tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552369.post5825433726422099918..comments2023-11-05T13:45:44.033+01:00Comments on Praguetory: Astro-Turf EconomicsPraguetoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552369.post-52971762008534180842007-03-08T14:17:00.000+01:002007-03-08T14:17:00.000+01:00Brilliant raedwald. I like to think that I keep th...Brilliant raedwald. I like to think that I keep the reasonably unobtrusive candle glowing midly for the mediocre.<BR/><BR/>Mediocria Firma was my school motto. It was a school of middling quality .Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552369.post-91744560895531586732007-03-06T23:26:00.000+01:002007-03-06T23:26:00.000+01:00You have your own astroturfers having a go at you ...You have your own astroturfers having a go at you ,does this mean you have a famous blog ,or that there's so many on the New Deal they are swamping all tory blogs,if first congratulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552369.post-739911827378405882007-03-06T19:51:00.000+01:002007-03-06T19:51:00.000+01:00That's the bloody problem with today's youngsters ...That's the bloody problem with today's youngsters - over aspiration. As soon as they've collected their 2:1 in Meedja Studies and worked out the buttons on their iPods, they expect wealth, fame and fortune. No one wants to be mediocre any more.<BR/><BR/>Where are the well-educated nobodies of yesteryear? Those brave and committed men and women prepared to spend a lifetime in a semi in Romford commuting to a middling job, yet rich in language, culture, self-belief and identity, content to go to their graves having run the most efficient bought ledger department in Tottenham, with the love and respect of their colleagues?<BR/><BR/>I can't find them either.Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.com