July 31, 2010.

And Ms. Janie B. Cheaney of World magazine asks:

The End of Accomplishment?

"With bureaucracy's triumph over excellence, big and important projects have stalled."


A brief excerpt:


"The Apollo program required, first, a vision: a science - fiction dream that could conceivably come true.

"Next it took a leader with the presence and charisma to strike the spark.

"And finally it took subordinates who caught the vision and pooled their talents to embody mathematical equations in steel and fire.

"The rest is history, but history may have turned downhill.

"Bruce Charlton, blogger and university professor, believes it did ...I suggest the real reason we have not been to the moon since 1972 is that we cannot any longer do it. Humans have lost the capability...

"That's a depressing thought...

"But one mighty force remains, of individual souls freed from bondage, pledged to a common cause, inspired by a common vision, under perfect leadership.

"It's called the church and the gates of hell will not prevail against, much less the muddle of bureaucracy.

"Where human progress falters, there the church rises.

"We have God's word on that; it's time to believe it.."

YOU BET!! :)