Signing for Mandela

At Nelson Mandela’s funeral celebrations, there was much controversy about the person who was signing Barrack Obama’s speech for the deaf audience.  It turns out that he was a fake!  Standing before the world, shoulder-to-shoulder with the great and the good, he faked his way through the whole thing!  You have to admire his cojones and wonder how he bluffed his way there. 

He was waving his hands around and saying nothing, but many is the time I have listened to erudite business men spout strings of jargon and trendy management speak that communicated little more, and, just like the Emperor’s new clothes, few stop to ask what they meant.

It isn’t a bad idea when listening to someone to find out what their credentials are to speak…

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