after 9/11 there was a lot of heat on the CIA. Something I deducted was that there were too many analysts and not enough collectors, I.e. boots on the ground. Not enough people collecting all of the information to get to the analysts. And at the end of the day too many analysts which is short for " arm chair quarterbacks".

The point is that the CIA isn't so different then the rest of the World. Plenty of people on top and not enough at the bottom.

The catch to that is something that many don't see. while the top needs the bottom (and for that matter vice versa) they also need the bottom to be smarter. Like the war in Iraq. It was a great invasion plan: Speed combined with a shit load of firepower or as they say it, "overwhelming force."

The bottom is asked to do more and more and more and they need to be smart and capable. That's the catch, give the bottom the ability to think and you just took a big roll of the dice.

In the end there aren't enough "doers".

So Delta Airlines, who I'm flying in a couple of days to London, is consolidating it's smaller regional airline system.

They're placing it in Minneapolis pretty much so they don't get stuck with a $245 million dollar bill from the state of Minnesota.

So this makes sense thus far right?

Until I read this part:

The goal of the consolidation is to match the airport customer experience provided by the three regional carriers to that of mainline Delta.

Comair, in particular, has struggled with on-time performance and baggage handling relative to the industry. According to the Department of Transportation, Comair had the worst on-time performance in December among the 19 carriers the agency surveyed.

Delta's new RHS team will be headquartered alongside Delta Connection in Minneapolis and will be led by Comair's Don Stephens.

So take the worst airline you own and make the head of that the head of all the other regional airlines.

And people wonder why airlines don't make any money.

I wrecked my truck. Fishtailed on a wet road right into a guard rail. I'm physically ok but now I get to deal with insurance companies and the process of buying a new car.

During my conversation with my car insurance company the lady asked me "Does the state own the guard rail?" WTF? If you know me then you know my response wasn't the nicest.