Wrong Response, Too Late ..... Story Of The Last 70 Years?

   (Commentary posted by Roger Erickson.)




Vietnam War




Iraq


Is this our story of the last 70 years?
Too little feedback is gathered - or listened to - too late,
.. so what little we hear is mis-analyzed, too late, by too few Central Planners,
.... so our policy acts are too late, and mal-adaptive?

So what do WE the people DO about this state of the disunion?

Not enough voters are hearing that question, often enough.

Why is it so difficult to listen equally to all of us ..... all of the time?

We've trained most intelligent people to pursue small personal gains from systemic inefficiencies ... instead of just fixing them and benefitting indirectly from the awesome returns on coordination.

That is NOT how social species thrive. What we're doing now is a historical aberration. I sincerely hope we survive our present selves. Why even bother putting ourselves through this?

Iraq crisis: John Kerry's search for moderates is five years late (hat tip Chuck Spinney)

The US Secretary of State talks of 'pushing back' against Isis – but who will do this pushing? 

[Just the MICC? And more business as usual?]

Maybe This Electorate Has Finally Had Enough?

   (Commentary posted by Roger Erickson)

POLL SHOWS VOTERS SAY TO STOP PROTECTING THE LAW BREAKERS ON WALL STREET & START POLICING THEM

The following line was especially encouraging:

David Brat: “The crooks up on Wall Street and some of the big banks — I'm pro-business, I'm just talking about the crooks — they didn't go to jail, they are on Eric [Cantor]'s Rolodex."

Of course, the Wall St Journal took Cantor's side, big time.

"A great deal of time and money is about to be spent trying to prove Mr. Cantor's primary loss in Virginia's Seventh district had nothing to do with immigration."

(Curiously, from the WSJ, no mention at all of sheltering financial frauds, nor Cantor's links to that track record.)

And the main lesson Peggy Noonan draws from voters rejecting Cantor?

"Some lessons of the loss: No one should be in party leadership who isn't from a very safe seat."
No wonder our democracy is so screwed up. Too many consultants preaching methods for these 2 gangs to maintain control, instead of listening to consensus views on national, Desired Outcomes, and then earning their paychecks by helping to figure out how to help our electorate achieve it's desires.

Only question? When are Californian's gonna wise up & dump Nancy Peolosi too? How about some pols who weren't born with silver spoons conveniently placed in their nether regions?

You want a political representative who understands and cares about your needs? Try voting for one who ISN'T a millionaire.