RumSFelD: My Rules for Life (16th in a series) SERVING IN GOVERNMENT (Part 3 of 3)

--> Note that all quotes titled"rumsfeld says" comes from a document he created in 2001, entitled, "My Rules for Life" (see bottom of post for original source)


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Watch for the “not invented here” syndrome.

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Maybe you should take your OWN advice?!!!

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“The atmosphere in which social legislation is
considered is not a friend of truth.” (Pat Moynihan )

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Perhaps considering ALL the sides of an Issue would help?

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If in doubt, don’t.

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OOhhh This is FUNNY... Like Don't make a war without good reason???!


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− If still in doubt, do what’s right.

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Like DON'T UNDERCOMMIT the TROOPS and FUNDS needed to WIN the darned WAR???!!!

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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.

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AND I ask that my DOLLAR be returned. You screwed up your intelligence (what intelligence?), and what planning did you do? sorry!

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“Try to analyze situations intelligently, anticipate problems and move swiftly to solve them.

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In other Words PLAN for what happens after they "Surrendered!!"

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However, when you’re up to your
ears in alligators, it is difficult to remember that the reason
you’re there is to drain the swamp.” (Unknown)

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Come Equipped with the RIGHT number of employees, and the RIGHT equipment to drain the swamp EASILY and with NO TROUBLE at all! THE RIGHT planning is the KEY!!!
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“In Washington, D.C., the size of a farewell party may be directly proportional to the honoree’s new position and their prospective
ability to dispense largess.” (D.G. Cross)

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I hope your farewell party is small, and occurs in Riyad, Saudia Arabia

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“Every government looking at the actions of another government
and trying to explain them always exaggerates rationality and conspiracy, and underestimates incompetency and fortuity.”
(Silberman’s Law of Diplomacy, U.S. Circuit Court Judge Laurence Silberman)

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Yeah. And the Next president will surely indict you as guilty of TREASON against our country! Run away to Saudia Arabia while you can!
--Read the ORIGINAL source HERE:
Rumsy says:See my original post HERE. (all 13 pages of it)
http://www.library.villanova.edu/vbl/bweb/rumsfeldsrules.pdfNote that the original source pdf file Mysterously dissapeared on 4/25, but the GOOGLE cached version is HERE