I have tried to read that monstrosity and I can not make any sense of it. And that is coming from a masters student in political science.
Posted on 04/28/2010 5:38:57 PM PDT by neverdem
Ping!
I have tried to read that monstrosity and I can not make any sense of it. And that is coming from a masters student in political science.
Powerpoint is an outstanding tool, but it is heavily overused. In my Captains Career Course class, we were PP’d to death many times per day, then one day we had a power outage during a pretty technical class, and the instructor just went to whiteboard and marker. That was probably the best class we ever had. Powerpoint’s rigidity was completely eclipsed by the ability to correct any unclear diagrams or ideas with the good ol’ whiteboard eraser.
I’m thinking of a word.
A compound word.
First half is CLUSTER...
LOL...some lieutenant colonel got a Meritorious Service Medal for that one, no doubt.
Looks more like a family style plate of spaghetti in Alfredo sauce than a war plan
Ping! I’t not about Powerpoint. It’s about my subtitle.
General Patton: Let me simplify that plan for you, son.
“PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, the Joint Forces commander
Yeah, I just saw that story today. I remember when he was Major McMaster and just leaving his teaching post at West Point. Power Point was just as big a problem then.
Glad to see he got his star. He led the most successful action of Desert Storm, and then commanded the most successful campaign of Iraqi Freedom. The man gets results that speak for themselves, and it was an absolute travesty that he was passed over for promotion twice.
You can get that for home delivery at Round Table. Ask for bread sticks.
PowerPoint Commandos
Raise your hand if you remember when it was Harvard Graphics presentations that were all the rage in the Army.
General James “Mad Dog” Mattis is the man! He is not only a great Marine but a great warrior.
Here are some quotes from the General:
“You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right upfront with you, I like brawling.”
“I come in peace, I didn’t bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.”
Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders
“Computers by their nature are isolating. They build walls. The nature of war is immutable: You need trust and connection.” He dismissed the net-centric emphasis as “a Marxian view — it ignores the spiritual.”
We need about a thousand more like him and the entire world would quake with fear of offending the USA.
I wonder what “Don’t shot until you see the whites of their eyes” would look like in PowerPoint?
A man like that I'd follow into Hell. Semper Fi General.
I think it’s supposed to be a mind map. But it looks more like a “someone’s out of their mind” map.
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