The President needs to think before he speaks. There is no one anywhere in the world who needs to either confirm what they think they already knew, or who believes that it’s OK for the President not to know what he is doing. The question for many of us is when did he have a strategy. OK it appears, that Obama Care is on it's way to success, but the strategy, I would call it an accident or a recovery rather than a strategy.
Is this ho hum business as usual? Of course it is. Maybe someone in the White House should have read my book "So You Think You Can Be President". Let's take a minute and look at the greater scheme of things for a pithy analysis of what is the exact problem of the running of the entire US government.
In order to do this we need to look way back to when George Washington was President. He did it the right way. He waged a war first and got elected after. We can fast forward to Dwight E. Who also fought a war before he was elected. Unfortunately, this President walked into a war initiated by another President, who was not a genius. But that is not an excuse. He not only didn't end the already existing conflict, he grew it. There is no doubt that there was no strategy involved in this decision.
So we can look high and low for a Presidential strategy anywhere. Chances are it's not readily apparent. And why not? My guess is that it is because there has never been an Obama administration transition from campaigning to governing. At first glance there were mostly people from Chicago in positions that required vast Presidential experience, which they did not have. This always happens, elected officials tend to surround themselves with old friends and colleagues. But after some time that changes. Not so with these guys. But that's not the only problem. There are relatively few people who are political operatives -- these are not campaign professionals. They are people who know how to make the government work. That means they need to know how the process of how government works. These are people who understand how the personnel system works so they can take over the governing aspect of the government. People like the Mayor of Chicago, who was in the White House and my guess, who was so frustrated with the lack of ass kicking that he ran for Mayor of a place that was easier to negotiate than the US Congress.
Anyway, my final thought is that it is easier to find a strategery than it is to find a strategy. And as my mother would have said, if the only thing you have to say is stupid -- then do not share it with the world. We’re Just Sayin’… Iris
Is this ho hum business as usual? Of course it is. Maybe someone in the White House should have read my book "So You Think You Can Be President". Let's take a minute and look at the greater scheme of things for a pithy analysis of what is the exact problem of the running of the entire US government.
In order to do this we need to look way back to when George Washington was President. He did it the right way. He waged a war first and got elected after. We can fast forward to Dwight E. Who also fought a war before he was elected. Unfortunately, this President walked into a war initiated by another President, who was not a genius. But that is not an excuse. He not only didn't end the already existing conflict, he grew it. There is no doubt that there was no strategy involved in this decision.
So we can look high and low for a Presidential strategy anywhere. Chances are it's not readily apparent. And why not? My guess is that it is because there has never been an Obama administration transition from campaigning to governing. At first glance there were mostly people from Chicago in positions that required vast Presidential experience, which they did not have. This always happens, elected officials tend to surround themselves with old friends and colleagues. But after some time that changes. Not so with these guys. But that's not the only problem. There are relatively few people who are political operatives -- these are not campaign professionals. They are people who know how to make the government work. That means they need to know how the process of how government works. These are people who understand how the personnel system works so they can take over the governing aspect of the government. People like the Mayor of Chicago, who was in the White House and my guess, who was so frustrated with the lack of ass kicking that he ran for Mayor of a place that was easier to negotiate than the US Congress.
Anyway, my final thought is that it is easier to find a strategery than it is to find a strategy. And as my mother would have said, if the only thing you have to say is stupid -- then do not share it with the world. We’re Just Sayin’… Iris
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Just googled David Burnett because of well, I don't want to publicly post it, but you are definitely not the right David Burnett. But awesome amazing photographs, including Kai's 25th Christmas photograph, and I think things happen for a reason! So I'm glad I found your blog and your website!
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