Here’s a weird-ass analogy from a speech George Bush gave last month :

Al Qaeda obviously is the name everybody knows that’s associated with war on terror. And we’re hunting them down. It takes a while to find them. But we’re using all our assets and resources and friends and allies to bring them to justice. It’s the only way you have to deal with them. And it’s important that we find them before they come here again, or somewhere else, for that matter.

And we’re making pretty good progress. If al Qaeda were a board of directors, the chairman and vice chairman might still be out there, but the middle management is gone. That’s not to say that they’re not encouraging others to step forward. They are. But we’re on the hunt, and we’ll stay on the hunt. And it’s essential that the country not yield, and lead. The world looks at us, and if we show any weakness whatsoever, there will be weakness in the world. And as I just told you, in order to win this war against these people, there has to be solid cooperation in the world.

If al Qaeda were a board of directors?! Let’s take that line further, shall we?

The problem is that al Qaeda’s stock price has been going up dramatically since their initial public offering due to the fact that their biggest competition, America, is mismanaged and has been unable to capitalize on the synergy they once had with their strategic partnerships, largely due to America’s Chief Executive being so closely intertwined with its Board of Directors that the shareholders have very little oversight. Add to that the fact that the CEO lacks a cohesive business strategy and has been unable to maintain long-standing business partnerships, it’s easy to see why al Qaeda has been able to maximize its assets and negate its high turnover rate by attracting fresh talent and expanding into new marketplaces. So while they have lost some high level executives, al Qaeda is well-poised for future growth.

You can thank our “CEO President” for that one.