Turning off the TV news.
There is a little chatter I noticed about some people who chose not to
listen to as much TV news anymore. That it is biased against
their Political Party anyway.
My thoughts are, ok, personal choice, up to each individual to decide, - but what happens when these people try to influence other people to do the same? Yes they have the Right to do so.
I just have to ask myself; is it a wise choice for me? Does it fit my lifestyle? Does it prevent me from doing something else that is more productive for me?
There are people who have their PC's in a seperate room from their TV(s). There are people that use lap-top PCs everywhere. Myself, I have my desktop PC in the living room with a 13 inch tv beside my PC monitor with the living room TV 12 feet from me. Each TV is always on with a different news station on, except when my wife watches one of her shows on the living room tv.
Why point this out to myself?
From all the negative internet chatter about Main Stream Media being biased, I like to stay on top of the information and try to validate it as information or mis-information. To learn the techniques of mis-information as being spun by the Political Parties then comparing it to Polling results and media interview clips of "commoners" in the streets. Basically stay informed and validate what I am hearing and reading. Everyone has their own comfort level of acceptance.
In a nutshell, keep your enemies close by keeping their techniques close so one does not fall into their traps over and over again.
I learned this lesson when I was twenty years old learning the basics of Intelligence at the Regimental and Brigade level (a side line). To make a long boring story short, one learns to task ALL available resources all the time for intelligence gathering. From the lowly foot patrols, to armoured reconisence, to fly overs, to outside agencies.
The lesson learned came from a "Command Post" exercise where all command posts are set up and fully operated from Brigade to the lowest Infantry Section. The Brigadier with his staff and maps in one room while down the hall there is a Captain Intelligence Officer with his staff and maps acting as the big bad Russian enemy following the known Russian doctrine of battle at that time.
The Canadians of course setting up defensive positions complete with mine fields and anti-tank ditches all in realistic estimated times. The Russians kilometers away rolling over light resistance designed to slow them down. The Canadian Generals job is to first hold the line and back up when necessary to preserve troops to slow up the Russians until heavy re-inforcements arrive. The Canadian General tasking his various resources to find exactly where the Russians are, what type of units, how fast are they moving, what direction, estimated strength etc and having Intelligence Operators plotting it on maps for the Canadian General. As much information as possible to make his decisions as to the best defence possible with the least amount of casualties. The Canadian General has made some decent Intelligence finds and of course is plotted, he is pretty sure what he is up against.
The Russians advancing under direction of the Intel Captain is meeting light local German resistance and notices that a pocket of Canadians, Brigade strength is ahead. His job is to keep plowing ahead with all possible speed regardless of casualties, going for penetration to wreak havoc throughout the enemies supply lines. He notices the Canadians have, and still are setting many tank defences as his Russian Units bump into the Canadians. For his unit to survive the penetration some speed must be compromised.
The Canadian General pretty well knows what he is up against and is facing the Russian heavy armoured division in front of him. His tank traps working as planned with no-one really panicking. He thinks he just might be able to hold off this penetrating wave and live to fight the second concealment wave. He is still tasking his now engaged units to send enemy information to him for enemy intelligence to confirm unit make-up and closed in intentions etc, don't want to get outflanked now that the battle has begun in earnest . The Generals higher Command is saying that the Russians appear to be starting out with conventional versus tactical nuclear warfare. A good thing as the Canadians have built for defense of ground to stop versus nuclear dispersion which would weaken his defences, his only chance at stopping an enemy tank division.
The Russians realizing this after several several hours of battle break off and back up slightly. A call is placed for tactical nukes or the Division is lost with the surviving Canadians being a thorn in their side. Night is falling.
The Canadian General sends out heavy reconaisance, whats going on? He fails to ask for a fly-over, why when I know the enemies right in front of me.
The Russians pull back several kilometers. The Canadian General fails and thinks of the Russians going around him between him and the British beside him. Finding a weaker spot for penetration. A possible Canadian counter-attack against the Russians if they chose to out-flank the Canadians. Ha ha.
The Canadian position is now glowing in the dark as it is now nightfall. The Russians with their troops in armour steam roll over the radio-active site with Russian acceptable radiation casualties. Their Russian objective of winning the battle to penetrate and dusrupt rearward lines is successful.
The funny part is when the Intel Captain came down the hall to tell the General he was nuked. End Ex. Well the General went ballistic and said you can't do that. The Captian replied I just did and your dead and that you failed to pick up the nuke launchers that came along at such and such distance along this route and that you missed that and tie-ing it in with the 2 kilometer back-up regroup. That if you would have requested a fly-over anywhere along these 3 routes when that occured you would have picked up the moving of the launchers into position.
Task all available resources,eh?
Or is it better to ignore any potential bad news?
Or is it better to get even more information in light of bad news?
Or is it better to stay on top of bad news?
cheers :) majere
from cfb petawawa 1982
My thoughts are, ok, personal choice, up to each individual to decide, - but what happens when these people try to influence other people to do the same? Yes they have the Right to do so.
I just have to ask myself; is it a wise choice for me? Does it fit my lifestyle? Does it prevent me from doing something else that is more productive for me?
There are people who have their PC's in a seperate room from their TV(s). There are people that use lap-top PCs everywhere. Myself, I have my desktop PC in the living room with a 13 inch tv beside my PC monitor with the living room TV 12 feet from me. Each TV is always on with a different news station on, except when my wife watches one of her shows on the living room tv.
Why point this out to myself?
From all the negative internet chatter about Main Stream Media being biased, I like to stay on top of the information and try to validate it as information or mis-information. To learn the techniques of mis-information as being spun by the Political Parties then comparing it to Polling results and media interview clips of "commoners" in the streets. Basically stay informed and validate what I am hearing and reading. Everyone has their own comfort level of acceptance.
In a nutshell, keep your enemies close by keeping their techniques close so one does not fall into their traps over and over again.
I learned this lesson when I was twenty years old learning the basics of Intelligence at the Regimental and Brigade level (a side line). To make a long boring story short, one learns to task ALL available resources all the time for intelligence gathering. From the lowly foot patrols, to armoured reconisence, to fly overs, to outside agencies.
The lesson learned came from a "Command Post" exercise where all command posts are set up and fully operated from Brigade to the lowest Infantry Section. The Brigadier with his staff and maps in one room while down the hall there is a Captain Intelligence Officer with his staff and maps acting as the big bad Russian enemy following the known Russian doctrine of battle at that time.
The Canadians of course setting up defensive positions complete with mine fields and anti-tank ditches all in realistic estimated times. The Russians kilometers away rolling over light resistance designed to slow them down. The Canadian Generals job is to first hold the line and back up when necessary to preserve troops to slow up the Russians until heavy re-inforcements arrive. The Canadian General tasking his various resources to find exactly where the Russians are, what type of units, how fast are they moving, what direction, estimated strength etc and having Intelligence Operators plotting it on maps for the Canadian General. As much information as possible to make his decisions as to the best defence possible with the least amount of casualties. The Canadian General has made some decent Intelligence finds and of course is plotted, he is pretty sure what he is up against.
The Russians advancing under direction of the Intel Captain is meeting light local German resistance and notices that a pocket of Canadians, Brigade strength is ahead. His job is to keep plowing ahead with all possible speed regardless of casualties, going for penetration to wreak havoc throughout the enemies supply lines. He notices the Canadians have, and still are setting many tank defences as his Russian Units bump into the Canadians. For his unit to survive the penetration some speed must be compromised.
The Canadian General pretty well knows what he is up against and is facing the Russian heavy armoured division in front of him. His tank traps working as planned with no-one really panicking. He thinks he just might be able to hold off this penetrating wave and live to fight the second concealment wave. He is still tasking his now engaged units to send enemy information to him for enemy intelligence to confirm unit make-up and closed in intentions etc, don't want to get outflanked now that the battle has begun in earnest . The Generals higher Command is saying that the Russians appear to be starting out with conventional versus tactical nuclear warfare. A good thing as the Canadians have built for defense of ground to stop versus nuclear dispersion which would weaken his defences, his only chance at stopping an enemy tank division.
The Russians realizing this after several several hours of battle break off and back up slightly. A call is placed for tactical nukes or the Division is lost with the surviving Canadians being a thorn in their side. Night is falling.
The Canadian General sends out heavy reconaisance, whats going on? He fails to ask for a fly-over, why when I know the enemies right in front of me.
The Russians pull back several kilometers. The Canadian General fails and thinks of the Russians going around him between him and the British beside him. Finding a weaker spot for penetration. A possible Canadian counter-attack against the Russians if they chose to out-flank the Canadians. Ha ha.
The Canadian position is now glowing in the dark as it is now nightfall. The Russians with their troops in armour steam roll over the radio-active site with Russian acceptable radiation casualties. Their Russian objective of winning the battle to penetrate and dusrupt rearward lines is successful.
The funny part is when the Intel Captain came down the hall to tell the General he was nuked. End Ex. Well the General went ballistic and said you can't do that. The Captian replied I just did and your dead and that you failed to pick up the nuke launchers that came along at such and such distance along this route and that you missed that and tie-ing it in with the 2 kilometer back-up regroup. That if you would have requested a fly-over anywhere along these 3 routes when that occured you would have picked up the moving of the launchers into position.
Task all available resources,eh?
Or is it better to ignore any potential bad news?
Or is it better to get even more information in light of bad news?
Or is it better to stay on top of bad news?
cheers :) majere
from cfb petawawa 1982
