"But rrregarrdless of what he says, we have worrrk we must do on ourrr own. Even if Lasiterrr agrrrees with us, we can't expect him to solve all ourrr prrroblems forrr us. Starrrfleet didn't get to this point by the actions of the people who occupied that sole position. It happened because forrr too long, commanderrrs at all levels have let things slide. Yes, a strrrong CinC would help alleviate that, but he can't just wave a magic wand and fix it all forrr us. If we don't act to take charrrge of ourrr own divisions, he can't do that forrr us, even if he is on ourrr side. Let us clean out the dead weight on ourrr own, rrremove the incompetant, put them in desk positions wherrre they can't hurrrt anybody. Whateverrr change happens won't be overrrnight, rrregarrrdless of his position on things, so we should starrrt by changing the things we *can* contrrrol."
(resp?) "Fine! I'll go talk to him rrright now, if that'll make you feel betterrr." She was getting a little tired of the single-mindedness. In fact, she had to tell him about all this, as she was leaving the next morning. The brother would be a problem, but she trusted that Admiral Lasiter would see to it that they could discuss things privately by getting rid of his brother after a point. (resp?) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
--- Begin Message ---> Kitanya applauded as well, but did not leave. She agreed with what the
> Betazoid had said whole-heartedly. It was time people began to take
> responsibility for their own divisions, rather than spending all their
> energy working on someone else's problems. She stood as she applauded, then
> waited until the furor had died down. "She has a point, Admirrral," she
> said to Kettering. "The rrresponsibility forrr ourrr own people is still
> therrre. We arrre all in positions to make ourrr own divisions betterrr."
> She didn't mention what was probably already common knowledge about the
> controversial changes she had already made in Spec. Ops. "Lasiterrr is a
> concerrrn, but if he falls, and anotherrr rrreplaces him, the prrroblems in
> ourrr own divisions will still be therrre. That's why we have a chain of
> command, so that each level is rrresponsible forrr making theirrr unit the
>! best it can be. Fighting about Lasiterrr does't get that done."
>
Oblivious to the deeper meanings of the debate... Kettering replied, "That is why we are acting with you, Admiral Kitanya. You are going to talk to Lasiter. If he does not or will not see things as they are, then we will have to move to the next step. If he will, then we will expand the conversations into something more conductive to getting real work done."{response}
--- Chris http://home.earthlink.net/~csalmi ICQ: 28233696--- End Message ---
