Hey John, in response to your memo...of all the difficult assignments I had, Hicks Muse was probably the most demanding, but I loved it...an atmosphere of discipline, expectation of excellence and dependability.  We were pampered, but we had it really hard...the money, bonuses and other perks were over the top!  I liked knowing they believed in me, and I had the best boss ever...but no one else would work for him because he was viewed as difficult...no...the most ruthless man I ever worked for was an old masters art collector and he never had anything nice to say to anyone in the office...he was rude to his 80 year old father who came to the office every day and would walk out and leave him there for one of the girls to take home...he travelled the world and nothing was ever good enough for him.  If there was a dead dog in the middle of the floor and you didn't pick it up, he would tell you how stupid you were and if you did pick it up, he would ask you who told you to move it...man, I was so determined I made it 18 months but then I had to say something...best move I ever made!

Yes, Lynelle, we have...I for one always feel better when I can speak my mind.  When it comes to criticism of your superiors, even if you tell the truth, you will suffer the consequences...I determined that if you are the one to address the problem, you become the problem...most bosses don't want the truth and wimpy employees let them get away with it.  Guess it hasn't always worked in my favor, but then a clear conscience is a great thing...I sleep really well! Told one boss to step back and take a look at how he treated people...he was notoriously rude and inconsiderate...he was more than a boss though, he owned the company and had more money than Silas Marner! I didn't care...I left at 2 pm that afternoon for a job interview and never came back...still to this day I pity him...he is miserable!

Kathleen, actually I was trying to help Ginger's medical condition, eye rolling, and made no comment one way or the other about supporting McChrystal.  I remember here in Ennis about four years ago, when the newspaper editor said I was the only one in town opposed to the hospital bond issue to build a new hospital.   (That I was opposed to borrowing is beside the point).  The bond issue passed, but about 40% of the voters voted against it.  So much for me being the only one!  Sort of like your broad, generalized statement regarding McChrystal, and me being alone if I supported him.   Even though McChrystal made only a few of the disparaging comments toward Obama's gang of thugs, he was in charge of all his "troops", and should have thrown the magazine out.  I believe the right decision was made.  I'll leave it at that until Saturday noon til 3 pm. 

Ginger, you could get ditzy with all that eye rolling.  Okay, a minor correction to John's post, and my folllowup.  A troop is a  unit, a trooper is a member of that unit.  So, technically, let's say wiki-correct, McChrystal is a trooper.  Make no mistake, in the Army, you are a trooper, an infantryman, regardless of your rank.  The one thing I remember about my time there is that they made sure that NO ONE forgot, irrespective of their job, that they were an infantryman first, a trooper.  That was your job, and our troops do it better than anyone the world has ever seen.  They make sure Memphis is safe.  Welcome home trooper, General McChrystal.

It's probably okay Barry.  John broke his own rule with a 1:12 pm Wednesday political post (of sorts), so that must mean all bets are off on that schedule.  Good point John about that one troop coming home.  Welcome home general.