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Rumsfeld's Rules
Wall Street Journal, now on other site ^
| 1/29/2001
| Donald Rumsfeld
Posted on 03/20/2003 8:27:25 AM PST by gortklattu
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I saw this some time ago, before the intellect of Secretary Rumsfeld became widely known. This is a great set of rules founded upon reason and task orientation.
It is posted for my employees. Pass it on.
To: gortklattu
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned. It was -- by a taxpayer. I wish everyone in our government would remember this!
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:36:22 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Keep America safe! Thank the troops for our freedom.)
To: B4Ranch
Keeping Your Bearings in the White House Something lost in the previous White House
To: gortklattu
People do better in staff jobs if they have had operational experience. Listening to politicians who have never held a tool in their hands is almost comical. It would be comical if they were paying the bills.
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posted on
03/20/2003 8:59:20 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Keep America safe! Thank the troops for our freedom.)
To: B4Ranch
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. The margin of error for congressional budgeting and accountability is small.
To: gortklattu
I'll take your word for it. Too long to read right now.
To: Wolfpack; Jonathon Spectre
rummy ping
To: SpookBrat; Brad's Gramma; RummyChick; rintense; Mo1; ohioWfan; MJY1288
Rummy's Rules Ping!
**The role of White House chief of staff is that of a “javelin catcher.” -- Jack Watson **
This one made special sense to me since my daughter competes in javelin. :o)
To: gortklattu
Not the way they do their bookeeping!
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posted on
03/20/2003 10:18:12 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Keep America safe! Thank the troops for our freedom.)
To: Gunslingr3
He moves mountains when he speaks. "Old Europe."
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posted on
03/20/2003 3:02:55 PM PST
by
Jonathon Spectre
(who knows why we drop cluster-bombs)
To: Jonathon Spectre
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
That reminds me of one of my favorites: I'd rather be wanting it and not getting it than getting it and not wanting it.
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: gortklattu
.....bump.....
To: gortklattu
[B]e sure not to contribute to a weakening of the cohesion of the services; what cohesion exists has been painfully achieved over the decades. Just ask Billy Dale and his former co-workers at the White House travel office, or any of the attorneys fired when Clinton first took office, or Gary Aldridge of the Secret Service, or...
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posted on
03/20/2003 10:25:42 PM PST
by
Egg
To: Egg
I don't think that's what he had in mind..
To: gortklattu
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posted on
05/25/2004 11:50:00 PM PDT
by
lainde
(Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades...And panties!)
To: lainde
Darn, I thought this thread was dead....it's good to read it again!!
To: gortklattu
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posted on
05/26/2004 4:11:12 PM PDT
by
Pagey
(Hillary Rotten is (still ) a Smug and Holier- than- Thou Socialist)
To: gortklattu
My belated thanks for posting. I can't believe I missed this thread! I can't even remember how I found it last night. What an amazing man. We're very blessed in our leadership!
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05/27/2004 1:10:31 AM PDT
by
lainde
(Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades...And panties!)
To: lainde
I wonder if we could put this on a bump list of some sort.
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