Let's also see how it deals with his gem:
Are you concerned about the spread of the fire?
All those not concerned about the spread of killer wildfires being?
Superb reporting and editorial. Just superb.
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Showing posts with label STABO. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
O....k
Is it just me, or does this headline kinda state the obvious?
I am also intrigued that, in porting this over, blogger has imported a typeface for the first time.
Let's also see how it deals with his gem:
Are you concerned about the spread of the fire?
All those not concerned about the spread of killer wildfires being?
Superb reporting and editorial. Just superb.
Let's also see how it deals with his gem:
Are you concerned about the spread of the fire?
All those not concerned about the spread of killer wildfires being?
Superb reporting and editorial. Just superb.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Blowing (budgets) in the wind
Hot on the heels of the piece on targets, I have to share this: Ministry of the flaming obvious
That's MOTFO. Of course I have long had my own acronym, STABO (Statin' The Absolute Bleedin' Obvious) for such institutional , fiscally squandering insanity, and feel it needs to be 'evolved with an additional prefix, GE, for 'Generating Empires'.
Seems appropriate, somehow. What was the forte of the guy in charge of a similarly-named, well-staffed, thought-control outfit a while ago?
Sample - In a total of 32 pages it rams home the astonishing message that winter can be a little on the chilly side.
Or... 'There is no social problem so pressing that it cannot be solved by a statement of the bleeding obvious delivered in a patronising tone.' Which requires a lot of money for people to come up with it, and even more to disseminate it. And who pays?
Now, I can send and invitation to the author to join our club, because he's arrived at this: 'What this suggests to me is that modern government is no longer interested in getting things done. What is much more important is giving the impression of activity.'
That's MOTFO. Of course I have long had my own acronym, STABO (Statin' The Absolute Bleedin' Obvious) for such institutional , fiscally squandering insanity, and feel it needs to be 'evolved with an additional prefix, GE, for 'Generating Empires'.
Seems appropriate, somehow. What was the forte of the guy in charge of a similarly-named, well-staffed, thought-control outfit a while ago?
Sample - In a total of 32 pages it rams home the astonishing message that winter can be a little on the chilly side.
Or... 'There is no social problem so pressing that it cannot be solved by a statement of the bleeding obvious delivered in a patronising tone.' Which requires a lot of money for people to come up with it, and even more to disseminate it. And who pays?
Now, I can send and invitation to the author to join our club, because he's arrived at this: 'What this suggests to me is that modern government is no longer interested in getting things done. What is much more important is giving the impression of activity.'
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
STABO £
Still smarting from being banned by the Beeb, I have decided to pick on someone my own si... er... someone else: Recycle Now Urges Holiday Makers to Get on-Board and Recycle their Brochures
Recycle Now the national recycling campaign for England, is issuing a reminder urging all holidaymakers to recycle their used holiday brochures instead of binning them and sending them to landfill.
Now, while it is a perfectly fine and logical message, if (as is claimed by the same mob) we are a nation of recyclers now, why on earth would I not pop my holiday brochure in my paper kerbside RE:box along with all the rest? Do I really need to be told this?
This just smacks of Statin' The Absolute Bleedin' Obvious and blowing a wadge of wonga in the process that could be better applied elsewhere.
Recycle Now the national recycling campaign for England, is issuing a reminder urging all holidaymakers to recycle their used holiday brochures instead of binning them and sending them to landfill.
Now, while it is a perfectly fine and logical message, if (as is claimed by the same mob) we are a nation of recyclers now, why on earth would I not pop my holiday brochure in my paper kerbside RE:box along with all the rest? Do I really need to be told this?
This just smacks of Statin' The Absolute Bleedin' Obvious and blowing a wadge of wonga in the process that could be better applied elsewhere.
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