Today is going to be decidedly political. I have been growing more angry by the day with the continuing spin and smear campaign against Obama. I think there are more than enough legitimate policy issues he can be attacked about without all the nonsense we have been subjected to lately. On the one side we have the continued attempt at convincing us that Obama is a closet Muslim ... at the same time all the out-of-context slander of the Reverend Wright. Michael T. forwarded the link below with the following comment:
Hi all,
I just received one of THOSE e-mails and would just like to try slow it down.
Please click the link below and read the truth, complete with sources and references to back it up.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
I’ve also added the following 2 videos of the Reverend Wright and the FULL context of his words. It is amazing to me how anyone can view the entire clips and arrive at the absolute crap the media is spewing. I also want to give credit and thanks to Grandma’s Attic and
BlargenBlog for pointing these clips out in the first place.
A Modern Parable A Japanese company and an American company decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing. Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion. They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team’s management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the ‘Rowing Team Quality First Program,’ with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year’s racing team was out-sourced to India.
Sadly, The End.
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