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To: epicure who wrote (105197)	2/28/2009 8:03:49 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541046

You can always find a few conservative mixed in with thousands of liberals near the top of these companies. Nothing is ever perfectly black and white. However, it's clear beyond a reasonable doubt the major corporate entities involved in the financial mess we're in were largely run by Democrats. They gave to Democrat causes, participated in Democrat elections and offered top jobs to Democrat party members. In fact, they were and are to this day Democrat party members. After all, most live in deep blue New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey and Washington D.C.

To: epicure who wrote (105197)	2/28/2009 8:08:27 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 541046

It is the hubris of the manager-class. The best managers I've had always were skilled in the trade. There were more professionally successful managers who frequently were the politically savvy. We had an R&D guy come over from GE and not GE Healthcare. I'm sorry but designing for the medical market versus making dishwashers couldn't really be very much more different. There are almost no engineers I work with that ended up in engineering because they love engineering. It is ironic that they seem to do it because it pays or that it was prestigious. That desire for employment doesn't qualify someone to do their job because unless they like it, it is unlikely they will continue their education or self-study. That takes time away from golf and butt-kissing. I had this discussion with the guy who had worked his way up to Risk Manager with a 2 year degree in something. He was basically ignorant in all the science of Risk Analysis - he hadn't studied probability or game theory. He hadn't had any higher math. What the good was he? Not much, but he always talked quickly. Fortunately they have fixed that - he's now set to run Customer Service. I'm sure he knows as much about that as he did about Risk Management.