Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!uscvax!kurtzman From: kurtzman@uscvax.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: reagan's weekends Message-ID: <1121@uscvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 15:23:11 EDT Article-I.D.: uscvax.1121 Posted: Tue Sep 24 15:23:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 05:48:54 EDT References: <2926@ncsu.UUCP> <203@pyuxii.UUCP> <471@im4u.UUCP> <3682@amdcad.UUCP> <1057@uscvax.UUCP> <11679@rochester.UUCP> Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA Lines: 33 > > > > >> What difference does it make where any President spends his > > > > >> weekends? Or how many, for that matter. > > > > In the case of Reagan, it may not make any difference at all where or how he > > > > spends his weekends -- fact is, even when he's in Washington he's only a > > > > part-time President. He's the only President in modern U.S. history who > > > > watches soap operas, takes long afternoon naps and has important decisions > > > > presented to him by his staff as multiple-choice problems. > > > > > > > Is this different from many CEO's? Most of them spend a lot of time > > > outside the sompany, doing PR and going to high-society events, and > > > the vice presidents and senior executives run the company on the inside. > > > Reagan does the PR (and he does it effectively). How many of you > > > work for companies in which the CEO does the analysis for policy > > > decisions? > > > > Yes it is different. I think you will find that CEOs spend a great > > deal of their time on company business. The work may look different (eg > > more glamorous, less tedious) but I think you will find most CEOs are on > > top of the major issues in their company's. You will also find the CEOs > > reading the analyses prepared for them. The CEO can trust an underling to > > make a decision, but the CEO is responsible for its adoption. Reagan, on > > the other hand, does not take responsibility for his actions. The closest > > he has come to it is to say something of the sort "one of my aids did it > > so I take responsibility". What that amounts to is a nice way to pay lip > > service to the Truman notion of "the buck stops here" while passing the > > buck along. > > > Um, is that why CEOs love the Concord? They can breakfast in New York, and > have supper in London, that is unless they're having a round of golf that > day. Have a perfectly marvlous day, dalling. See you on the courts at > 5-ish. What you seem to be describing is the idle rich, not a CEO. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com