Re: [CTRL] Fw: New Thinking: Milosevic And Clinton
-Caveat Lector- Oh, dear! The forward of Gerry McGovern's comments on Clinton and Milosevic represents some of the most shallow analysis imaginable. Clinton would not last two more weeks if the 4 Big Networks turned on him. His gosh!gee! Tom Sawyer persona helps and caters to the mush-brain mindset that passes for compassion in modern America. There is no give and take between Puppet Clinton and the American public. Clinton's bosses and sponsors TELL us there is. They dish up their phony public opinin polls, phony exit polls, and riggabble computerized vote counts on election night, and tell us what "we think." As long as America and our leaders continue to accept these three bogus techniques, without even questioning how any one of them achieve the "results" they achieve, -- we are in for a rough ride. Jim Condit Jr. > -Original Message- > From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of CobolMage > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 9:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CTRL] Fw: New Thinking: Milosevic And Clinton > > > -Caveat Lector- > > > NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING > Free weekly email contributing to a philosophy for The Digital Age > By Gerry McGovern Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nua.ie > > June 14th 1999 Published By: Nua Limited Volume 4 Number 24 > > > MILOSEVIC AND CLINTON > > What's the difference between Slobodan Milosevic and Bill Clinton? > (There are many.) One has a knack of calling his defeat a victory, > the other keeps pulling victory out of impending defeat. Why? A > central reason is that Bill Clinton is a child of the Information > Age, whereas Slobodan Milosevic's persona belongs way back in the > Industrial Age. > > Bill Clinton has continuously overcome obstacles by engaging in a > two-way conversation with the American people. He listens. He is > always reaching out to his constituency, asking them how things > are going, what they think about this and that? Bill Clinton > doesn't 'rule'. He manages by consensus. And no matter how great > his personal failings may be, the American people respond to him > because he responds to them. > > Slobodan Milosevic rules with an iron fist. Unfortunately for him, > iron fist thinking belongs back in the Iron Age. He is a dictator, > pursuing xenophobic nationalist policies, and his cruelty is only > matched by his untrustworthiness. > > Milosevic has a total lack of understanding of the key principles > that underpin the Information Age. He still believes that power > is maintained by hoarding information, whereas, in fact, today > you get and keep power by spreading information around as quickly > and efficiently as possible. You can't keep the public (your > workers or consumers) in the dark today; they simply won't > accept it. > > Milosevic is rarely seen in public. He hardly ever talks to his > people, let alone listens to them. Serbia has little hope of > participating in a productive manner in the Information Age, > with that sort of archaic system and thinking. Because to > survive, Information Age societies, economies and companies > must be open and must embrace and share information. > > The consumer in the Information Society takes it for granted that > the information they require will be available to them. If they > come to you and you refuse or are unable to supply them with the > information they require, then as I heard someone state, 'your > competition is only one click away. Not giving a consumer the > information they require today is like refusing to give them > your telephone number ten years ago. > > In fact, the information game has moved on to a whole other > level. The free flow of information has for many become a flood. > Providing a quality flow of information merely gets you into the > game today. You may think your information is valuable but what's > really valuable is a consumer's time. A key challenge is thus > getting the consumer to spend time digesting your information. > > Understanding a consumer and developing a relationship with > them allows you to know how they spend their time and money. > You get to know what their specific information needs are, > thus allowing you to customise your information (and product) > to their needs. > > Whatever you might personally think of Bill Clinton, he is > unquestionably a pioneer of the Information Ag
Re: [CTRL] Fw: New Thinking: Milosevic And Clinton
-Caveat Lector- -- >From: > > NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING > Free weekly email contributing to a philosophy for The Digital Age > By Gerry McGovern Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nua.ie > > June 14th 1999 Published By: Nua Limited Volume 4 Number 24 > > > MILOSEVIC AND CLINTON > > Bill Clinton has continuously overcome obstacles by engaging in a > two-way conversation with the American people. He listens. He is > always reaching out to his constituency, asking them how things > are going, what they think about this and that? Bill Clinton > doesn't 'rule'. He manages by consensus. And no matter how great > his personal failings may be, the American people respond to him > because he responds to them. > What about all the executive orders? He doesn't even listen to Congress much less the American people. > Slobodan Milosevic rules with an iron fist. Unfortunately for him, > iron fist thinking belongs back in the Iron Age. He is a dictator, > pursuing xenophobic nationalist policies, and his cruelty is only > matched by his untrustworthiness. > What about Waco? That sure looked like an iron fist. And how many bombs did Clinton drop on Yugoslavia (or Sudan)? Clinton trustworthy? > Milosevic has a total lack of understanding of the key principles > that underpin the Information Age. He still believes that power > is maintained by hoarding information, whereas, in fact, today > you get and keep power by spreading information around as quickly > and efficiently as possible. You can't keep the public (your > workers or consumers) in the dark today; they simply won't > accept it. > You get and keep power by spreading disinformation and getting away with it. Clinton is an expert. > Milosevic is rarely seen in public. He hardly ever talks to his > people, let alone listens to them. Serbia has little hope of > participating in a productive manner in the Information Age, > with that sort of archaic system and thinking. Because to > survive, Information Age societies, economies and companies > must be open and must embrace and share information. > Milosevic was interviewed in English on American TV. Milosevic's wife has her own tv show. Has he never been on it? I doubt that. > The consumer in the Information Society takes it for granted that > the information they require will be available to them. If they > come to you and you refuse or are unable to supply them with the > information they require, then as I heard someone state, 'your > competition is only one click away. Not giving a consumer the > information they require today is like refusing to give them > your telephone number ten years ago. > > In fact, the information game has moved on to a whole other > level. The free flow of information has for many become a flood. > Providing a quality flow of information merely gets you into the > game today. You may think your information is valuable but what's > really valuable is a consumer's time. A key challenge is thus > getting the consumer to spend time digesting your information. > > Understanding a consumer and developing a relationship with > them allows you to know how they spend their time and money. > You get to know what their specific information needs are, > thus allowing you to customise your information (and product) > to their needs. > And, if you do a good job at the above you can really brainwash them. > Whatever you might personally think of Bill Clinton, he is > unquestionably a pioneer of the Information Age. He knows that > you succeed today by communicating, listening and creating > consensus. (19 NATO countries staying unified was no small > achievement.) I, for one, infinitely prefer a world managed by > Bill Clinton than one ruled by the likes of Slobodan Milosevic. > > Gerry McGovern > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > What natural resources does Kosovo have? How is the KLA financed? If you don't know the answers to these questions and think that you understand the situation, you have been successfully propagandized. Howard Davis DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. =
[CTRL] Fw: New Thinking: Milosevic And Clinton
-Caveat Lector- NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING NEW THINKING Free weekly email contributing to a philosophy for The Digital Age By Gerry McGovern Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nua.ie June 14th 1999 Published By: Nua Limited Volume 4 Number 24 MILOSEVIC AND CLINTON What's the difference between Slobodan Milosevic and Bill Clinton? (There are many.) One has a knack of calling his defeat a victory, the other keeps pulling victory out of impending defeat. Why? A central reason is that Bill Clinton is a child of the Information Age, whereas Slobodan Milosevic's persona belongs way back in the Industrial Age. Bill Clinton has continuously overcome obstacles by engaging in a two-way conversation with the American people. He listens. He is always reaching out to his constituency, asking them how things are going, what they think about this and that? Bill Clinton doesn't 'rule'. He manages by consensus. And no matter how great his personal failings may be, the American people respond to him because he responds to them. Slobodan Milosevic rules with an iron fist. Unfortunately for him, iron fist thinking belongs back in the Iron Age. He is a dictator, pursuing xenophobic nationalist policies, and his cruelty is only matched by his untrustworthiness. Milosevic has a total lack of understanding of the key principles that underpin the Information Age. He still believes that power is maintained by hoarding information, whereas, in fact, today you get and keep power by spreading information around as quickly and efficiently as possible. You can't keep the public (your workers or consumers) in the dark today; they simply won't accept it. Milosevic is rarely seen in public. He hardly ever talks to his people, let alone listens to them. Serbia has little hope of participating in a productive manner in the Information Age, with that sort of archaic system and thinking. Because to survive, Information Age societies, economies and companies must be open and must embrace and share information. The consumer in the Information Society takes it for granted that the information they require will be available to them. If they come to you and you refuse or are unable to supply them with the information they require, then as I heard someone state, 'your competition is only one click away. Not giving a consumer the information they require today is like refusing to give them your telephone number ten years ago. In fact, the information game has moved on to a whole other level. The free flow of information has for many become a flood. Providing a quality flow of information merely gets you into the game today. You may think your information is valuable but what's really valuable is a consumer's time. A key challenge is thus getting the consumer to spend time digesting your information. Understanding a consumer and developing a relationship with them allows you to know how they spend their time and money. You get to know what their specific information needs are, thus allowing you to customise your information (and product) to their needs. Whatever you might personally think of Bill Clinton, he is unquestionably a pioneer of the Information Age. He knows that you succeed today by communicating, listening and creating consensus. (19 NATO countries staying unified was no small achievement.) I, for one, infinitely prefer a world managed by Bill Clinton than one ruled by the likes of Slobodan Milosevic. Gerry McGovern mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have enjoyed New Thinking, please consider telling somebody else about it. For New thinking archives, please go to: http://www.nua.ie/newthinking/archives/index.html MAKING FREE INFORMATION PAY At Nua we've built our company on the principle of 'making free information pay.' We hope you have enjoyed our newsletters and that you find them useful. We think it's great that we reach 150,000 of you every week and that our subscriber base continues to grow. Could you do us a favour? If you like our newsletters and if they have indeed been useful to you, could you tell us about it? Could you write to us in a paragraph or two and tell us what you like about Nua and/or our newsletters. (Could you also please send some brief biographical information on yourself?) We'd like to use such quotes on our website and in marketing and advertising material, so please specify if for whatever reason you do not wish us to use your quote in this way. Please send your quotes to: Oriana Lo Iacono mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] **
