[Rictor]

http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/11/powerpoint-corrupts-the-point-absolutely/

[Army Lt. General David] McKiernan had another, smaller but nagging issue: He couldn’t get Franks to issue clear orders that stated explicitly what he wanted done, how he wanted to do it, and why. Rather, Franks passed along PowerPoint briefing slides that he had shown to Rumsfeld: "It’s quite frustrating the way this works, but the way we do things nowadays is combatant commanders brief their products in PowerPoint up in Washington to OSD and Secretary of Defense…In lieu of an order, or a frag [fragmentary order], or plan, you get a bunch of PowerPoint slides…[T]hat is frustrating, because nobody wants to plan against PowerPoint slides."

This is awesome. It basically means that the US military is being run by the same clueless beurocrats and middle-managers who are so good at destroying any sort of initiative, efficiency and indeed basic comprehension in private businesses. While other people are out there, y'know, fighting wars and stuff, the US military commanders are substituting all that outdated 20th century crap like "guns" and "battles" with institutionalized techno-fetishism in all its glory. I love it.

[BS403]

Sweet America's retarded
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[NGTM-1R]

Pretty much all businesses are going this way, too. Welcome to hell, Rictor. Or rather, the real world.

[aldo_14]

Don't get me started on ****ing corporate bull****tery........ what the hell does 'leverging your synergies mean'?!

(anyone else thing that chart should have looked like a big bunch of wiggly spaghetti leading to a picture of an explostion?)

[Goober5000]

I read an article once where someone suggested that when a country turns away from God, God causes its leaders to become supernaturally stupid.  I'm starting to agree with it.

[ZylonBane]

I think you'll find more evidence for the opposite case, actually.

[aldo_14]

I read an article once where someone suggested that when a country turns away from God, God causes its leaders to become supernaturally stupid.  I'm starting to agree with it.

I read an article once that indicated there was a strong statistical correlation indicating that the more religious a country was, the more dysfunctional it was*.  I'm starting to agree with it.

*the US being the most dysfunctional western 1st world country, of course

[Ford Prefect]

Yeah but you guys seem only about a foot behind us in the race.

[aldo_14]

Yeah but you guys seem only about a foot behind us in the race.

Only in government, methinks.