[p2p-research] Fwd: Urgent Need for Blair?

[Michel Bauwens]

apart from the little detail of being a war criminal, who would in my mind
discredit the whole EU institution, I do agree ... without the Iraq lies and
manipulations, he would have been pretty good as far as politicians go ...

Michel

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Blair, so far as I can tell, is the perfect politician.
>
> He is religious though changeably so.  So people can believe he believes,
> but is not dogmatic.
>
> He appears stupid, but also can seem bookish and geek-like.  He has a
> remarkable ability to transition from daft to dillitante.
>
> He is compassionate, but also ruthless and cunning in debates.
>
> He is nominally a leftist but acts like a right-wing guy more often than
> not.
>
> He offends no one, but is remarkably unable to look feckless and weak.
>
> He seems to hustle and work hard, though nothing is ever really
> accomplished.
>
> The only people who see him as weak are unlikable numbers guys...like the
> current what's his name.
>
> We want to forgive Tony Blair.  We want to say to him it was "well tried."
> We know he won't actually try anything.
>
> Like I said, he's perfect.
>
> Ryan
>
>   On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: <ajnj at aliencamel.com>
>> Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:24 PM
>> Subject: Urgent Need for Blair?
>> To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi Michel
>>
>> Not really your thing but some of it you should enjoy -- I hope!
>>
>> Urgent Need for Blair as President of Europe
>> Maximizing early collective learning in anticipation of future crises
>> http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/musings/eublair.php
>>
>> Learning from manipulative communication skills
>> Learning from leadership with a problematic track record
>> Learning from "creative democracy"
>> Learning from inspirational decision-making
>> Learning from the "creative accounting" processes of government
>> Learning from the creative reframing of commitments by government
>> Learning from the outcome of necessary tough decisions of governance
>> Questions for urgent collective learning by Europeans
>> Necessity for a European Lord of Misrule?
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
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