Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The disproportional response
What's the virtue of the proportional response?
I'm sorry?
What is the virtue of a proportional response? Why's it good? They hit an airplane, so we hit a transmitter, right? That's a proportional response. They hit a barracks, so we hit two transmitters.
Yes, that's roughly it, sir.
This is what we do. I mean, this is what we do.
Yes sir, it's what we do. It's what we've always done.
Well, if it's what we do, if it's what we've always done, don't they know we're going to do it? I ask again, what is the virtue of a Proportional Response?
It isn't virtuous, Mr. President. It's all there is, sir.
It is not all there is.
Just what else is there?
The disproportional response. Let the word ring forth, from this time and this place, gentlemen, you kill an American, any American, we don't come back with a proportional response. We come back with total disaster!
Are you suggesting that we carpet-bomb Damascus?
I am suggesting, General, that you, and Admiral Fitzwallace, and Secretary Hutchinson, and the rest of the National Security Team take the next sixty minutes and put together an American response scenario that doesn't make me think we're just docking somebody's damn allowance!
I'm sorry?
What is the virtue of a proportional response? Why's it good? They hit an airplane, so we hit a transmitter, right? That's a proportional response. They hit a barracks, so we hit two transmitters.
Yes, that's roughly it, sir.
This is what we do. I mean, this is what we do.
Yes sir, it's what we do. It's what we've always done.
Well, if it's what we do, if it's what we've always done, don't they know we're going to do it? I ask again, what is the virtue of a Proportional Response?
It isn't virtuous, Mr. President. It's all there is, sir.
It is not all there is.
Just what else is there?
The disproportional response. Let the word ring forth, from this time and this place, gentlemen, you kill an American, any American, we don't come back with a proportional response. We come back with total disaster!
Are you suggesting that we carpet-bomb Damascus?
I am suggesting, General, that you, and Admiral Fitzwallace, and Secretary Hutchinson, and the rest of the National Security Team take the next sixty minutes and put together an American response scenario that doesn't make me think we're just docking somebody's damn allowance!
They forgot to mention poor.
Monday, April 27, 2009
c0mmunicate
Here is a problem. You want to tell and if possible, convince, someone that he/she has the wrong idea about something you did or are doing; but they will not even give you a chance to explain yourself, let alone make your case.
What can you do?
One option is to get a respected independent third party to make your point on your behalf. This third party has to be genuinely independent, or at least, perceived to be.
Here is another problem.
The very fact that this third party's appearance is being made with the request of you, the person wanting to make his case (otherwise, how would the third party knows about it), is enough to make the other party to write the third party off: the third party is perceived to be on your side. And no amount of "I am not on anyone's side" can alleviate this perception.
When that happens, you can wind up not only failing to get your message of the moment through, but also damaging the third party's standing (and perhaps credibility) with the intended audience.
This dynamic has been present in a rate that is far too frequent in our day-to-day living. The only way to repair broken communication is to establish communication. If you don't think it is worth your personal effort, then don't ask other people to do it. It is uncomfortable for all parties involved (except for you, maybe) and it often does not solve any problem - rather, making it worse.
Or maybe trust cannot be built over night, but can be crushed in one second.
What can you do?
One option is to get a respected independent third party to make your point on your behalf. This third party has to be genuinely independent, or at least, perceived to be.
Here is another problem.
The very fact that this third party's appearance is being made with the request of you, the person wanting to make his case (otherwise, how would the third party knows about it), is enough to make the other party to write the third party off: the third party is perceived to be on your side. And no amount of "I am not on anyone's side" can alleviate this perception.
When that happens, you can wind up not only failing to get your message of the moment through, but also damaging the third party's standing (and perhaps credibility) with the intended audience.
This dynamic has been present in a rate that is far too frequent in our day-to-day living. The only way to repair broken communication is to establish communication. If you don't think it is worth your personal effort, then don't ask other people to do it. It is uncomfortable for all parties involved (except for you, maybe) and it often does not solve any problem - rather, making it worse.
Or maybe trust cannot be built over night, but can be crushed in one second.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
We like to surprise you!!!
Fabia Cerra.
Does the name ring a bell?
[Cue to google it if you havent heard of it]
Reality TV is OVERLY dramatised. I wonder if BGT is rated PG.
Kid: "mummy, why are the britain flags following the lady?"
Mum: "errrr... she is very nationalistic"
No doubt having a stripper in the show is another one of Simon's attention-seeking ploy. I gotta say that the guy is good with all of these controversies.
Susan Boyle fits the stereotype of "dont judge a book by its cover" - you will never know what its content is going to be.
Shaheen Jafargholi has to sing the wrong song before he wow-ed the audience with Who's Lovin' You by Michael Jackson.
The Good Evans has to go through together as a family - despite having a single star in the family. Elliot's voice can probably rival Shaheen's.
Nonetheless, its OVERLY dramatised.
[And Simon can make money. He really can.]
Does the name ring a bell?
[Cue to google it if you havent heard of it]
Reality TV is OVERLY dramatised. I wonder if BGT is rated PG.
Kid: "mummy, why are the britain flags following the lady?"
Mum: "errrr... she is very nationalistic"
No doubt having a stripper in the show is another one of Simon's attention-seeking ploy. I gotta say that the guy is good with all of these controversies.
Susan Boyle fits the stereotype of "dont judge a book by its cover" - you will never know what its content is going to be.
Shaheen Jafargholi has to sing the wrong song before he wow-ed the audience with Who's Lovin' You by Michael Jackson.
The Good Evans has to go through together as a family - despite having a single star in the family. Elliot's voice can probably rival Shaheen's.
Nonetheless, its OVERLY dramatised.
[And Simon can make money. He really can.]
Thursday, April 23, 2009
give me back my fantasies
the courage that I need to live
the air that I breathe
carino mio, my world becomes so empty
my days are so cold and lonely
and each night I taste
the purest of pain.
Son By Four - Purest Of Pain
the courage that I need to live
the air that I breathe
carino mio, my world becomes so empty
my days are so cold and lonely
and each night I taste
the purest of pain.
Son By Four - Purest Of Pain
Shaheen Jafargholi
Shaheen Jafargholi - 12 Year Old Singer - Britains Got Talent 20 - Watch more Funny Videos
OK, I get the the link is not working. Just google Shaheen Jafargholi and get a youtube version, which does not seem to have the embed function allowed. It is really good. You would love it.
I love Shaheen's dimples.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
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