tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464582217095046042.post1581327484397713245..comments2023-10-28T12:17:29.118+01:00Comments on Gullibility: Barak Obama : The Promise of ChangeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09463141694556030954noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464582217095046042.post-4550289871050069382008-06-08T22:36:00.000+01:002008-06-08T22:36:00.000+01:00I guess it is now time for some substance to appea...I guess it is now time for some substance to appear in this American election. Is anyone else worried about the outcome??Scott D. McArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980531291819829082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464582217095046042.post-90394613269507730832008-06-06T05:28:00.000+01:002008-06-06T05:28:00.000+01:00Absolutley! It is the delay between cause and eff...Absolutley! It is the delay between cause and effect inherent in any system that people frequently ignore.<BR/><BR/>Another feature of social behaviour is...to paraphrase Bloomfield & Vurdubakis...the way in which big ideas tend to erase the traces of their own construction, they take on a current reality and everyone forgets how they started.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463141694556030954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464582217095046042.post-13920529320111939902008-06-05T21:39:00.000+01:002008-06-05T21:39:00.000+01:00The beauty of ambiguous promises is that it doesn'...The beauty of ambiguous promises is that it doesn't take much to convince others that the promise has been fulfilled. Likewise, when the negative consequences of changing things in the way BO proposes won't be devastating for a decade or two, it will be hard for the laymen to pinpoint the source.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com