La mauvaise monnaie chasse la bonne.
(Expression proverbiale,
énoncé du théorème d'économie dit loi de Gresham)
29.6.16
28.6.16
Nous étions des millions
Entre République et Nation
Protestants et catholiques
Musulmans, juifs et laïcs
Sous le regard bienveillant
De quelques milliers de flics
Solidaires avec ceuxde Charlie
Et puis j'ai vu défiler
Quelques bandits notoires
Présidents, sous ministres
Et petits rois sans gloire
Et j'aivu, et j'ai vu
Le long du trottoir un flic
Qui avait l'air sympathique
Alors je l'ai approché
Et j'ai embrassé un flic
(Renaud, J'ai embrassé un flic)
27.6.16
26.6.16
Le doute est l'accompagnateur infatigable du progrès.
Sans le doute, une démocratie ne peut fonctionner.
L'éthique, la générosité, la noblesse, l'intégrité n'ont pas leur place dans un système limité à la transmission de faits brutaux.
Je ne crois guère au baratin de la restauration de la démocratie par Internet.
(Michel Rocard, in Le Point, 23/06/2016)
Sans le doute, une démocratie ne peut fonctionner.
L'éthique, la générosité, la noblesse, l'intégrité n'ont pas leur place dans un système limité à la transmission de faits brutaux.
Je ne crois guère au baratin de la restauration de la démocratie par Internet.
(Michel Rocard, in Le Point, 23/06/2016)
A giant ship engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.
Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life.
He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
“What?!” the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything!”
So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.”
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer………………….. $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap…………………….. $ 9,998.00
Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life.
He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
“What?!” the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything!”
So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.”
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer………………….. $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap…………………….. $ 9,998.00
Effort is important,
but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!
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