was roundly criticized for being a bit tone deaf and dispassionate, the republican presidential candidates have been playing on the politics of fear in an extraordinary way. database is okay and watch list is okay and surveillance is okay. if you don t mind, i want to be i want to surveil i want surveillance of these people that are coming in. i want surveillance of certain mosques, okay? if that s okay. i want surveillance. and you know what? we ve had it before, and we ll have it again. those planes that flew into the twin towers weren t piloted by a bunch of ticked off presbyterians. if there s a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you probably are not going to assume something good about that dog, and you re probably going to put your children out of the way. it doesn t mean you hate all dogs.
all of a sudden, we had a bear, like, exploding in midair. and the smoke and the flash, i mean, it was intense. and then the smell, the smell of barbecued bear. everybody all around is getting emotional. janet blair lets loose. you killed the bear! you know, she s going to run over and ring someone s neck. i was very upset, and i stamped my foot, and i said a bad word. [ bleep ] very loudly. i am a journalist and i m supposed to be dispassionate, but that doesn t mean i don t have really strong feelings about every story that i do. and in this case, i had very strong feelings for that bear. i thought, she was a goner. you know, if she didn t die from that fall, she must have died from the electrocution. but the story turns out very differently. when we went up to the bear and the bear was still breathing, it still had a heartbeat, it was, like, amazing. we were just amazed.
and that electrical sound, that crackle of electrical, you know. all of a sudden, we had a bear, like, exploding in midair. and the smoke and the flash, i mean, it was intense. and then the smell, the smell of barbecued bear. everybody all around is getting emotional. janet blair lets loose. you killed the bear! you know, she s going to run over and ring someone s neck. i was very upset, and i stamped my foot, and i said a bad word. [ bleep ] very loudly. i am a journalist and i m supposed to be dispassionate, but that doesn t mean i don t have really strong feelings about every story that i do. and in this case, i had very strong feelings for that bear. i thought, she was a goner. you know, if she didn t die from that fall, she must have died from the electrocution. but the story turns out very differently. when we went up to the bear and the bear was still
can you advise and/or recommend resources. howie, this is what happens so often in multi-generational businesses. the younger people come, they want to do something one way. the older people have institutional knowledge. unlike a business where it s not family, you know you have all of these other emotions that get caught up in this as well. how do you deal with it? right. you ve hit the nail on the head. the post world war ii crowd is either dying out or aging out. now you have many more sibling partnerships or cousin consortiums running it if they survive. their decision making generally speaking is horribly broken. you have the family over here which is emotion based, you have the business over here which theoretically is objective and dispassionate. you put the two together and think we ll have some elements of emotion and dispassion forget about it it s all emotion. the family business decision making is horribly broken in our view. it s quite a problem. it threatens the very
this is exactly what happens in multigenerational businesses. the younger people come. the older people have this institutional knowledge. and unlike a business where it s not family you have all of these other emotions that get caught up in it as well. now you have many more sibling partnerships. i have to tell you their decision making generally speaking is horribly broken. you have got the family over here the business over here which is objective and dispassionate. you put the two together and you think we re going have some elements of dispassion. it s all emotion. and the family business decision making is horribly broken in our view. what do you do? do you elect an objective board?