So its week since Fidelity had its RIF. My boss is gone, as are two colleagues I known for over a decade. Two other colleagues have husbands who lost their jobs and a woung women who works for me found out her husband had lost his job with another company only a couple of hours before we sent into the meeting she thought she might learn she was losing hers (she was never in any danger). Pause for thought.
A couple of months ago my SVP was usherd out, last week it was my boss. Next quarter Fidelity is laying off another 1,700. Pause for thought.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
...or is the answer 44
Crick, B,
1. I'm starting my citizenship papers tonight, since a pretty good number of you Americans have fended off what was starting to look like a fundamentalist Christian government.
2. That's largely due to a large number of young voters like you coming forward to take the country in a new direction and that can only bode well for future elections. Those over 64 are one of the few demographics that stuck with McCain and they will start to die off with ever increasing frequency. You young folks will shift the balance if you stick with it.
3. Just in time, we are going to have a president who can restock the Supreme Court with younger progressive judges to replace the older ones who will retire (as they surely will during his first term). With any luck he may need to replace one of the older judges of the opposing persuasion.
4. The resounding victory has given him some pretty good coat tails, that leaves other legislators indebted to him somewhat, while they helped sweep others out of power. So all of his initiatives should have a "relatively" easy passage.
5. I will be able to listen to a presidential State of the Union, or other public message without cringing or being embarrassed.
1. I'm starting my citizenship papers tonight, since a pretty good number of you Americans have fended off what was starting to look like a fundamentalist Christian government.
2. That's largely due to a large number of young voters like you coming forward to take the country in a new direction and that can only bode well for future elections. Those over 64 are one of the few demographics that stuck with McCain and they will start to die off with ever increasing frequency. You young folks will shift the balance if you stick with it.
3. Just in time, we are going to have a president who can restock the Supreme Court with younger progressive judges to replace the older ones who will retire (as they surely will during his first term). With any luck he may need to replace one of the older judges of the opposing persuasion.
4. The resounding victory has given him some pretty good coat tails, that leaves other legislators indebted to him somewhat, while they helped sweep others out of power. So all of his initiatives should have a "relatively" easy passage.
5. I will be able to listen to a presidential State of the Union, or other public message without cringing or being embarrassed.
6. I can look forward to:
- A better Supreme Court
- An economic fix to our current problems, based in reality, recognizing that a huge deficit means me and my older compatriots are passing on our debts to you two and others of your age group
- A stimulus package that shifts large parts of the economy towards addressing the crisis of climate change and rotting infrastructure
- A healthcare system that becomes a civic right rather than a profit center
- Civil discourse within our country, strong accords with our partners overseas, and even a dialogue with those who the current administration has demonized
Of course its not all a rosy picture, but I'll save that for after the inauguration speech, when its clearer what "change" #44 is talking about.
With love - Rod, Dad
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