I will grant that it is a biug improvement, but he did not promise that 99% appointees will not be lobbyists, he said none of them would be.
Sorry, anyway you slice it, he broke a promise. But then again, when the Obama does it, it seems to be OK with everyone. Have some more kool-aid. On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ChuckG wrote: > > I liked what you said in another thread > > about not letting perfection stand in the way of good (or something to > that > > effect). > > Well see the "broken promises" are childish. I'll give you an example: > > Ever make a New Year's resolution to, say, start a work out program? > You come up with this 6 day/wk twice a day program. What happens? > You don't do it. But you might start consistently doing some small > version of it. Should you quit because of your "broken promise". Of > course not. > > Another example along the same lines: > > It's time to do your normal Thurs workout, but that takes an hour and > you know you've got 45 minutes max. Should you just not do it all > because you can't do the full hour? Of course not! > > These are example of "letting the perfect be the enemy of the good" > which is a business management concept. > > There's even an acronym! BHAG. A "bag". > > It stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal. Like going to the moon. It > means aim big, because even if you only make 80% of your goal you've > still really accomplished something. > > Which is why calling getting rid of 99% of appointed lobbyists with a > new rule a broken promise is childish. > > It's still 99%!! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287572 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
