Rumsfeld - when dinosaurs speak
when i was employed at united airlines, i was part of a terrific group of people who took seriously then-ceo jerry greenwald's commitment to transform the company... unfortunately, greenwald never gave the boot to all the old dinosaurs and i would sit in meetings with the sorry senior execs under him and they would all say the same thing - "this, too, will pass..." in my mind, it became the mantra for imminent extinction...
yes, they were right, it DID pass at united, followed by bankruptcy, worthless employee stock shares, pension plan defaults, perennial lousy service, and senior management continuing to walk away with big salaries and bonuses... and, yes, secretary rumsfeld, it will pass for you, too... it appears that george is going to defend you to the death as the u.s. sinks slowly into a vile miasma... Submit To Propeller
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld predicted Monday that calls from retired generals for him to step down would fade away, and he dismissed the criticism as a standard part of the history of American combat since the Revolutionary War.
"This, too, will pass," Mr. Rumsfeld said...
yes, they were right, it DID pass at united, followed by bankruptcy, worthless employee stock shares, pension plan defaults, perennial lousy service, and senior management continuing to walk away with big salaries and bonuses... and, yes, secretary rumsfeld, it will pass for you, too... it appears that george is going to defend you to the death as the u.s. sinks slowly into a vile miasma... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
4/18/2006
