One of the more infuriating things for me is when I ask why something has to be done a particular way and I'm told, "Because it's always been done that way." I got into an argument with a co-worker last night who kept telling me, "Ask a veteran, this is the way it was done before you got here." I didn't realize until later that one of the reasons I was getting so upset at that response is because not only was he refusing to acknowledge that things might be different than before the time that I got there (and they are -- we're putting out a ton more products with fewer people on tighter deadlines than when he started), but also that it was just a matter of him being stuck in a rut and not able to see that just because something is done a particular way, that doesn't make it the best way.
And people still support President Moron. The 9/11 panel has said
there's "no credible evidence" there were links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. So... remind me why we went to war again? Our government has lied to us, saying events and meetings took place that didn't, ties were there that weren't, then contradicts itself -- Cheney said there were links between the 9/11 attacks and Iraq, and Bush said there weren't. On top of which, President Moron has called Afghanistan
"the first victory in the war on terror". All I have to say to that is... what's he smoking and where can I find some of that?
Victory? Need I remind our supposedly fearless leader that there's been pretty much no headway made in Afghanistan? Where's Osama bin Laden? End of story. The war on terror in Afghanistan will be over when we find Osama bin Laden.
Rock the Vote, yo.