Once An Activist...

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported on a 22-year-old project manager at Kaiser Permanente named Justen Deal that was a whistle blower on a massive project. Instead of celebrating this brash young man's insight, and firing the syncophants that report to the CEO, they found an excuse to fire him instead. Seems like it always works that way. Sometimes I wonder how American business survives with all the a$$holes in charge. Kinda like politics, I suppose. Those who can, do. Those that can't, ride to the top on the backs of others. The Peter Principle...everyone rises to the level of their incompetence.

But I'm off track. In the article, they mention that, "As a teen in West Virginia, he testified before the state legislature in favor of gay rights and was mentioned in a front-page Washington Post story." The article continues, "After stints performing administrative chores at a West Virginia symphony and a gay-rights group in Ottawa, he moved to Los Angeles to work for a travel agency."

If he's 'one of us', I say "Go Justen!"
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