The land of infinite sadness returns. The barren landscape of the moon covers the poisoned heart of greed and larceny, choking with smoke and dust; crying for the promised land of their mother's forgiveness, which is long since dead and buried in the misery of regret. There is no escape.
copyright (c) 2019
William Schaeffer
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Friday, August 23, 2019
The Greatest Gift of Leadership
Response to a facebook post:
"The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful. - John Taffer"
In most Capitalist oriented organizations that type of boss, or manager, just does not exist. The overwhelming priority of generating immediate economic results overshadows any concern your boss might have about your own personal development. Instead he is most concerned about having you efficiently and satisfactorily fulfill the limited requirements of your job classification in a timely manner. This "one dimensional" assessment of your own value and significance necessarily overshadows any concerns your boss might have about your own physical and psychological health. There is little real "leadership" in any Capitalist enterprise because the goals of the organization are limited in scope and duration. Immediate financial profit is the only concern and you are not.
copyright (c) 2019
William Schaeffer
"The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful. - John Taffer"
In most Capitalist oriented organizations that type of boss, or manager, just does not exist. The overwhelming priority of generating immediate economic results overshadows any concern your boss might have about your own personal development. Instead he is most concerned about having you efficiently and satisfactorily fulfill the limited requirements of your job classification in a timely manner. This "one dimensional" assessment of your own value and significance necessarily overshadows any concerns your boss might have about your own physical and psychological health. There is little real "leadership" in any Capitalist enterprise because the goals of the organization are limited in scope and duration. Immediate financial profit is the only concern and you are not.
copyright (c) 2019
William Schaeffer
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Mid East politics
This current political instability in the Mid East is largely the result of the activities of Britain and "Lawrence of Arabia" (of all people). After World War I, control of the Mid East was taken from Turkey and given to Britain. After the discovery of petroleum in 1926 by British corporations, Britain convinced Lawrence of Arabia to invite all the political leaders and tribal chieftains to a conference to agree to the division of the Mid East into the countries we know today (Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Palestine, Syria) At the time Baghdad was the richest city and Iraq was the wealthiest territory. Kuwait was a world class shipping port that traditionally belonged to Baghdad and Iraq. The map Britain drew of the modern countries we now know today was created by drawing national boarders through the middle of existing population groups. Kuwait was taken away from Iraq and made a Nation. All the other countries had the populations divided between natural enemies. The Kurds and the Armenians were denied a nation state, despite being ancient cultures with a language and history. THIS WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY -- TO PERMANENTLY DESTABILIZE THE MID EAST, so the British and America petroleum corporations would have an easier time extracting the petroleum from corrupt and unstable military dictatorships, feudal fiefdoms and chaotic republics. THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.
copyright (c) 2019
Willliam Schaeffer
copyright (c) 2019
Willliam Schaeffer
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Nonsense verse
Giant reticulated marshmallow feedbags imitate pleasurable wombats deciding on a lunch menu. Never before have so many hyphenated postulates gathered to see a performance of literary suicide honoring the fallen heroes of the unemployment line. Nevertheless, cigars taste like feather dusters in the warm luminous glow of amber colored Dung Beetles. Fabulous memories.
copyright (c) 2019
William Schaeffer
copyright (c) 2019
William Schaeffer
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