Some business titan Meg Whitman is.
To listen to her campaign rhetoric, Meg Whitman is uniquely qualified to Make The Tough Decisions® necessary to be governor of California.
Because she's, y'know, a Businesswoman.
I guess all business people are just gifted with some god-given ability to make awesome Tough Decisions®.
Take BP - please:
Let's see - BP makes the Awesome Tough Business Decision® to forgo a slew of industry-standard safety procedures on the Deepwater Horizon rig, figuring the downside risk is far outweighed by the one-time decrease in operating costs for the rig.
FAIL.
BP's Colossal Clusterfuck Of Greed turns out to be just another classic example of heartless bean-counting solely-profit-driven assholes making one of those Tough Decisions® they love to talk about, what with them being Private Sector Warriors and all.
Which brings us, of course, to Meg Whitman.
Whitman, if her self-manufactured hype is to be believed, is a veritable Silicon Valley Xena, a Private Sector Warrior Goddess who represents The Only Hope Of Rescuing California Government From Itself.
Because she can - you know -
Make The Tough Decisions®.
To which one, in light of recent revelations, might reasonably ask,
O RLY?
Hmmm - hey, how 'bout we see whether there are any parallels between the BP Colossal Clusterfuck and Meg's? Sound like fun? Okay, here we go!:
Let's see - BP Meg Whitman makes the Awesome Tough Business Decision® to forgo a slew of industry-standard safety procedures common-sense due diligence on the Deepwater Horizon rig hiring of a housekeeper, figuring the downside risk is far outweighed by the one-time decrease in operating costs for the rig her household.
FAIL.
BP's Meg's Colossal Clusterfuck Of Greed turns out to be just another classic example of heartless bean-counting solely-profit-driven assholes making one of those Tough Decisions they love to talk about, what with them being Private Sector Warriors and all.
Hey, that worked pretty well, I think! :-)
For those folks who think that buying stock in Meg, Inc., might be a good idea, consider this:
Meg's failure to Make The Tough Decision® to spend a few thousand bucks more for a housekeeper with legal immigration status probably just cost her her entire $120-million investment toward purchasing the governorship of the Golden State
- giving Meg Whitman's Tough Decision® to run for governor - a Tough Decision® she made all by herself - one of the worst Returns On Investment
EVER.
I guess Some Decisions Are Too Tough even for Meg Whitman to make.