If you are old enough you may remember that the soviet union controlled their businesses and military by the placement of political officers within every organization. These officers made suggestions of how to run everything in a politically correct way and reported not to a higher boss in the organization, not even to the top, say a CEO, company president, or CFO, but rather . . . to the party. Perhaps you remember seeing a political officer being portrayed as an evil character in a movie. Inevitably the policies of this officer led to ruin.

Politicalization of the business of government destroys efficiency. This is the legacy of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. This is the reason our government can no longer function. We can't catch an old terrorist who now dyes his beard (Isn't that a hoot? A image concious terrorist.) We can't help rescue hurricane victims. We can't run the justice system. There is an excellent article on this tragedy in the American system in the Washington Post.