Rob Ayling writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
What Tristram Hunt's 'nun' bomb tells us about British politics
POLITICS&PUBLIC SPEAKING
as of February 2015
Winston Churchill was an
orator.He wrote his own speeches.
His fireside chats on the BBC
inspired Britons to fight during the Blitz.
Rhetoric and oratory were
valued crafts and skills then-
honed in School Debates and
Moot Courts-to bright concision.
Now we have
speechwriters,policy advisers,staff paid to tailor speeches
to the specific demographics
of each audience.Truth and meaning suffer for this.
Adroitness and clever phrasing
may hook a convinced audience-
yet pratfalls and pitfalls
await those whose turn of phrase offends anyone listening..
Religious and politically PC
groups pounce upon any errors -
even irony,sarcasm inferred
from facial twitches or body language.
Assume the microphone is
always ON"We begin bombing Russia in 20 minutes"
Bill Cosby on
NBC.Gaffes,flubs,fails,errors and mistakes abound.
This is an Age of Total
Surveillance-of Facebook postings and Instagrams
There is no Margin for
Mistakes.There is no room for Human Error.
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