i'm a bit sick of percentage polls
and i hate it when people dodge specific, legitimate questions.
tonight a senator from michigan was on tv and shepard smith asked her about people critiquing governor palin's daughter (among other things), and the woman distinctly dodged that question and kept pushing her own agenda regarding middle-class jobs, etc. shepard had to redirect her two or three times and it was obvious that she did not want to answer, only talk about her stuff.
this reminds me of when i have to deal with a behavior issue at school. example: two students get involved in some sort of incident where one ends up kicking the other. i pull the students into the hall separately to get their version of the story. after going around and feeding me some sort of fluff, i flat out ask:
miss macdonald: did you kick sue?
jane: well, sue told her friend that i had on an ugly shirt, and then she cut in front of me in the lunch line, and i told her to stop being mean, and then we both were playing soccer at recess and we were all sharing the ball, until sue...
miss macdonald: stop. i'm asking you to be honest. this is an opportunity for you to tell the truth. did you kick sue?
jane: well, she pulled my shirt!
miss macdonald: so did you kick her?
jane: yes.
SHEESH people. i expect this sort of behavior from 9 year olds, somewhat. i am getting really tired of watching interviews on tv where the ADULT cannot answer a question and must be redirected multiple times.
i cannot wait for the presidential debates. i liked this exerpt i took from someone's comment on a blog regarding the general topic of "change",
"Change for the sake of it is the flip side of “we have to do something about problem X, and it doesn’t matter what it is we do, as long as we do something.” This is the politician’s mantra, rather than the physician’s of “first, do no harm.” “First, do no harm,” reminds us that there are often unforeseen consequences of any action. If we do not thoroughly understand how things work, the “change for change sake” or “we have to do something, anything” approach will likely produce disastrous effects."
i think i will adapt "first, do no harm" as my approach to the upcoming political events.
tonight a senator from michigan was on tv and shepard smith asked her about people critiquing governor palin's daughter (among other things), and the woman distinctly dodged that question and kept pushing her own agenda regarding middle-class jobs, etc. shepard had to redirect her two or three times and it was obvious that she did not want to answer, only talk about her stuff.
this reminds me of when i have to deal with a behavior issue at school. example: two students get involved in some sort of incident where one ends up kicking the other. i pull the students into the hall separately to get their version of the story. after going around and feeding me some sort of fluff, i flat out ask:
miss macdonald: did you kick sue?
jane: well, sue told her friend that i had on an ugly shirt, and then she cut in front of me in the lunch line, and i told her to stop being mean, and then we both were playing soccer at recess and we were all sharing the ball, until sue...
miss macdonald: stop. i'm asking you to be honest. this is an opportunity for you to tell the truth. did you kick sue?
jane: well, she pulled my shirt!
miss macdonald: so did you kick her?
jane: yes.
SHEESH people. i expect this sort of behavior from 9 year olds, somewhat. i am getting really tired of watching interviews on tv where the ADULT cannot answer a question and must be redirected multiple times.
i cannot wait for the presidential debates. i liked this exerpt i took from someone's comment on a blog regarding the general topic of "change",
"Change for the sake of it is the flip side of “we have to do something about problem X, and it doesn’t matter what it is we do, as long as we do something.” This is the politician’s mantra, rather than the physician’s of “first, do no harm.” “First, do no harm,” reminds us that there are often unforeseen consequences of any action. If we do not thoroughly understand how things work, the “change for change sake” or “we have to do something, anything” approach will likely produce disastrous effects."
i think i will adapt "first, do no harm" as my approach to the upcoming political events.