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July 01, 2004
Ronin Thought of the Day
Posted by Frank J. at 08:32 AM | View blog reactions | Comments (12)

Your wisdom for today is from samurai Gene Kranz who oversaw many perilous expeditions:

Failure is not an option.

When a samurai is given his task, it will be done.

12 Responses To "Ronin Thought of the Day"

Unfortunately, liberals see this as their motto as well. "Why aren't taxes being rasied? Let's get going people!" "We must stop this unjust war!" Fortunately, they'll never win because sane people just don't listen to them.

#1 - Posted by: Trucido on July 1, 2004 09:10 AM

I'm remembering the butterfly ballot in Florida during the last election. Wasn't Buchannan one of the options? Wasn't Gore? Failure was several of the options that time.

#2 - Posted by: LibertyBob on July 1, 2004 09:17 AM

Ouch. :-)

#3 - Posted by: Trucido on July 1, 2004 09:20 AM

Gene Krantz - what a great American!

#4 - Posted by: Dave in Texas on July 1, 2004 09:48 AM

"Failure is not an option. However, we must have a unanimous resolution from the UN Security Council before we can act."

-- John Kerry

#5 - Posted by: El Jefe on July 1, 2004 09:50 AM

Folks:
Genes' words ring very true, failure is not an option; but we will fail as a free nation if Kerry and his ilk win in November. So, whether or not you agree with all his policies, GW IS the best choice to guarantee that we remain free and strong.

#6 - Posted by: Connecticut Yankee on July 1, 2004 12:17 PM

Amen.

#7 - Posted by: Trucido on July 1, 2004 12:37 PM

See, I have the same problem with this one as with the Yoda quote a few days ago. If you only do what you know you can do, you will never find the real boundary of your potential, but will always be inside of it. Also, you will never stretch those boundaries.

So, Failure Is an Option, and There Is a Try. Do stuff you don't know for sure you can do. You might surprise yourself.

#8 - Posted by: Anonymous Non-ronin on July 1, 2004 02:18 PM

WARNING: Circular Reasoning Ahead.

Failure is not an option, because if we fail, liberals will overtake the world. This is too horrible to think about, so we will never let it happen. Since it will never happen, It's not an option, because if it were an option, we could fail...

(I realize that it's faulty reasoning; don't bug me.)

#9 - Posted by: Trucido on July 1, 2004 03:20 PM

[A]bort, [R]etry, [F]ail

#10 - Posted by: AWG on July 1, 2004 03:28 PM

Err... except with the "[F]ail" part struck through. Yes.

#11 - Posted by: AWG on July 1, 2004 03:29 PM

anon, I can see your point, and I'm thinking that maybe failure is a 'temporary' option, but not the ultimate choice.

#12 - Posted by: maggie katzen on July 1, 2004 09:40 PM
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