Is our President learning?

As Bush made 17 recess appointments this past week, including Julie Myers (registration required) as the lead of the Immigration and Customs Bureau, many have cried out that W hasn't learned anything from the Mike Brown debacle.

I disagree. He's learned that the best way to deal with dissenting opinion is to wait until they've left the room, and then make decisions without them. That way he can put his buddies in key positions without anyone else getting a say in the matter. So he is capable of learning something, even if it's the completely perverted opposite of what he should be learning.