All along the watchtower...
Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.
-- Bob Dylan
Thursday, December 17, 2009
OMG! What _is_ the world coming to???
Swedish Diplomat Fired For Smuggling Stockings
A Swedish diplomat allegedly smuggled tights and nylon stockings from Belarus to Russia. NTV television reports he was caught on tape handing over the legwear from the trunk of his car. The tape also showed the car's red diplomatic plates.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
A successful life
"A successful life is not something you simply pursue, it is something that you create, moment by moment."
- Bill Strickland
- Bill Strickland
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Designed for aging... (Must see)
Monday, December 14, 2009
GE's Immelt leading the next American Revolution
From Business Week...
The Immelt Revolution
He's turning GE's culture upside down, demanding far more risk and innovation Despite his air of easy-going confidence, Jeffrey R. Immelt admits to two fears: that General Electric Co. (GE ) will become boring, and that his top people might act like cowards. That's right: cowards. He worries that GE's famous obsession with bottom-line results -- and tendency to get rid of those who don't meet them -- will make some execs shy away from taking risks that could revolutionize the company. volution
He's turning GE's culture upside down, demanding far more risk and innovation Despite his air of easy-going confidence, Jeffrey R. Immelt admits to two fears: that General Electric Co. (GE ) will become boring, and that his top people might act like cowards. That's right: cowards. He worries that GE's famous obsession with bottom-line results -- and tendency to get rid of those who don't meet them -- will make some execs shy away from taking risks that could revolutionize the company.
from SmartPlanet...
Immelt is hiring Americans to workA corporate hero for our time
What makes Immelt heroic is that, while other executives were betting on finance, on imports from China or on real estate, he has bet his company on America. That may be an extraordinary claim. But here is some extraordinary proof:
- Immelt is designing lower-cost products that sell in emerging markets. Its sales to China were up 25% this year.
- Immelt has focused the company on industrial markets, on making things.
- Immelt is hiring Americans to work on big problems like transportation, health care, and energy.
Immelt is hiring Americans to work
Immelt is hiring Americans to work on big problems
The Zen of Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh: 'You are, therefore I am.' Another of his sayings is, 'Don't just do something; sit there.'
One of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most important ideas is ‘interbeing’, which concerns the mutual interconnectedness of all living things. As he describes it in his book Being Peace: ‘I am, therefore you are. You are, therefore I am. That is the meaning of the word “interbeing”’.
Interbeing contains a very clear empathetic element, which is that we become more compassionate when we imagine ourselves in someone else’s place and understand their suffering. The challenge he raises is that we need to empathise with everybody – not just people we know and care about, but strangers and those who we might despise. This is nowhere better illustrated than in his extraordinary prayer-poem ‘Please Call Me By My True Names’.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
When all you have is war...
When all you have is a "justified" war then all you have is the same old excuse.
An excuse to send someone elses' children to fight and die for failing politicians and monied interests. Consider sending your own children - then see if this justified war is worth it.
When all you have is a Military Industrial Complex then every resolution looks like a war. Again!
Afghanistan = Vietnam (Why! Why? Why...)
When all you have are Generals everything looks like a reason to send more troops.
If all you have are Generals then everything looks like a military conflict.
- Papa
(If all you have is a hammer then everything looks like a nail.)
William Meloney---------------------------
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