The Oxford definition of a lame duck goes by "an ineffectual or unsuccessful person or thing". Our Lame Duck is no such thing. Although our Duck is pretty much an ineffectual thing, he is observing the world with wide open eyes.
He sees and "boo's" (condemns) the misfortunes of politicians, the excesses and abuses of profit-seeking and community-blind firms, and the government's short-comings in serving its citizens.
But in his infinite wisdom, he also keeps an eye on progress and change brought about by brave individuals and loudable non-profits. The Lame Duck applauds those endeavors with a big fat "thumbs up".

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

[Thumbs Up!]: Queen Rania of Jordan to address stereotypes

Sounds like a fascinating endeavour by Queen Rania of Jordan. We indeed all have our preconceived ideas about cultures and people unknown to us, stereotypes that are often outdated. Queen Rania is trying to address the perceptions we might have of the Arab world by answering to comments made by Youtubers over the next couple of weeks. It is a brilliant attempt to use the most trendy internet platform to help overcome the increasingly wide gep between cultures of the middle east and the west. If you feel you have a word to say, or if you simply want to get a chance to better understand the arab culture, chim in for this exciting debate.

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[Street Wisdom]: Conventional Wisdom by Mark Leibovich

"Today, new swarms of self-styled pundits can formulate conventional wisdom, or merely advance it, in any number of forums — e-mail, cable, blogs, talk radio. Conventional wisdom now just seems to bubble up, fatherless, with minimal brain work or reflection behind it. Its life cycle — the creation, debunking and subsequent hand-wringing of “old” conventional wisdom — has been radically compressed."
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