tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post8401948558324742193..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: THE WAY IT WORKSJune Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-86537706670875167722012-11-10T19:19:12.511-06:002012-11-10T19:19:12.511-06:00Exactly.Exactly.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-64028045825817198692012-11-10T19:17:18.552-06:002012-11-10T19:17:18.552-06:00What's happening? Godwin's Law is suppose...What's happening? Godwin's Law is supposed to end the thread, and I have two invocations of the law, and the thread goes on. :-)June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-87660030528253777822012-11-10T19:16:45.168-06:002012-11-10T19:16:45.168-06:00"All blow and show, but no bloody go", a..."All blow and show, but no bloody go", as my grandfather used to say about folk of Romney's ilk.Acolyte of Sagannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-15695824251570727922012-11-10T19:13:32.114-06:002012-11-10T19:13:32.114-06:00Ah, but Grandmere, Godwin's doesn't come i...Ah, but Grandmere, Godwin's doesn't come into play when the comparison is a fair one, and since the topic is a power-hungry megalomaniac who demonises large swathes of the population, and drops people as soon as they're of no use to him then it would be intellectually dishonest not to make the comparison.Acolyte of Sagannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-33745333549057000802012-11-10T12:39:12.917-06:002012-11-10T12:39:12.917-06:00Porlock, I've searched and searched, and I fin...Porlock, I've searched and searched, and I find no evidence at all that Romney has class. He's just not a classy guy.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-7547068220949857592012-11-10T12:36:45.058-06:002012-11-10T12:36:45.058-06:00Et tu, Porlock? Godwin's Law once again appli...<i>Et tu</i>, Porlock? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law" rel="nofollow">Godwin's Law</a> once again applies. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-79170348625524425292012-11-10T01:23:57.325-06:002012-11-10T01:23:57.325-06:00Or else, what it really means is that Mitt Romney ...Or else, what it really means is that Mitt Romney doesn't have the class of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who wrote an exemplary and moving statement to be issued if the Normandy landings failed. <br /><br />But somehow no one will be suprised by this conclusion.<br /><br />--Porlock JuniorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-12195367784666856232012-11-10T01:21:10.026-06:002012-11-10T01:21:10.026-06:00I think the reference to people bumped off subordi...I think the reference to people bumped off subordinates who suffered a defeat should have been Hitler, Stalin, and Darth Vader. But at least Vader repented at last.<br /><br />--Porlock JuniorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-12392637636955211612012-11-09T22:26:12.399-06:002012-11-09T22:26:12.399-06:00Erp, I thought the same. Romney and crew feared t...Erp, I thought the same. Romney and crew feared that writing a concession speech might be akin to conceding defeat before the results were in. I still can't believe they were so confident of winning in the face of the polls that showed otherwise and so completely stunned by the defeat.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-4448622375278738352012-11-09T22:15:38.398-06:002012-11-09T22:15:38.398-06:00Well the campaign might have been superstitious. ...Well the campaign might have been superstitious. To write a concession speech would jinx the campaign.<br /><br />Admittedly they do seem to have had plans to cancel all the credit cards if they lost (or perhaps they were planning to cancel them anyway for the little people)Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-70938091167183111252012-11-09T22:11:41.321-06:002012-11-09T22:11:41.321-06:00Renz, the dog on top of the car dogged Romney thro...Renz, the dog on top of the car dogged Romney throughout the entire campaign. You may be more than tongue-in-cheek right. He doesn't think much of the 47% of humans either.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-42281133827569446032012-11-09T22:08:16.969-06:002012-11-09T22:08:16.969-06:00Sarah, I read somewhere, and I can't remember ...Sarah, I read somewhere, and I can't remember where now, that some of Romney's lower-level staff members were frantically calling family for help after the credit cards were cancelled. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-64330034750400689612012-11-09T22:02:21.287-06:002012-11-09T22:02:21.287-06:00Acolyte of Sagan, I don't see Romney taking an...Acolyte of Sagan, I don't see Romney taking any responsibility for his defeat. "The help" failed him. <br /><br />And I see you've brought us to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law" rel="nofollow">Godwin's Law</a>.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-63634345595952201822012-11-09T21:52:02.742-06:002012-11-09T21:52:02.742-06:00JCF, Romney has made more statements that came bac...JCF, Romney has made more statements that came back to bite him than any candidate for president in my memory.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-20074830183848591152012-11-09T21:36:46.180-06:002012-11-09T21:36:46.180-06:00Personally, I don't believe he ever recovered ...Personally, I don't believe he ever recovered from the dog on the car roof revelation. And I'm only being partially tongue-in-cheek. That level of callous behavior was all I needed to know about the man...not an empathetic bone in his body and a tendency to see "lesser beings" a mere objects.RENZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981050766307343246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-51696503432712450792012-11-09T20:46:13.593-06:002012-11-09T20:46:13.593-06:00Stingy is not strong enough. It's actually do...Stingy is not strong enough. It's actually downright irresponsible along with ungrateful - they were only there for work; I'd think getting home would be covered. And you just can't do that to someone at that time of night. What if they didn't have another option? It's appalling.Sarah SSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800966903282350022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-44978296998975499852012-11-09T17:55:00.761-06:002012-11-09T17:55:00.761-06:00That last line should read "figure out how th...That last line should read "figure out how they..."Acolyte of Sagannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-41646932385554752422012-11-09T17:50:44.176-06:002012-11-09T17:50:44.176-06:00"How much soul-searching to consider what Rom..."How much soul-searching to consider what Romney, the candidate, might have done differently will take place?"<br /><br />Probably very little. The impression I get is of a man who will blame his failures on those aroulnd him; in his head he didn't lose the election, his aides did. He's already proven that he will not tolerate failure by dint of his instant cull of those he sees as having failed him - a technique also favoured by both Hitler and Stalin, although with admittedly far more dire consequences for their Generals than just being cut from the payroll - rather than call everybody together for a de-brief and try to figure out they ALL could have done better. <br />Acolyte of Sagannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-48006789114572227912012-11-09T17:40:31.529-06:002012-11-09T17:40:31.529-06:00"I LIKE to fire people who provide me service..."I LIKE to fire people who provide me services!"<br /><br />THAT was their leader---why would they be in for "rude awakenings"? O_oJCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-458089621230591632012-11-09T15:21:43.750-06:002012-11-09T15:21:43.750-06:00Stingy was the word that came to my mind, too, mar...Stingy was the word that came to my mind, too, margaret. Not even a ride home. Well, the workers didn't produce a win for Romney, so it was time to discard them as unproductive. How much soul-searching to consider what Romney, the candidate, might have done differently will take place? He was a disaster. It's still amazing to me that he got as many votes as he did. The election should have been a landslide for Obama. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-67706780600109249992012-11-09T15:15:10.911-06:002012-11-09T15:15:10.911-06:00Just those two incidents are quite revealing of th...Just those two incidents are quite revealing of the character of the two men. I've thought borderline sociopath about Romney. Of course, I'm no mental health expert, but something is not quite right there.<br /><br /><i>...and driving out their fear of reporting unpleasant truths when things go awry.</i><br /><br />You were a wise boss Pfalz prophet. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-34550829933725285242012-11-09T14:33:48.176-06:002012-11-09T14:33:48.176-06:00"Aides taking cabs home late that night got r..."Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked."<br /><br />OMG --I don't call that fiscally conservative.... that's a whole different name which I will politely call stingy. it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-49519798021122663782012-11-09T14:32:06.998-06:002012-11-09T14:32:06.998-06:00Sometime in my nearly five decades in the business...Sometime in my nearly five decades in the business world, I discovered that the executive's principal job is employing people who do their jobs well, eliciting the truth from them on their work, and driving out their fear of reporting unpleasant truths when things go awry. These attributes are not dominant in Gov. Romney, a person too egocentric, even sociopathic, to recognize the value of his supporters. Obama gets emotional thanking his staff; Romney shuts off his staff's credit cards right after he concedes. How characteristic of each of these executives.Pfalz prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465623376468902861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-4857135377154746492012-11-09T14:07:38.668-06:002012-11-09T14:07:38.668-06:00The electorate are not children, but they are, for...The electorate are not children, but they are, for the most part "the help". "The help" stuck it to Romney. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-60714690893042766132012-11-09T13:25:12.988-06:002012-11-09T13:25:12.988-06:00It was The Emperor's New Clothes all over agai...It was The Emperor's New Clothes all over again, except it was the electorate that told the king he was naked whilst his courtiers were telling him what he wanted to hear.Acolyte of Sagannoreply@blogger.com