"What effect must it have on a nation if it learns no foreign languages? Probably much the same as that which a total withdrawal from society has upon an individual." --G.C. Lichtenberg
P.L.A. knocks the crud off the usual discourse, and makes an excellent point about the Bush administration's decision-making process, with plenty of examples.
It is a fundamental axiom of decision-making that one’s decisions are only as good as the information on which they are based. Bad information, or simply an absence of information, leads to bad decisions. The acquisition and assessment of information is the sine qua non of decision-making.
One of the reasons that we have little confidence in President Bush’s decision-making with regard to almost any issue is that he exhibits a complete lack of respect for the collection or assessment of information prior to making his decision.
Reminds me of the one immortal Bush quote: "Who cares what you think?"
via Ted Barlow posted by David at 9/25/2002 07:53:00 PM ::
