Image via Wikipedia The federal judge that ruled Obama’s healthcare plan unconstitutional just saved Obama’s political career by giving them an opportunity to fight a glorious, noble and ultimately losing battle. He’ll be able to save face by showing that he gave his everything, but he won’t have to suffer the consequences of actually implementing […]
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All the smooth hep-cats take a groovy step forward; not so fast Obama
Image via Wikipedia Obama: the man with a tin ear; he thinks he is legendary; he is becoming an urban legend, a walking punchline. He is looking more like Alfred E Neumann everyday He was supposed to be above politics; we now see he is just not very good at doing it. Oh, he can […]
Thanksgiving reflection
Image via Wikipedia a friend of mine has a son in the Army stationed in Korea. he called home last night to tell his mom that if he didnt call home on Thanksgiving day not to worry, just that he would be in the field his dad (a retired officer) got on the phone to […]
The 8011 person crisis
Image via Wikipedia Hat tip to Ed Morrissey: 255 million: The number of Americans with existing health insurance coverage. 20 million: The number of Americans without any health coverage at all due to economic circumstances. 375,000: The number of Americans with pre-existing conditions HHS said would apply for coverage in the first year of ObamaCare, one […]
The power of math and clueless Ben
Image via Wikipedia John Allison, who for two decades served as chairman and CEO of BB&T, the nation’s 10th largest bank, told CNSNews.com it is a “mathematical certainty” that the United States government will go bankrupt unless it dramatically changes its fiscal direction. Allison likened what he sees as the predictable future bankruptcy of the United States […]
Reflecting on a strategic inflection point at CGSC in Army education
Image via Wikipedia Each year, more than 1500 Majors from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, along with more than 100 specially selected international officers of equivalent rank, are assigned to attend the United States Army Command & General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. In 2010, the vast majority of […]
Late night reflections on theory
In preparing these remarks I was struck by how our use of the word theory encompasses both theory and practice. There’ve been discussions in these threads already about various theoretical models which may be used to describe, explain and predict organizational behavior. Then there are references to theories – in – use where the sense […]
More reflections on Mintzberg on planning
In 1978, Professor Henry Mintzberg writes: “Most of our studies show evidence of two main patterns, one superimposed on the other. The first is the life cycle of an overall strategy its conception, elaboration, decay, and death. The second is the presence of periodic waves of change and continuity within the life cycle. (Longer cycles […]
The opportunity cost of war
Image via Wikipedia This is the economic opportunity cost of fighting speculative wars , not to mention the moral and political issues that should take an even higher precedence in our conciousness. Buying a tank is the worst possible use of a dollar, economically speaking, except perhaps for using it as collateral to leverage up […]
Thinking is hard, leave it to the professionals, saith Obama
Image via Wikipedia Thank goodness we have a man of his experience and knowledge to do ALL of our thinking for us. The Chosen One rules! (hattip Michael gerson) “Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now,” he recently told a group of Democratic donors in Massachusetts, “and facts and science and […]