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Joe:
To understand this, and its not unique to this land, you have to read things
like the Peter Principle, Doonesbury and related books. The term "kicked
upstairs" did not originate in this country, and there are similar
expressions in other languages.
Here is a true anecdote for you. Back in the days of vietnam, the Pentagon
had a policy of encouraging economy. A patriotic manager submitted a
reorganization of his department which showed that he could accomplish his
mission with about 60% of its present number of people. One day he recieved
2 memos, one from the secretary of defense, Macnamara, praising him for his
suggestion, the second informing him that since he now supervised a smaller
group than before, he was being demoted 2 grade levels. I think I read it
in the Washington Post.
After the Challenger disaster, NASA awarded Thiokol a $30,000,000.oo bonus
for meeting or exceeding the schedule deadlines.
Lionel
-----Original Message-----
From: Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx <Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx <Arsk0jn@xxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, December 25, 1998 10:18 AM
Subject: "What a Country!"
>As a popular Russian comedian says, "What a country!" Where else in the
world
>could you so mismanage a $3.6 billion hedge fund to the point of not only
>bankruptcy but endangering the stability of the world financial markets;
have
>the government come in and, instead of throwing you in jail, bail out your
>losses; and then be in line at the end of the year for a $50 million bonus
for
>your performance. "What a country!"
>Merry Christmas,
>Joe Nemecek
>
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