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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:57 AM Original message |
The Captain Goes Down with the Ship |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed. However, blaming ones charges for ones failures in leadership |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Agree. Would like to widen the scope also: Start a war and you lead the first charge |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 03:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Great idea.... the NeoCon walruses leading the charge. It'd be 300 years... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Agreed. At one time, if you were running the show, and made a bad |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Great analogy! |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. They have a Union |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. So how do we change the system so that they are sufficiently regulated? |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. We should push for a bipartisan no-confidence vote to force re-elections |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. We could start by enforcing the laws already there |
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_dynamicdems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. Too bad it wasn't remembered when Shrub was at the helm. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. Excellent Analogy and that is exactly why we are in our current perdicament - 0 consequences |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. CEOs are set up for this with their employment contracts... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Those we can get along without the easiest. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. REALLY old concept. Ever hear of the Corn King? Read in Sir JG Frazer's The Golden Bough |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&R (n/t) |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. In those days there was such a thing as honor |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Lets drop them off in the north Atlantic ocean and wish them good luck. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. Kenneth Lay is probably still alive sipping Mai Tais in the Caymans |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Kenny's dead |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Another nautical tradition that could be revived. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. In some Asian cultures, a failure is a matter of personal dishonor with a culturally accepted remedy |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Watch either version of Treasure Island. That's corporate captaincy illustrated with diagrams |
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