Occupying Competence

So I want to write about how I'd like to implement 'Competence' as a value in the Occupy movement. I immediately run into a problem: To assess competence, we need to have a standard against which to compare; what are we trying to be competent ( *at*? )

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Via eyelid, re: Eastwood's address to the Rethuglican National Convention:

This is a perfect representation of the campaign: an old white man arguing with an imaginary Barack Obama.