What I learned in the first hundred days

1. Piracy is not a career choice.
2. Too big to fail means you already have.
3. While smoking may be dangerous to your health, it certainly is to your wallet.
4. Rich and powerful people tend to avoid paying their taxes.
5. The California legislature is unfamiliar with the Rico Statutes.
6. US Senators would rather switch than fight.
7. Iraqis are going to need to learn to speak Persian.
8. Large private firms sometimes financially reward greed; large previously private firms owned by the government financially reward incompetence.
9. Saving money is good for me and bad for you.
10. My public speaking class in college should have included a portion on teleprompters.

The editor is the co-author of Leadership: Texas Hold 'em Style, www.pokerleadership.com