Comments on: Entitlement

By: Black Shoe

Black Shoe — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:55:42 +0000

We’ll keep ending up with B’s and C’s in office (e.g. Daschle) because the talented folks are too busy inventing things and building companies. If you’re successful at anything else, you’d have to have a screw loose to jump into the political mess.

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:11:19 +0000

T6, for the banker, I recommend the CEO of BB&T. He may be a Randroid, but in his case that seems to mean he’s a straight arrow, at least judging by their Web site. For a college admin, well look to Hillsdale of course. My former next-door neighbor allowed his two boys a choice of extremes for college, USMA and Hillsdale. One went to West Point and is now a Foreign Area Officer, the other went to Hillsdale and after annoying his Mom by breaking a leg in 7 places on a motorcycle at Road Atlanta, is running the family business.

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By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:30:46 +0000

OldT6 hit the nail on the head. Search out the best qualified and appoint them. But you have to look OUTSIDE the current gene pool or you get more of the same.

By: OldT6Flyer

OldT6Flyer — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:53:21 +0000

The question I keep asking myself is: How is it we can expect the people who lead us into this (Fill in the Blank) mess to lead us out of it? If you don’t want to believe they did it on purpose fully aware of the consequences then you must conclude they are incompetent and should not lead us out. If they did it knowing full well the consequences then they are liable and therefore disqualified.

Whether the mess on Wall Street, our education system mess, fiscal mess at every level of government I say the current leadership class has failed us completely. In a country with the vast resources and talent we have isn’t it time for some more “junior” leaders to step up and replace the senior class who so betrayed the trust given them?

I can’t believe there isn’t a Doctor somewhere in America that has actually run a hospital who could not do as good, and likely better job, of coming up with solutions to our health care issues than a political hack like Daschle.

Likewise for fixing the banking system – perhaps a lone tenured President of a mid-sized regional banking system instead of Wall Street elites who, as the OPED suggests, don’t get it and won’t.

Some small private college President that thrives despite lacking a Harvard size endowment to help clean up Education.

In other words – the current team failed – lets get some a new one.

My fantasies keep me believing even as the country crumbles before my eyes….

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:41:56 +0000

It’s about GD time the media took a harder look at P.BO and what he really is all about.

Too bad it didn’t happen before November 4th.