Are you guys kidding? Have you ever worked for a corporation? Ever worked inside a government office? (I'm guessing yes to at least one or more.)

I'll explain it though, to refresh your memory. It's pretty basic. See, how it works is you do your job, you make whoever is above you look good--all the way up, and keep your mouth shut. That's why these corporations (and even government departments) have what are known to some as a "Public Relations" contingent. If it can't be put on TV and spun, it does not exist. If you abide, you get a promotion.

If you don't abide by these descriptors, you're fucking canned. In a nutshell that's how it works. There are clear ideological boundaries. Kiazan Moneypenny (the strangest goddamn name ever) isn't going to publicly disclose that the State Dept. and Blackwater are full of shit. You'd have to be a mad man. Ditto the Pentagon. Behind closed doors while filthy drunk, fine. Anonymous sources spilling a tidbit here or there, okay. Trying to finagle your way out of a sinking ship via "whistleblowing", great. But free, open speech within corporations and the government? Hahahahah...

I mean, that's why we have contracts (and sockpuppets).

CERA, USGS and EIA are not going to implore us to take mitigation steps. They will merely observe the past with a twinkle in their eye, and optimistic view of the future. Anything else is political suicide. Toe the party-line. Which is:

Nothing to see here...

It has nothing specifically to do with the current administration. Things were this way under Cigar Clinton, Bushy One, Reaganmeister, PB&J Carter, Lucky Ford, Tricky Dick, ad infinitum all the way back to the Standard Oil racket (although, T.R. tried to save face, and was able to accomplish much more, relatively, than the sockpuppets in power over recent history.) The more things change, the more they stay the same. Cliché rules the day.

Next quarter looks good.