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.'
Junkk.com promotes fun, reward-based e-practices, sharing oodles of info in objective, balanced ways. But we do have personal opinions, too! Hence this slightly ‘off of site, top of mind' blog by Junkk Male Peter. Hopefully still more ‘concerned mates’ than 'do this... or else' nannies, with critiques seen as constructive or of a more eyebrow-twitching ‘Oh, really?!' variety. Little that’s green can be viewed only in black and white.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
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I believe in freedom of speech. But I also don't like bullies on blogs, even verbal ones, as they can drive away those with something valid to say... or offer.
Subjective is fine, but well argued and substantiated is even better. Calm and polite tops. Anything that crosses my personal line will not go up. There may be reasons given, but not guaranteed.
I'm not too keen on 'Anon' as a handle (and the content usually explains why), so if that's what you opt for it may not make it. Sorry.
And he's absolutely correct in just about everything he says. Government, both nationally and locally, has become all about being seen to be doing something, rather than actually doing something; and, it would seem, the expenditure involved is more excessive than if they had actually done something worthwhile!
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