tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post2884642886297378881..comments2023-10-30T08:58:17.723+00:00Comments on Simplicity: Time for REAL ChangeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-35402614944225651482009-05-23T22:54:42.606+01:002009-05-23T22:54:42.606+01:00Like it Dan - We British are always at our best wh...Like it Dan - We British are always at our best when the back is against the wall.Trevor Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148705981847576706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-5169406595986075262009-05-23T22:48:05.497+01:002009-05-23T22:48:05.497+01:00"All movement occurs as it is being inhibited." --..."All movement occurs as it is being inhibited." -- Humberto Maturana, Biologist.Dan Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558728437011171686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-28719437534591631622009-05-23T22:26:39.076+01:002009-05-23T22:26:39.076+01:00Dan – Thanks for your excellent comments as always...Dan – Thanks for your excellent comments as always. <br /><br />I am hoping upon hope that the latest deepening scandal here in the UK will mean a root and branch change in politics. <br /><br />The current crop of over 600 MP’s are tarnished with the abuse of expenses.<br /><br />The party political system is in a shambolic mess because we, the voters, have no idea which party is credible any more – they have all had their snouts in the trough. <br /><br />I am however an eternal optimist and I still believe the great British public will rise above this crisis in spite of political leadership rather than because of it.Trevor Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148705981847576706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-79206212273443813452009-05-23T22:17:10.474+01:002009-05-23T22:17:10.474+01:00Trevor,
I agree with you, but far too many a pers...Trevor,<br /><br />I agree with you, but far too many a person with real integrity fear running for public office because they fear "guilt by association." The ones that do campaign and get elected cry out for truth, justice, integrity, etc., but end up adopting the very ways they swore to fight and abolish.<br /><br />Perhaps if a person is consistently surrounded by corruption, they participate in out for reasons of expediency at first, and eventually come to embrace it out of familiarity.<br /><br />Like you, however, I wish we could figure out how to break the vicious cycle once and for all.Dan Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558728437011171686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-59150667909146166242009-05-23T22:11:04.210+01:002009-05-23T22:11:04.210+01:00Sadly, most people have to hurt in order to change...Sadly, most people have to hurt in order to change. In the case of politics, the ones who usually end up getting hurt the worst are not the ones in office, rather they are the ones who cast the votes in trust and hope but got burned.<br /><br />For the voters (people) that change comes in the form of electing someone different and all too frequently getting the same results.Dan Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558728437011171686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-42795397392027525502009-05-23T22:08:23.769+01:002009-05-23T22:08:23.769+01:00Hi Steve - Nothing wrong with being a realist whic...Hi Steve - Nothing wrong with being a realist which is probably what you are rather than cynical.<br /><br />I would love to see some people standing for honesty, integrity, ethical and simplicity. <br /><br />I think the apathy of voters could be overcome if we had such people running our governments both national and local.Trevor Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148705981847576706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-32595967903898687942009-05-23T22:04:18.099+01:002009-05-23T22:04:18.099+01:00"We have a real opportunity to see radical change ..."We have a real opportunity to see radical change – the emergence of new politicians who are motivated for the right reasons."<br /><br />it should be trevor but in my humble opinion the more things change the more they stay the same; politics, politicians, government workers: nothing changes partially because even if someone wants to make change they find that what exists is good for them too and they won't get accepted by their peers. chicago has a very healthy attitude. the people don't care how much money the mayor's family makes from certain businesses (i.e. monoploy on van service from airport) as long as he does right by the city....which he has done. i don't think i'm cynical...just realistic. and, we can't change anyone else, only ourselves.<br />take care.<br />steveStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-58325212959102801602009-05-23T01:13:29.090+01:002009-05-23T01:13:29.090+01:00It all makes it more and more tempting to try and ...It all makes it more and more tempting to try and get on the show "Survivor" ... and never return. At least if the contestants were stranded there permanently, they could resort to cannibalism when someone betrays the group's trust.<br /><br />Problem solved. Would give all new meaning to the term "job 'well done'" at the banquet when someone got "fired."Dan Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558728437011171686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-33963860561466130282009-05-23T01:02:44.664+01:002009-05-23T01:02:44.664+01:00Thanks Dan – there is an old saying that ‘we get t...Thanks Dan – there is an old saying that ‘we get the politicians we deserve’ so I guess apathy has probably brought all this about to some degree. <br /><br />Whatever the reasons I sense a new feeling in Britain among the people I speak to make these people accountable. <br /><br />The media is to be applauded wholeheartedly for exposing the reality of what our ‘masters’ are doing with public money. <br /><br />What irritates me most is how these sanctimonious people are the every same people who have the nerve to criticise unemployed people for abusing benefits systems. <br /><br />It would be laughable if it were not so serious.Trevor Gayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148705981847576706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9533912.post-16084110790302002892009-05-23T00:39:40.144+01:002009-05-23T00:39:40.144+01:00Trevor,
Political greed, corruption, and abuse of...Trevor,<br /><br />Political greed, corruption, and abuse of power and position seem to be all too universal. But I do hope the media, et al, press hard to reveal the facts and details.<br /><br />People can make jokes and remarks about the "court of public opinion," but guess what? It was that public's votes that put them in office, so they SHOULD INDEED be accountable to the court of public opinion.<br /><br />If not now, just let a few honest, credible people get their names on the ballot come election time.<br /><br />The "jury" will return its "verdict" and a few of the defendants will probably be shocked when they are read the verdict of "You're out of office... go home and make a mess of your own life... you're not taking a whole country with you."Dan Gunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558728437011171686noreply@blogger.com