Thursday, January 24, 2008


Thursday Thirteen--13 steps along the American Way

I saw these points in Bret Stephens article about 2 weeks ago after the Iowa caucus. Whatever your party, religion or profession, I think you've seen or heard at least some, if not all, of these.

In the American way. . .
    1) CEOs must perform on a quarterly basis.

    2) Presidents and Congresses must reinvent politics in 100 days.

    3) Generals should wipe out opponents in 100 hours without significant casualties.

    4) Doctors should save life and limb every time.

    5) Search engines should yield a million results.

    6) What's bad will be made good, and what's good will be made great.

    7) If it isn't great, it's down right awful.

    8) There is a solution to every problem.

    9) Trial is possible without error.

    10) Risks must always be zero.

    11) Every set back is a disaster.

    12) Every mishap is the basis for a law suit.

    13) Chronic impatience and complaining are just part of our culture.

6 comments:

Laura Paxton said...

Amen...though sadly so...no wonder we're falling behind in the world market! Happy T-13!

Jane said...

Interesting thoughts. Thanks for dropping by my T13. Have a great weekend.

Chelle Y. said...

I am proud to be an American! :) Wow, that is something else!

Anonymous said...

re #12, it is unfortunate that so many people react to mishaps with the knee-jerk reaction that someone must be at fault, and that someone must be made to pay for it. It keeps the lawyers rich, I suppose.

Cindy Swanson said...

How true, Norma! Real food for thought.

Anonymous said...

Golden points. Everything you've written in T13 is damn true. I'm really happy to drop here often or soon...
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