tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355904823307221057.post6201595408849512481..comments2009-08-19T20:34:35.451-07:00Comments on ILC Yalies: I Can Not Believe People Do This For a LivingYohanna Pepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06620641205664848963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355904823307221057.post-35598359513865912062009-08-01T14:11:51.665-07:002009-08-01T14:11:51.665-07:00Matt,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas ...Matt,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas about public briefings. I don't know much about this kind of thing so it is quite interesting to hear what you are getting from all of your lectures! I'm looking forward to sitting in on another session on Monday.<br /><br />I wish you guys luck in finishing up your projects. I am sure you will do great and I hope to meetup with you after you've turned them in tomorrow if you have time. I know you guys have been completely swamped with work.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Ms. LarsonSarah Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392873599587900926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355904823307221057.post-1239557617247667652009-07-31T03:14:20.660-07:002009-07-31T03:14:20.660-07:00Matt,
Here’s a suggestion for answering that ques...Matt,<br /><br />Here’s a suggestion for answering that question you asked about why the people of India are still starving: How much of India’s resources are spent developing a nuclear arsenal and the means to deliver their nuclear weapons to Pakistan that might otherwise be used to develop and feed their own people?<br /><br />Just a few days ago India launched their very first nuclear submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles. India has only one perennial enemy so it was no secret that they had spent billions of dollars on this weapons delivery system, on top of developing nuclear missiles on top of developing nuclear weapons—all the while their people have been starving and living in poverty.<br /><br />That story you referenced about uninformed briefers helping to set national policy sounds an awful lot like what we’ve seen out of the White House in recent years so it’s a pretty believable story.<br /><br />I have to disagree with your analysis about “natural human skills” helping to prevent us from blowing ourselves up yet. Take a look at many of the decisions made post 9/11 and tell me again that we’re in better shape than we were before. Congress authorized a war against Iraq based on unreliable data and a briefing made by people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Of course, they were pushed along by ideologues with their own agendas. The fact that we’re still here is almost a miracle but the future of the United States and the direction the world is heading in has been seriously compromised because of a rush to judgment and the use of policy briefers who were ill informed.<br /><br />Sometimes we set arbitrary timetables and we make decisions using those timetables. What we need to do as we approach our self-set deadlines is whether we have all of the information we need to proceed or whether we should adjust our timetable. THAT’s what makes a good leader, Matt. A good leader is someone who knows when to put on the brakes and wait until he’s sure.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com