What Can Washington Learn From Corporate America?
To answer this question, you need only look here to see what JetBlue did after it fucked over its passengers for a week. They issued an apology. I don't even think they're bullshitting, any more than anyone would in such an instance. At least in as much as it effects their bottom line, I think that JetBlue is genuinely sorry that they blew it. (When it comes to corporations, what more can you ask them to be genuine about?)
How about just a little accountability in the halls of power? It's not too much to ask. Even now I would relish the release of such a statement by FEMA regarding the Katrina debacle. Plagiarize the damn thing, change a couple of words and you've got it. Would it be so bad for the government to own up to its failures? And, more importantly, where does that patent denial stem from? Is it a reflection of the populace as a whole? Are we, as a people, unable to own up to our wrongs, our transgressions, our fuck shows? Does this tie together with the culture of blame in this country, the reliance on tort and lawsuit to assign culpability (anyone but me) to all events?
How about just a little accountability in the halls of power? It's not too much to ask. Even now I would relish the release of such a statement by FEMA regarding the Katrina debacle. Plagiarize the damn thing, change a couple of words and you've got it. Would it be so bad for the government to own up to its failures? And, more importantly, where does that patent denial stem from? Is it a reflection of the populace as a whole? Are we, as a people, unable to own up to our wrongs, our transgressions, our fuck shows? Does this tie together with the culture of blame in this country, the reliance on tort and lawsuit to assign culpability (anyone but me) to all events?
Is this genetic defect in the country's collective DNA responsible for both a $2.9 million McDonald's coffee lawsuit and a generalized inability to take responsibility for action? Did we, as a nation, learn this from our government? How would our grandfathers, and our grandfather's government, deal with these same issues?
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