> > The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on
from
> > > generation to generation, says that, "When you
discover
> > > that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy
is
> > > to dismount. "However, in modern business,
education
> > > and government, a whole range of far more
advanced
> > > strategies are often employed, such as...
>
> > 1. Buying a stronger whip.
> > > 2. Changing
Riders.
> > > 3. Threatening the horse with termination.
>
> > 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
> > > 5.
Arranging to visit other countries to see how
> > > others ride dead
horses.
> > > 6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can
be
> > > included.
> > > 7. Reclassifying the dead horse
as "living impaired."
> > > 8. Hiring outside contractors to ride
the dead horse.
> > > 9. Harnessing several dead horses together to
increase
> > > the speed.
> > > 10. Providing additional
funding and/or training to
> > > increase the dead horse's
performance.
> > > 11. Doing a productivity study to see if
lighter
> > > riders would improve the dead horse's
performance.
> > > 12. Declaring that as the dead horse does not
have to
> > > be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead,
and
> > > therefore contributes substantially more to the
bottom
> > > line of the economy than do some other horses.
>
> > 13. Rewriting the expected performance requirements
> > >
for all horses.
> > > 14. Promoting the dead horse to a
supervisory
> > > position.
> > > 15. Reclassifying the
horse as a cow so it can be
> > > further milked.
> > >
GOLLY, WE CERTAINLY HAVE PROGRESSED WITH CIVILIZATION.
> > >
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> > > You can't hold anyone down without staying down with
them.
> > > Don't invest in anything that eats.
> > > If
you can't live it down then live it up...