tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post2414290167936465988..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: The fever is breaking (updated)Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-41851753872300303482013-04-14T12:38:45.280-05:002013-04-14T12:38:45.280-05:00LOL - I promise that next time I'll split the ...LOL - I promise that next time I'll split the take with you ;-)Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-64592686883493746662013-04-14T12:36:16.989-05:002013-04-14T12:36:16.989-05:00Mind? I'm honored. I won't even demand roy...Mind? I'm honored. I won't even demand royalties in this one instance.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-82852019569469353402013-04-14T12:04:21.182-05:002013-04-14T12:04:21.182-05:00EXCELLENT point. I hope you won't mind if I ad...EXCELLENT point. I hope you won't mind if I add it as an update. Too many people don't read the comments & will miss it.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-41932791465369461362013-04-14T11:51:26.676-05:002013-04-14T11:51:26.676-05:00A few no-so-random Sun Tzu lines, cribbed from Wik...A few no-so-random Sun Tzu lines, cribbed from Wikiquote:<br /><br />"Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him."<br /><br />"Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them."<br /><br />"if double [the enemy's strength], be able to divide them; if equal,engage them."<br /><br />The most important STRATEGIC goal at this point is to divide the GOP. Divide the Senate caucus, and more importantly, divide the House GOP. In the House, notice that what the President is doing is putting division between sovereign (Boehner) and subject (his caucus). The situation was ripe, but the President is exploiting it more effectively now, after the election, than before.<br /><br />The most important thing we can do is so division in the GOP. That will pay strategic dividends that far outweigh the cost of the tactical retreat which is compromise on chained CPI.<br /><br />And another line, from the same Wikiquote page, not on this precise topic, but one I know you'll appreciate:<br /><br />"There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare."Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.com