The zero sum game

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If you think about it long enough most things in life are easy to understand. Why George Bush is in charge of the United States for instance - probably because no one else wanted to do it.

No matter how long I think about it however, I can’t help but scratch more than my ear, thinking about how it was concluded that depolarisation was a good idea. Life is about learning from mistakes. I don’t judge anyone by their mistakes, but by their actions and what they do about an issue that has arisen. Before I rip de-polarisation to shreds I wonder if the FSA uses that well known business approach of zero based thinking – Knowing what I now know would we invent what we have? If the answer is no – and I hope it would be, they should resolve to rectify the situation as quickly as ...

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