On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Judah wrote: >> 1.) Speaking in front of a teleprompter is the most important skill >> for a leader. > > Good point. It is important to be able to communicate clearly with the > public in times of crisis when you need to bring them together, calm markets > and unite them in positive action.
Uh-huh, like saying there were 10,000 dead in a tornado in Kansas: http://thinkinboutstuff.com/thinkinboutstuff/nfblog/2008/05/19/interesting-post/ He didn't even seem upset about it. This is the guy you want speaking into the microphone during a crisis? >> 2.) The rest of the world likes Obama. > Also a fine point. It would certainly help us to have the rest of the world > in our corner when dealing with complex interdependent systems that require > coordination between multiple governments in order to stabilize global > situations. The funniest thing happened in Europe over the last few years. Most of the people that opposed US policy were tossed out of office, and in their place, the citizens of various European governments elected people who were much stronger supporters of US policy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
