1. Empathize with your enemy.
2. Rationality will not save us.
3. There's something beyond one's self.
4. Maximize efficiency.
5. Proportionality should be a guideline in war.
6. Get the data.
7. Belief and seeing are both often wrong.
8. Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning.
9. In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil.
10. Never say never.
11. You can't change human nature.
Eleven Lessons I learned from Robert S. McNamara
Monday, July 31, 2006
Posted by Captain Flak Paperpants at 12:52 PM
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If you have not yet seen The Fog Of War, I highly suggest that you do.
is that a movie?
It's an Oscar winning documentary. It's VERY good.
At least it is not the Eleven Lessons I learned from Senator McCarthy
Yes, it would be awful to learn lessons about how to bring peace, prosperity, and budget surpluses to your country. Because, you know, you might have a personal failing and family issues.
Much better to have war, poverty, budget deficits, and a shiny happy home life.
Just because Clinton rode a horse doesn't mean he sired it.
It is a common misconception that the events that happen in America and throughout the world are because of Presidential Policy.
In the case of Baby Bush, yes. He's fucked everything up. I'm a Publican and can admit it.
But Klinton did NOT create the wealth and prosperity we experienced during his presidency... unless he took down Japan's economic power, created the internet boom and told Greenspan to keep lowering interest rates.
All of those lower rates are now hurting the bottom line and we're bound to see them jump back up to pre 1980's levels or 12% and higher.
People will lose houses, businesses and their minds.
And before you thumb your nose, I actually do hold several state and federal lisences to buy and sell securities and give financial advice... and this was predicted as far back as 1997.
It's demographics. Baby boomers will suck the life out of this country with health care costs at YOUR expense because the treasury was too chickenshit under Clinton to keep rates at a stable 5 to 8 percent.
Clinton's fiscal policy was so hands off that greed took over. The working man lost out. Anyone know anyone who got rich off the stock market in the 90's???
That's what I thought...
Hmm, people who had money in the stock market got rich. People still in school or too poor to invest didn't. That is always the case.
Your macroeconomic vodoo doesn't convince me Murshizzle. Every President has social, economic, and political factors they can and can't control. Clinton did well with the ones he could and got lucky with the ones he couldn't. Bush was given a great opportunity to succeed, but has made so many bad decisions, it is crippling us now and in the future.
Personally, I consider myself an Eisenhower Democrat: fiscally conservative, militarily realistic, and socially progressive. Sadly, neither party reflects my personal political philosophy.
But, no one can compare Clinton and McCarthy in my earshot and not hear about it.
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