“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” – Howard Aiken “Life is moderately good play with a badly written third act.” – Truman Capote “He who
Month: September 2009
You Could have Heard a Pin Drop – Part 2
When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying, “Over the years, the
O’bama the Clown
O’bama is the sanctimonious clown (or perhaps a mouse) with a messianic complex. O’bama believes in a fantasy-land where everyone loves their neighbor and they share and share alike, and no hitting. He actually believes that the countries of the
An Economist’s View of Healthcare
A great article from Greg Mankiw in the New York Times… few key extracts: “One thing I did not consider was the price. Like most consumers of health care, I was insulated from economic concerns. I knew that the insurance company
Missing the Old Days…
This one is from my buddy, Slick…
You Could have Heard a Pin Drop – Part 1
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 1960’s when French President Charles DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded, “does
Great Adages
Amara’s law — “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. Gall’s law — “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
Newspaper Editor
Here are a few articles that could have used an alert editor:
Does Stupidity Come Naturally?
I recently became aware of the modern adage known as Halon’s Razor (a contemporary variation of Occam’s Razor): “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Perhaps this explains much of what’s happening in the O’bama
O’bama’s Oratorical Skills
Some great observations from Northern Ohio… talking about O’bama: We don’t trust anything he says, because it has been demonstrated on issues from war to health care that he does not say what he means, or mean what he says.