It's Friday, and I have no plan.
No plan for today, not plan for the weekend, no plan for next week or the week after. The next thing I have planned is a trip to Lake Quinault Lodge the second weekend in October.
Usually I have lots of things planned, but with everything so uncertain right now, I think it is good to just hunker down and ride things out. Not that I am in any immediate financial, physical mental or emotional danger, I just have a feeling.
I suppose part of it is the U.S. financial situation. Our Financial Institutions have flayed fast and loose for so long that they lost all touch with reality. Now we, the taxpayers are supposed to bail them out. There does not seem to be any accountability. I want to see the Suits in a different kind of suit. One with stripes.
A local institution changed hands today. Washington Mutual was bought out. The have been a local rock of the economy here in Latteland forever, but they allowed their real estate division to play fast and loose with the shareholders money. By what I gather, their excuse was "Everyone was doing it". That didn't work with mom when you wanted to get a tattoo when you were thirteen, and it doesn't work now.
Lastly. The leaders here at the Lazy B have become such bean counters that they are responsible for some pretty questionable business decision. The decision to outsource the body sections for the 787 was one of the worst business decisions in the history on aircraft. They obviously didn't learn the business lesson so prominently displayed by Airbus. It looked so good on paper. Their current problems with the 787 are directly attributable to people who do not understand the details of production making decisions based on mathematical models that are not tied to reality.The answer always seems to be "It looked good on paper".
Enough rambling for today.
6 comments:
Wouldn't it be nice if the people making the decisions based on those papers ALSO had to be responsible for those decisions???
Bah.
Sarah: Power without accountability is the bane of our civilization
The government isn't nearly so understanding when I make mistakes on my taxes.
Whatever happened to accountability and personal responsibility?
Our government is officially a Frat House. A bad one at that.
REnn: Animal House is running the country! YIKES!!!
I watched football pretty much ALL weekend long. The PK's Gators lost (by one stinkin' point, no less!!!0, my Seminoles won (WHOOOOOT!) and the Tampa Bay Bucs won too! Double WHOOOOOOOOOT!
So, what did you end up doing anyways?
PQ: Not much. Will post later
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