tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post5118337657717610392..comments2023-09-11T02:30:21.736-07:00Comments on Just a Man with his Thoughts: More on Tactics of PowerThe Griperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-50343627419784142432008-11-10T14:46:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:46:00.000-08:00vera lynn it be, if i can find her. anything speci...vera lynn it be, if i can find her. anything special? BB.The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-16210190543477693862008-11-10T13:55:00.000-08:002008-11-10T13:55:00.000-08:00RE: Music to read by, Kay Starr....starting to get...RE: Music to read by, Kay Starr..<BR/>..starting to get back into my heyday. What's next? <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY" REL="nofollow">Vera Lynn</A> ? :)BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-37448363192951074412008-11-09T16:25:00.000-08:002008-11-09T16:25:00.000-08:00Keep up the good work, Griper!Keep up the good work, Griper!AmPowerBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236333181889271910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-533973286768975442008-11-09T13:32:00.000-08:002008-11-09T13:32:00.000-08:00frank,i'd say that the old folks understood the co...frank,<BR/>i'd say that the old folks understood the consequences better.The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-85906402029827166192008-11-09T13:24:00.000-08:002008-11-09T13:24:00.000-08:00he chuckles, those so-called nerds were pretty sma...he chuckles, those so-called nerds were pretty smart huh?<BR/><BR/>but that experience does say one thing though. we can learn a lot from our negative experiences as well as our positive ones. probably lessons better remembered too.<BR/>probably the best lesson here was the fact of the need to be an informed voter and not to take a candidate at just his word or at "face" value. lol<BR/><BR/>we The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-9462421818527099972008-11-09T13:18:00.000-08:002008-11-09T13:18:00.000-08:00The Old folks knew best didn't they!The Old folks knew best didn't they!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-2298453199426079712008-11-09T11:20:00.000-08:002008-11-09T11:20:00.000-08:00Reminds me of the start of sophomore year in colle...Reminds me of the start of sophomore year in college..our Physics prof said that sophomores consider themselves to be the smartest people in the world. Some kids from the PolySci area decided to run a candidate for sophomore class president..posters, photos, promises, free hamburgers, even. We, the smartest sophomores in the world, elected the attractive fellow. Turned out he didn't exist; madeBB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-8054918768495095102008-11-09T11:01:00.000-08:002008-11-09T11:01:00.000-08:00BB,good analysis. remember though in the animal ki...BB,<BR/>good analysis. remember though in the animal kingdom that pecking order is described in the terms of dominance and submission too.<BR/><BR/>and i agree that "some" of these tactics could be used in advertising. in fact i'd say that some of them are used. but haven't we distinguished between a hard sell and a soft sell and decry the use of the hard sell?<BR/><BR/>also remember you said "The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19510439.post-28865495573517076422008-11-09T09:58:00.000-08:002008-11-09T09:58:00.000-08:00As usual, my take is oblique (my wife claims my br...As usual, my take is oblique (my wife claims my brain has extra wrinkles) on the questions of power and leadership: the stuff begins with social animals...notice, they all establish a 'pecking order'?<BR/>Consider that much (most?) power and leadership is assigned by those above..military, corporations, etc...or by default: whose in charge of this family?<BR/>Not that the above examples are free BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.com