No our politicians took care of that long ago... -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:13 To: cf-community Subject: Re: Why the reaction of governments to wikileaks should scare the hell out of you
"Gates is not going to concede the US has failed. After all, one guy with a $35 domain name and a keyboard can't make such a great country look like it's run by bumbling idiots." In modern politics, one must save face above everything else. So, that doesn't mean Gates is lying. It just means he saying something that minimizes the damages, regardless of truth. J - Not only have intellectuals been insulated from material consequences, they have often enjoyed immunity from even a loss of reputation after having been demonstrably wrong - Thomas Sowell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332617 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
