Irreplaceable

Former heads of AIG are claiming that they wrote these bonuses into top executive contracts because they were afraid they would all jump ship at the same time and no one with critical company knowledge would be able to steer the ship. In other words, the top brass was irreplaceable. This doesn't happen only at AIG.

I find that hard to believe. Lets be realistic, most of us are replaceable when it comes to our jobs. If we were to quit today, guess what, the company would survive. But in Corporate America (and in State Gov.) the top brass design the organization so they do become irreplaceable. Proper planning and cross-training never occurs at the top level so when the bottom falls out, top brass backs the company into a corner and demands big bonuses.

Do you think Corporate America (or State Gov.) will learn from this mistake?? I don't think so. That would be like throwing a blank check into the fire.

A Mathematical Point of View

A colleague forwarded this to me...I thought it was pretty funny.

Here is a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint...it goes like this:

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If: A B C D E F G H I J K L MN O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26.

Then: H-A -R -D-W-O -R - K = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K -N -O -W-L -E-D-G-E = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5= 96%

But , A-T -T -I -T -U -D-E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,

B -U -L -L -S -H-I -T = 2+21+12+12+19+ 8+9+20 = 103%

AND,

look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S -S -K -I -S-S -I -N-G = 1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7= 127%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, its the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top.

Liar Liar Liar

Gov. David Patterson is pure and simply, a liar. Lets look at what he said during his State of the State less then 2 months ago about his plan to to tackle the childhood obesity problem:

"Our five-point plan includes the Healthy Food/Healthy Communities Initiative, which offers a new revolving loan fund that will increase the number of healthy food markets in underserved communities. We must also ban trans fats in restaurants, require calorie posting in chain restaurants, ban junk food sales in schools, and place a surcharge on sugared beverages like soda."

Today, according to the Times Useless, Dave is dropping the "obesity tax" because of the expected federal stimulus cash. Wait a minute...I thought the "Obesity Tax" was going to be used to solve childhood obesity? Does this mean the problem is solved? (Anybody who knows me can probably pick up the sarcastic tone reading these questions.)

When I heard Dave 1st propose this tax during his speech, I said right away to a colleague that he is lying and is just using the childhood obesity as an excuse to raise taxes. He will tell you that part of the stimulus will be used for his 5 point plan, but rest assure not a dime will be used for it. If he was honest during his speech and said that we are putting taxes on soda in lieu raising income taxes, I could except that...I still wouldn't agree with it, but I could except his reason. But don't insult my intelligence by saying the tax dollars will be used to fight obesity. That's just a lie.