What will be the tipping point?

According to an Associated Press report published today: “The way the government rates service members' disabilities is inconsistent, and the Army might be shortchanging injured soldiers, the chairman of a special commission said Thursday.

“Testifying before a Senate panel, retired Lt. Gen. James Terry Scott, chairman of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, detailed problems in the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs ratings systems. Critics contend the ratings are easily manipulated to limit disability payments and create undue confusion in a claims system already strained to the limit,” the article said.

I am a fan of Chaos Theory as a way to understand the dynamics of systems, such as the complex way that public opinion is formed. One of the fundamental tenets of Chaos Theory is that there is often a “tipping point,” seemingly small and by themselves more or less inconsequential occurrences that later prove to have had ultimate effects that are far out of proportion to their initial size.

Here’s my question: What will be the tipping point that finally reveals for all Americans --- even diehard Republicans --- the complete incompetency of George Bush and his administration?

Which one of just the most recent in a long list of bungling by Bush and his cronies will be the tipping point?

- The arrogant and ham-handed way the Justice Department handled the “firing” of several local federal attorneys?

- That now, after four years, Bush and his people think they need a White House level czar to execute their Afghan and Iraq War strategies?

- The disgraceful conditions that Iraq wounded veterans endured at Walter Reed Hospital that were only addressed when the press finally noticed?

- Or will be the shabby and apparently penny-pinching way the VA tries to screw vets out of their disability? (See news story above)

By the way, I want to hear NOTHING --- no one peep --- from any Republican about how the Democrats aren’t supporting the troops!