Sunday, September 18, 2005

No Conspiracies Here...Just Plain Old Fashioned Screw Up's

Why is it that when things go wrong, everyone always wants to find the conspiracy theory? Cant it just be just poor management on someone's part? Or lack of desire to do the right thing? Or perhaps just some good old fashioned bad luck? Wrong time, wrong place.

Nope! That wont do...The first thing we want to see is some plot by some nefarious or covert power to undermine a situation or person. Is it because we have too many real life cloak and dagger things through out our history to be able to have faith in our government or our leaders? Is it too difficult to believe that things are the way we are told they are? Have we had one to many Watergate's,Whitewater's and Monica's to believe a situation at face value?

I suppose that no matter what the situation there will always be those who look for that smoking gun. Intent on finding who shot JF Kennedy, or knowing where Jimmy Hoffa went off to, or how Elvis has been doing since he went underground. I have heard it said that as a people we are just not ready to know all the facts. I suppose this could be true. If it is, its condescending and insulting. It would mean that some where along the line we have been put in the position of children. Only being told or taught what's good for us. Or if you try and take another angle......And we are seen with the mentality of children, then that means, what we are told is only what we are capable of understanding and coping with. Then what does that say about the shape of our nation as a whole?

I believe even the smallest child can be told the truth and understand and grasp a situation if told to them in a way that they will understand. Not only can they..But I believe that if they are curious enough to ask the question..They should be given a straight forward answer to their question. If you insist on dumbing down to speak to a child...Then that is what the child learns and knows. Is that the way it is with the general public too?

Sometimes I think its important to realize that a duck is just a duck. There is no behind the scene mystery or plot. That things are really exactly how they look. That if something has gone wrong that it could be no more than poor management or planning or just bad timing. Possibly a combination of all of the above. And more than likely, it wasn't just some dark power out to get you. Unless you are a believer in the devil... I suppose there are some religious groups and TV evangelists that would be all over that last one.

I guess the bottom line is...Why cant we just admit, that sometimes we drop the ball? Or that we simply made a bad choice? I think I would rather hear that and know that the person leading me is human. Than to feel as though they can not admit an obvious flaw in character or plan. Someone who wants to be perceived as above being human scares me far more than any conspiracy theory.

16 comments:

Forzavryheid said...

I cant promise much, but when it comes to you, i promise to do everything in my power to NEVER drop the ball... : )

Jen said...

Adrian
Im not worried, I have complete & total faith in you.

lief vir jou

Jen said...

dreadcow
Well Mr Bond...If you have to do the whole secret thing in the preformance of your job..Then go on with your bad self. I can support that.

timmy G said...

Yes!--somethings i dont wanna know the truth but most things i dont wanna hear about we started a war, because we suspect that (x) is doing (y) to there country ( x and y being the unnown cvariable)

Jen said...

timmy G
Algebra was never my best subject. But Im not neccesarily refering to our military. We have many things going on here at home right now that people are trying to make into some sort of plot. I think the more likely answer is just poor judgement and planning..

DS Irvin said...

Most leaders of people find that they must dumb down their speech when speaking to the masses. Churchill acknowledged this; he rarely used words that were longer than two syllables and he used words that had German roots, not French so as not to sound like an elitist, or to sound to high-brow.

Forzavryheid said...

Im working on selling Bush another Hurricane, he said something about not liking California.

Naturally there are a few hurdles to overcome, but DAMN its gonna be huge!

He said it had something to do with "three terms", or summin.

(shrug)

Anonymous said...

Didn't Adrian and Jen meet thru blogs a couple months ago?

Jen said...

Applewhite
Thank you very much for the comments.



illimitable voices
I know what your saying. But what ever happened to the concept of just speaking plainly? Straight out and to the point.


Adrian
Does this go with your global warming therory? LOL
I have no doubt you can pull it off. You can sell pretty much anything when you put your mind to work on it. : )
Ek varlang na jou.


Curiosity Killed the Cat
Nope... Adrian and Jen met before Blogs...Adrian did however get Jen interested in Blogging : )

Lia said...

jen - i so support the thought. people make mistakes; it's part of being human. and i hate when people dumb things down - it just makes it harder to make intelligent decisions.

dreadcow - i work here too. at the government, where nothing sneaky ever happens since nothing at all ever happens . . .

Forzavryheid said...

CURIOSITYKILLEDTHECAT: Thank you for showing an interest in our lives.

(I shed a tear on the inside- Im touched.)

Jen said...

Lia
Thanks for the comments...I agree... without knowledge people do not have the power to make informed choices about their own lives. Instead of dumbing down..Maybe its time to raise the bar when it comes to educating the general public.

Forzavryheid said...

JGSTEPHAN: Ill laugh with you at that too!! : )

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Jen said...

JgStephan
Exactly, I hear similar type things regarding the problems we have had here with the Hurricane. Its made to sound as though it was a plot hatched to purposely hurt the poor and minority americans. Its ridiculous. It was a bad situation made worse by Human errors and poor planning....Its a tragedy, but not a conspiricy.

Lia said...

jgstephen - can i laugh, too?

phdmkg - PhD in the Making!

Jen said...

Jef
I know there is information for the sake of national security that we keep under lock and key. However, somethings go beyond silly when looking for a reason or something to blame. This tragedy in New Orleans is a good example. Sometimes its just a matter of plain old every day Human Stupidity. We screw up as a species..Its pretty common.
As far as Elivs goes..Man I hate to break it to you but hes still out there, my Aunts say so. : )