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Democrats Words of Wisdom

Great Orators of the Democratic Party...

'One man with courage makes a majority.' - Andrew Jackson

'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' - Franklin D. Roosevelt

'The buck stops here.' - Harry S. Truman

'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.' - John F. Kennedy


And for today's democrats...


'It depends what your definition of 'IS' is?' - Bill Clinton

'That Obama - I would like to cut his NUTS off.' - Jesse Jackson

'Those rumors are false .... I believe in the sanctity of marriage.' - John Edwards

'I invented the Internet' - Al Gore

'The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ***.' - Joe Biden

'America
is--is no longer, uh, what it--it, uh, could be, uh what it was once
was...uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don't want that future, uh, uh
for my children.' '' - Barack Obama

'I have campaigned in all 57 states.' - Barack Obama

'You don't need God anymore, you have us democrats.' - Nancy Pelosi (said back in 2006)

'Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he.' - Hillary Clinton (said back in 1998)

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Merry Xmas, Laplander Style

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Time for some Temptations

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A MODERN PARABLE . .

. . . . Once Upon A Time . . . .

A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River.

Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.

The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the
reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior
management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.

Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering,while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing.

Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting
company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.
They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while
not enough people were rowing.

Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another
loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally
reorganized to

1. 4 steering supervisors,
2. 3 area steering superintendents
   
3. 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.

They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person
rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing
Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners, and free pens for the
rower.

There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes, and other
equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.

The next year the Japanese won by two miles.

Humiliated, the American management:

• Laid off the rower for poor performance
• Halted development of a new canoe
  
• Sold the paddles
  
• Canceled all capital investments for new equipment

The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India.

Sadly, The End.

Here's something else to think about:

• Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages.
• TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter's results:
• TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses.
  

Ford folks are still scratching their heads.

IF THIS WEREN'T TRUE, IT MIGHT BE FUNNY.

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