PRONUNCIATION: kk-stkr-s, käk- NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. kak·is·toc·ra·cies Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. ETYMOLOGY: Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco– + –cracy.