MEET THE BOSS (or Gene Roddenberry was right)

This blog is about introducing you to who your bosses are..... you will have to be somewhat of a Star Trek fan to see the guy's who are running our jobs and society now. Gene Roddenberry has it right about the people in control of the world..... meet the FERENGI'S..... they are the closest thing that you can get to corporate America, and our political leaders as you will ever find. On the show they are short,have big heads, and ears ( that’s so they can keep there fingers on the pulse of their workers and followers), they dress like 70's pimps, and they have a bit of all the races of the world in their personality make-up. They run a draconian society, one where women can not make a profit, and they can not go out in public with clothes on ( I knew I liked these guys for some reason). The bible that they live by ….. the Rules of ACQUISITION. They can and are expected to lie, cheat, and steal to make a profit. This is the very thing that drives their very society. They will try their very best to manipulate you into thinking that you are the greatest worker they ever was, by giving you useless trinkets and pats on the back ( instead of the real thing that you work for and deserve..... money). But just lose them “one penny”, and you will quickly find the only interest they really have at heart, is there own best interest..... does any of this sound familiar ….. it should..... It starts at the top with the leader..... THE GRAND NAGUS..... he is the head of the ultimate old boy network that has been in place for thousands of years. Every great society had been brought down by this group of people..... I don't want you to get the idea that they are the only people guilty of being a Ferengi …... because their last rule is..... “deep down WE ARE ALL FERENGI'S”, this is the biggest reason why we find ourselves making low pay and with no benefits ( and we do most of the work).

At the end of this blog I will post some of the RULES OF ACQUISITON,,,,, a lot of them you will recognize from work, a lot from just life, but for now ….. MEET THE NEW BOSS..... SAME AS THE OLD BOSS.....

Mad Mac 2012

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition

Once you have their money, you never give it back.

Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.

Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.

Keep your ears open.

Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.

Greed is eternal.

A deal is a deal.

A contract is a contract is a contract ... but only between Ferengi.

A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.

Never place friendship above profit.

A wise man can hear profit in the wind.

Nothing is more important than your health ... except for your money.

Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother.

It never hurts to suck up to the boss.

War is good for business

Peace is good for business.

Expand or die.

Never trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.

Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them.

Free advice is seldom cheap.

The riskier the road, the greater the profit.

Knowledge equals profit.

Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum.

Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.

Females and finances don't mix.

Expand or die.

Every man has his price.

Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever.

Sleep can interfere with...

Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.

Treat people in your debt like family ... exploit them.

Never have sex with the boss's sister.

You can't make a deal if you're dead.

Wives serve, brothers inherit.

Whisper your way to success.

A man is only worth the sum of his possessions.

Hear all, trust nothing.

It's always good to know about new customers before they walk in your door.

New customers are like razor-toothed gree-worms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they bite back.

Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer.

Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them.

Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach.

You can't free a fish from water.

(incomplete, but presumably concerned the relationship between "keeping busy" and "being successful")

Latinum lasts longer than lust.

Never be afraid to mislabel a product.

Never allow doubt to tarnish your lust for latinum.

No good deed ever goes unpunished. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife

ARE WE THERE YET?

One of life’s biggest mysteries to me is how people get from one point to another, and they have no idea of how they got there..... with most events, there are all kinds of signs and warnings along the roads we travel..... now here’s the most amazing part, people refuse to see, or either believe the signs they see. The most common example of this theory is the battered wife syndrome..... I don't know how many women or men, who say, I did not know my mate was a wife beater, they never beat me before we were married..... well the first question is, how long did the two of you know each other before you got married?.....if the answer is one year or more, then they don't have much credibility with me..... no one can hide their true self for that long of a period of time. They say..... well he never hit me, he just slapped me every time he got mad at me..... and there were a few times that he choked me out.....but this just happened every three or four week during that time period, he was also quite jealous of me..... even if I just look at some one else..... but I thought it was because he just loved me (funny how people can think that love means that you have to suffer physical pain). Well let me tell you no one wakes up one day (without brain damage) and says well today I'm going to start beating my wife today. Every sign of this person being a wife beater were there all along.....BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE PEOPLE.

Now today, we working people are living the life of a battered wife..... corporate America is beating us.....they are very jealous of us.....and don't want us to have much of anything, because that way we have to stay with them, no matter what they do to us..... we are being paid poorly, we have no benefits, and we have an increasing work load, with things being this way they can say jump..... and we must ask how high? To keep us under control they want us to take their pats on the back, cupcakes, and certificates that say we are just wonderful..... if you want to know how much these people love you, lose one dime for them, and they will quickly let you know how they feel about you. I say if you really love me pay me what I’m worth..... let Me be able to take care of me..... let me partake of some of this great wealth that I help you obtain..... they also did not wake up yesterday and start this …..Obama, Bush or Clinton did not start us down this road ( although they helped ) ..... this has been brewing for 30 years, so all you right wing, religious nuts stop blaming Obama, its your buddy Ronny who put us here.... we now live in Ronnie’s world ….. and if you don't want socialism ( I’ll try a little of that )...... then please let me know how this system we live under now is working out for you..........go back in time and read the signs, then ask yourself.....ARE WE THERE YET?

MADMAC

2012

LOOKING BACK

Last night I was watching one of the original Perry Masons on TV and I had to laugh when I  thought about how the tactics that he used in a court room could not possibly work now, hell they wouldn't have worked then. I got kind of nostalgic and even a little sad... the reason for the these feelings are..I love Mr. Mason. If I were going to call anyone Dad, it would be him This is the man that I watched as a little boy whom I most wanted to be like. He is the man who gave me my thirst for knowledge, he gave me the fire of fairness and compassion. I also learned to take notice of everything that happens around you. This keeps you from having to ask or to be told what is happening around you. This has served me well during my lifetime ( especially in my Army days), this has kept me alive on so many occasions. I thought the world that they portrayed in those old TV shows was real but eventually I grew up and discovered that things were not what they seemed. The situations were not what they seemed nor were they real. The people were not what they seemed either, but the things that I learned from the show were real. The qualities of the things I saw and learned are very real. They are still the very forces that drive me to this very day.

The way these drives have to be used in the real world s different and the out comes of some of the events are certainly different but in the end some of these outcomes can be just as good. So this is just a little info about who I am and a little insight into the way I think and some of the things that drive me. I someday will write a book about some of the various things I have seen and done. In fact much of that book may be written right here... so stick around and enjoy the ride.

Mad Mac 2012

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Meet the New Boss Same As the Old Boss

In the last month we have scored a few wins for the “progress class”. We didn't just win an election what happened is for the moment we only stopped a way of thinking. By this I mean that we told people we want to stand up to the one percent who seem bent on turning the rest of us into nothing more than wage slaves that we have a different vision of America. We are being run by a group of people who have mastered the art of distraction. They distracts us with the cult of celebrity and sports mania. We care more about Snooki and Peyton than about what is going on in our state and federal houses.

These are the people who will hold the Bible up to you and tell you this is the only way to live happy and free. You just follow these rules and listen to the men with the spiritual meat of the Bible. This is why I say I don't believe what people say but look at the result of what they do.

Most of the services that have been cut have been cut because people want you to think that taxes are your problem. You have lost many of your rights because this makes it easier for government and corporations to control you. You don't get paid a true living wage on the job because if you take a cut you allow business to create more jobs. While those with the least make most of the sacrifices those with the most live like sultans. Corporate profits are higher than they have been in years and you get to do three times the work with little reward except the pat on the back or the occasional cupcake. Despite all this I do feel the “times they are a changing”. We actually took some baby steps toward gaining back some of the inalienable rights we were guaranteed in our Constitution. We are discovering that if we unite we can take back some of what we have lost. We work just as hard for what little we are getting...we deserve more so let's demand we get paid for what we work for. Lets not let the new boss be the same as the old boss. Let's stand together. Let's stop the return of the Robber Baron era. Remember you worked for your rights let's not just give them away; stand up for them.

MADMAC2012