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

[Ryan Lanham]

Yes, it is a plausible epithet, I'm afraid.  As it is for Bush/Cheney.

But imagine a picture of that daft face with "war crminal" under it.  It's
silly.  How could such a dazed and affable duck be a war criminal?  Hitler
looked the part; so too Stalin and Mussolini.  Blair looks like a bar keep
or a guy working in a hospital x-raying your ankle.  He's not plausibly
bad--not like a Hillary Clinton, say, or even Angela Merkel.  Blair is
someone you tell you sad tale to and then leave a big tip.  He's a
friend...not a threat.  Obama has many similar traits.  Obama finds it
harder to hide his intellect--and he has a lot more to hide.  Blair is just
a pleasant dinner guest.  The French and the Germans will see him as an easy
mark...a fool.  They'll be surprised.



On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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