tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32606895.post5762367987368431052..comments2023-04-25T15:24:12.070+02:00Comments on Jamison Inc: A crack in the shell and it all just fell apart...Jamison Penderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368794251920805092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32606895.post-19779047427726160232008-01-01T03:31:00.000+01:002008-01-01T03:31:00.000+01:00Insightful writing. Nice. There is more confusion ...Insightful writing. Nice. There is more confusion in truth is greater than the frustration of lies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32606895.post-43118510238273778592007-12-16T10:53:00.000+01:002007-12-16T10:53:00.000+01:00Glad you like my pic enough to put it up James :) ...Glad you like my pic enough to put it up James :) <BR/><BR/>Although I took it in Redfern waay back just after the 2001 election...long since painted over now. <BR/><BR/>I too have pondered for years about Howard's ability was to play on the nation's baser unconscious instincts...appeal to people's greed/prejudice/fear and then cleverly inflate them. <BR/><BR/>Strange how the man who so professed to love his Party til his dying day has left it in such a wreck...zhukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16009918222220013405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32606895.post-61587462070673452002007-12-10T00:22:00.000+01:002007-12-10T00:22:00.000+01:00I totally thought about using rocket surgeon, but ...I totally thought about using rocket surgeon, but I thought it might have made the post too 12th man heavy!James Penderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317439765348688231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32606895.post-35111044408542613532007-12-09T04:04:00.000+01:002007-12-09T04:04:00.000+01:00once again, off the topic in true andrew-style. lo...once again, off the topic in true andrew-style. love how richie benaud and the 12th man are impervious to any piece of your work: "we work as a team and we do it my way..." <BR/><BR/>couldn't help but to think that perhaps it shouldn't have taken a "rocket surgeon" to see how much Howard's obstinate iron grip of the party... whatever, that's just being pedantic. love your work!andrew_nm_yonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08211152572322217484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32606895.post-11148350636108964332007-12-04T20:33:00.000+01:002007-12-04T20:33:00.000+01:00It's awesome how so little time after the new PM i...It's awesome how so little time after the new PM is elected, Kyoto is signed and you're out of Iraq! :D Way to go Oz!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32606895.post-10439198221286744072007-12-04T19:24:00.000+01:002007-12-04T19:24:00.000+01:00I liked your blog entry about the election. The po...I liked your blog entry about the election. The point about apathy and offending the least number of people is exactly right. Leadership isn't not offending people and getting re-elected, it's about explaining and convincing people why this is the right thing to do, even if it isn't popular. Democracy will ultimately sort out whether or not people agree. The two get confused sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Leadership should be visionary and aspirational. Leaders should give us a sense of who we want to be as a nation and how we want to be seen in the world. The small issues will always be dealt with.<BR/><BR/>West Wing: "I think ambition is good. I think overreaching is good. I think giving people a vision of government that's more than Social Security checks and debt reduction is good. I think government should be optimistic." Sam goes on later "In 1940, our armed forces weren't among the 12 most formidable in the world, but obviously we were gonna fight a big war. And Roosevelt said the U.S. would produce 50,000 planes in the next four years. Everyone thought it was a joke, and it was. 'Cause it turned out we produced 100,000 planes."<BR/><BR/>Not in the same realm, but I remember the unenployment rate was 9-11% in the early 90s, and people joking aobut how incredible it would be if we could get our unemployment rate to below 5% like in the US. Everyone thought it was ridiculous. Last week it was 4.3%. Not quite the same but can't think of a better example at the moment...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com