Thursday, March 15, 2012

Captains Log: Late. Lights off. Still unclear as to whether anyone's home. Fareed Zakaria wonders as well...

Fareed Zakaria spoke tonight:  And your daily dose of enlightenment ensues, compliments of our speaker for this evening in the dark, "The west has the tendency to treat someone with another point of view as evil, bad, they're French." "What they fail to recognize is that there are other positions that are completely legitimate based upon their own experience." So true! We all need a reminder that sometimes other cultures and people can have completely legitimate point of views that differ from our own, because they are coming at it from a completely different angle.  (He was referring to China but it also applies elsewhere). 

Here's another lesson: never bet against a central bank...
Also, never get involved in a land war in Asia. Only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line...and watch this clip.  Enjoy!

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