Foreign Policy - not for the fainthearted

Shamelessly stolen from Infonaut on Slashdot.

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The piece betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how foreign policy is shaped. First, the world we live in is not black and white. More often than not, we're dealing with international problems that have no clean, clear answer.
( rather long article but worth the time )

Buzzword Bingo

Had to go to the staff meeting thingie this morning. I hate buzzwords. For instance, not only do these folks "talk to" a subject rather than about it, they take things "offline" for later discussion. OK, um, you're not online now, bozo! What the hell do you think these words mean?

Other items I can't stand yet hear all too often:

• collocated - pronounced "co-locate" The word is pronounced as one item, not two things slammed together. And, why not just say "located with" or "located near" instead? Does "co-located" make you feel good?


• Staff the document - Do you mean distribute for comments? Staff is a noun. It is not a verb. It will never be a verb. Deal with it.


• He authored that - You mean he wrote it? He's not a damned novelist, he's a tech writer.


• It's in the wickets - Here's a statement with near-negative information content. Where is it? "The Wickets" is not a neighborhood or region, so it must be "in the review process" or something, right? If you're not sure exactly who has it, at least add some information to the exchange!


• Leverage - stop it stop it stop it!


• Out of the loop - Were you some kind of networking appliance?


• Utilize - Just say "use" eh?

And if I were a pointless internet survey, I'd be Buzzword Bingo.