Category: Odds & Ends

Pete, can you tell us where it went?

If I were pagan, I’d be totally behind this idea.

As some of you know, I’m currently in an MBA program at UMUC. I’ve learned alot so far and that’s helped my company and my customers.
There is one overarching issue in the program related to teamwork. We have a huge amount of social loafing in the teams. The overacheivers want to do a good job and work hard, while some of the folks are content to act busy, deliver something that is inaccurate or rudimentary, and then be first in line for the high-fives when the team gets an A.
One team member is now being called the “Loch Ness Monster.” He pokes his head above water on rare ocassions to act like he’s engaged, then dives to the bottom of the Loch until the project is turned in.
I’m sure other folks have Loch Ness Monster sightings at work or school. Or maybe more colorful nicknames…

Please do not let this take your focus off of months-old American crimes at Abu Ghirab prison, nor the outrageous memo <sarcasm>which is the equivalent of the Final Solution</sarcasm>. I would like to point out that Al Qaeda has brutally murdered another American civilian, engaged in innocent, legal commerce.
This might cause you to think that the war on terror A) exists; and B) that a worldwide conspiracy dedicated to mass murder is much worse than a bunch of soldiers who are headed for prison themselves. Please dismiss such thoughts from your minds and think about that freaky West Virginia slut with the leash.
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May God rest the soul of Paul Johnson, and may the enemies of the innocent either repent or, as the Psalmist says, choke on their own blood.
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Let us not forget, however, that this is nothing compared to the Hitler-like treatment meted out to José Padilla.
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Fair is fair: Mark posted my e-mail to him on his blog, and links to Catholic Light. I am linking back to him. You may decide for yourself if my view is “absurd,” but please read my elaborations in the comment box before you come to a conclusion. (Funny — no one has commented on my assertion that “one should be very careful in using the word “polestar” in connection with Andrew Sullivan.”)