Re: If King George III had had a market analyst

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: : Greetings, friends--

: : I got the following from a friend who got it from a friend, etc.....the source is unknown. Since we, here in the Colonies, are about to celebrate our 225th year of Independence from the Crown tomorrow, I thought it appropos....

: : Pax aye!

: : Seamus
: : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

: : The Court of King George III
: :  London, England

: : 
: :  July 10, 1776

: : 
: :  Mr. Thomas Jefferson
: :  c/o The Continental Congress
: :  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

: : 
: :  Dear Mr. Jefferson:

: :  We have read your "Declaration of Independence" with great interest.
: :  Certainly, it represents a considerable undertaking, and many of your
: : statements
: :  do merit serious consideration. Unfortunately, the Declaration as a whole
: :  fails to meet recently adopted specifications for proposals to the Crown,
: : so we
: :  must return the document to you for further refinement. The questions
: : which
: :  follow might assist you in your process of revision:

: :  1.   In your opening paragraph you use the phrase "the Laws of Nature
: :  and Nature's God." What are these laws? In what way are they the
: :  criteria on which you base your central arguments? Please document with
: : citations
: :  from the recent literature.

: :  2.   In the same paragraph you refer to the "opinions of mankind."
: :  Whose polling data are you using? Without specific evidence, it seems to
: : us the
: :  "opinions of mankind" are a matter of opinion.

: :  3.   You hold certain truths to be "self-evident." Could you please
: :  elaborate? If they are as evident as you claim then it should not be
: : difficult
: :  for you to locate the appropriate supporting statistics.

: :  4.   "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" seem to be the
: :  goals of your proposal. These are not measurable goals. If you were to say
: : that
: :  "among these is the ability to sustain an average life expectancy in six
: : of the
: :  13 colonies of at least 55 years, and to enable newspapers in the colonies
: : to
: :  print news without outside interference, and to raise the average income
: : of
: :  the colonists by 10 percent in the next 10 years," these could be
: : measurable
: :  goals. Please clarify.

: :  5.   You state that "Whenever any Form of Government becomes
: :  destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to
: : abolish
: :  it, and to institute a new Government...." Have you weighed this assertion
: :  against all the alternatives? What are the trade-off considerations?

: :  6.   Your description of the existing situation is quite extensive.
: :  Such a long list of grievances should precede the statement of goals, not
: :  follow it. Your problem statement needs improvement.

: :  7.   Your strategy for achieving your goal is not developed at all.
: :  You state that the colonies "ought to be Free and Independent States," and
: :  that they are "Absolved from All Allegiance to the British Crown." Who or
: : what
: :  must change to achieve this objective? In what way must they change? What
: :  specific steps will you take to overcome the resistance? How long will it
: : take? We
: :  have found that a little foresight in these areas helps to prevent
: : careless
: :  errors later on. How cost-effective are your strategies?

: :  8.   Who among the list of signatories will be responsible for
: :  implementing your strategy? Who conceived it? Who provided the theoretical
: : research?
: :  Who will constitute the advisory committee? Please submit an organization
: :  chart and vitas of the principal investigators.

: :  9.   You must include an evaluation design. We have been requiring
: :  this since Queen Anne's War. What impact will your problem have? Your
: : failure
: :  to include any assessment of this inspires little confidence in the
: : long-range
: :  prospects of your undertaking.

: :  10.Please submit a PERT diagram, an activity chart, itemized budget,
: :  and manpower utilization matrix.

: :  We hope that these comments prove useful in revising your
: :  "Declaration of Independence." We welcome the submission of your revised
: : proposal.
: :  Our due date for unsolicited proposals is July 31, 1776. Ten copies with
: : original
: :  signatures will be required.

: :  Sincerely,
: :  Management Analyst to the British Crown

: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

: Oh dear!!! The British Crown STILL works that way and we get little done - nothing really changes, does it!! *sigh*

: Kate.


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