On 5/22/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gel wrote: > > http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ > > > > Fan-fecking-tastic! Oh, how I wish we had this type of reasoned > leadership in the Whitehouse. Instead what we're stuck with is a > strategy that's never worked, but the originators can't abandon it > because of their poorly developed leadership skills.
When you long for a cartoonist as your president, you know things have gotten pretty bad. It's sadly ironic that Mr. Bush's failure as a businessman mirrors his > strategy failures in fighting terrorism. Immature leaders pretend > they know what they're doing and conceal their errors with action - > trying to convince everyone that it's motion. Which is the existing > Iraq-centric policy on terrorism: lots of action, no motion. Very good point. Create the illusion of succiess via the obfuscation of progress. Hey, that could be a campaign slogan. Mature leaders know that errors are inevitable, can't be avoided, and > should be faced and sped away from as fast as possible. They put > metrics in place to quickly flag mistakes, admit the errors, dump > them, and change course. There are two situations where people simply refuse to acknowledge the "facts" as their senses perceive them, and instead choose to believe what they want. One situation involves a higher power, and is called "faith", the other situation involves practical decisions and is called "voluntary ignorance". I wonder if some Bush supporters are confusing the latter for the former. It's taken Mr. Bush years to admit any errors, and he's certainly > nowhere close to changing his strategy. What a shame. Admitting errors means nothing if it is not paired with a genuine desire or means to correct them. It's like the old religious question: Is it true that God forgives all sins? Yes, but only if you are truly sorry and work to reconcile with the wronged. "That ball is going ... going ... and like America's credibility on > the world stage ... it's gone!" > > -- Minor league baseball announcer on the May 21, 2006 episode of The > Simpsons Was that the episode with the little scamp singing the national anthem, then breaking into a bikini half way through to sing her next hit? That was dayum amusing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207314 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
