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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Riding A Dead Horse



Riding a Dead Horse








Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.

However, US Congressional Authority will often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:

A. Declare the horse is to dead to fail

B. Cover the horse in US currency until it vanishes.

C. Shoot all other horses so they appear the same.

D. Beat the rider.

E. Sell dead horses as derivatives in bulk as AAA Investments

F. Pass comprehensive legislation making it illegal for horses to die

G. Dump dead horses into the Gulf of Mexico and claim accident.

  1. Buying a stronger whip.
  2. Changing riders.
  3. Saying things like "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
  4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
  5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
  6. Increasing the standards to qualify as a dead horse rider.
  7. Appointing a tiger team to revive the dead horse.
  8. Pass legislation declaring that "This horse is not dead."
  9. Unilaterally declaring, "no horse is too dead to beat."
  10. Blaming the horse's parents.
  11. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
  12. Do a Cost Analysis Study to see if contractors can ride the horse cheaper.
  13. Declare the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
  14. Revisit the performance requirements for horses.
  15. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.

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