tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post2393637791392144857..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: No Time To Write Today So Here's A Recent Exchange Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-11201910629943948032014-09-10T07:56:01.599-04:002014-09-10T07:56:01.599-04:00the confidence in corporate america among your int...the confidence in corporate america among your interlocutors is cute. Anyone who has worked with/dealt with any business (or government agency, for that matter) has faced Neil Young's observation that "it's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down." It is a wonder, in other words, that anything gets done.<br /><br />Corporations hire only "the best"? It is to laugh. And has no one heard of the Peter Principle anymore? I've yet to see it refuted, or proven conclusively wrong.<br /><br />As for voting only for "the best" candidate, since when did we get to vote for "None of the above," and demand the body politic produce a new slate of candidates more to our liking? Public officials are volunteers, in the strictest sense; they are the people who choose to run, just as applicants for a job are the ones who choose to apply. If "the best" don't apply, to run for office or take the corporate job, we cannot compel them to run/apply anyway. It is always a choice of "the lesser of two evils," because by definition the "perfect" candidate is not available (who is perfect for you won't be for me).<br /><br />What fools these mortals be.....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com