tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post134634970089752814..comments2023-08-13T16:11:21.566+01:00Comments on OCKHAM'S RAZOR: The One - the perils of catching a waveStravagantisimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04363192043407917261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-3809422777103714672010-10-31T16:30:46.486+00:002010-10-31T16:30:46.486+00:00One thing Blair and Obama have in common is that e...One thing Blair and Obama have in common is that each was given a golden opportunity to become a national leader, and each chose instead to govern in a petty, partisan manner. I do not think Blair ever had the stuff of greatness, but Obama did, so his is the greater failure.Stravagantisimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363192043407917261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843639989368129214.post-3751777510678072902010-10-31T09:22:13.568+00:002010-10-31T09:22:13.568+00:00Well put. I remember my friend remarking to me &qu...Well put. I remember my friend remarking to me "Isn't it amazing that Obama is US president?" when he got voted in.<br /><br />I said: "So far all that has happened is that we have a president whose dad is black for the first time - let's wait and see what he does before we get all excited."<br /><br />He looked at me like I'd just told him, for the first time, Santa, the Tooth Fairy and God don't exist.<br /><br />If you instinctively question and mistrust conventional wisdom, it's very hard to communicate with people who absorb and assimilate it without even realising they're doing so.Horrabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139642293991728498noreply@blogger.com