Another dose of amusement courtesy of Instapundit. Tom Shoop writes:

In those limited circumstances, that might be true — although one would assume a planeload of bureaucrats, under the same conditions, would have made the same decision as the civilians on Flight 93.

Beating Up Government – Government Executive magazine

Um… okay.

Since when is “a planeload of bureaucrats” equivalent to “a bureaucracy”? Sure, they might be related, but this completely misses the point.

Say, is Mr. Shoop a bureaucrat?

UPDATE: Well, okay, I guess he’s not a bureaucrat. But I’m still amused.