Feb 3

Written by: Spence Hackney
2/3/2006 2:00 PM 

I downloaded the State of the Union address from Audible (its free!) and finally got around to listening to it yesterday while I was driving.  It was a lot of what I expected (the exact first half was on the war on terror and homeland security).  However, I did catch one really wise (and accurate) thing that Bush said:

Hindsight is not wisdom and second guessing is not a strategy.

How true this is.  So much of what we hear in the press is "he should have acted on this information" or "she shouldn't have authorized this."  What we have to constantly keep in mind is that no decision is made with perfect foresight.  All decisions are executed under limited time frames, with limited information, and with limited assessment capabilities.  Considering all of the mistakes I make when it comes to poor "foresight" I (along with every American) should probably give our elected officials much more grace than we do.

And MK....don't worry, I also listened to the democrat's response!

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