Ridecamp: [RC] Fw: Dead Horses

----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Irland <barngirl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: JOHN RILEY <jriley93@xxxxxxxxx>; dhorse <dhorse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: Fw: Dead Horses


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> > >
> > > Subject: Dead Horsemanship
> > >
> > >
> > > Subject: unfortunately the following has merit
> > >
> > >
> > > " Dead Horsemanship"
> > >
> > > The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to
> > > generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead
> horse,
> > > the best strategy is to dismount.
> > >
> > > Modern organizations (education, government, military, etc.) often
> employ
> > a
> > > whole range of far more advanced strategies, such as:
> > >
> > > * Buying a stronger whip.
> > >
> > > * Changing riders.
> > >
> > > * Threatening the horse with termination.
> > >
> > > * Appointing a committee to study the horse.
> > >
> > > * Arranging to visit other countries to see how others ride dead
horses.
> > >
> > > * Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
> > >
> > > * Reclassifying the dead horse as "living, impaired".
> > >
> > > * Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
> > >
> > > * Harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed.
> > >
> > > * Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead
> > horse's
> > > performance.
> > >
> > > * Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve
the
> > dead
> > > horse's performance.
> > >
> > > * Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less
> > > costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore contributes
substantially
> > > >more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
> > >
> > > * Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
> > >
> > > * Promoting the dead horse to a management position
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