Wednesday, June 23, 2010

General McChrystal Called to the Principals Office

How not to complain about colleagues

It is always chancy to speak out aginst your boss.

Some of Alexander the Great's officers were unhappy when their leader began to adopt enemy customs - like proskynesis, or bowing down to the king - as the army conquered the Persian Empire.

But one officer, Cleitus the Black, took his complaints too far. Annoyed at being appointed to a marginal command, he badgered Alexander in front of other officers at a drunken banquet. Fellow officers warned him to be silent, but he refused and an incensed Alexander killed him with a spear.


But if i had to go against Alexander The Great or Obama, i am picking Obama

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