George the Pointy-Haired

Making Light compares George W Bush with Dilbert's infamous pointy-haired boss, and finds an awful lot of parallels. A long post covering rejected would-be authors and those awful motivational posters parodied by despair.com, before arriving at this:

George Bush is running national policy on faith - but it�s not faith in God. It's become something far stranger and more idolatrous.

What he's put his faith in is George W. Bush, which is not the same thing as saying he believes in himself. He can't believe in himself; he knows he doesn't know anything. But instead of seeking more information and better counsel, he�s abandoned the frustrations of dealing with the factual, external universe. He�s now basing everything on the instincts of George W. Bush. That�s where the smirk comes from.

He's certain he's right. So was every dotcom investor. So is every blackjack player in Las Vegas.