{"id":2843,"date":"2008-03-28T06:06:01","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T13:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2008-03-28T06:18:57","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T13:18:57","slug":"surreal-times-election-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2843\/surreal-times-election-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Surreal Times: Election 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every day around the world there are brilliant people going to work performing complex tasks that make all our lives better. There are companies developing and\u00a0implementing service oriented architecture <\/a>(SOA), information technology solutions\u00a0more sophisticated than the world has ever known. Few people outside the inner workings of these\u00a0companies know what is happening, because it isn’t reported. The leaders<\/a> in industry building incredibly complex systems that respond with such a high degree of flexibility that reaction time to market changes is almost immediate are mostly unknown — they aren’t sexy and they aren’t political.<\/p>\n

There are brilliant people making discoveries around the world: scientists, mathematicians, physicists, engineers, programmers, biologists — they are mostly unknown. There are entrepreneurs with vision reshaping the way we do business in a 2.0 world. These people take chances and gamble on innovative ideas — they step forward, yet most people don’t\u00a0notice them.<\/p>\n

Every day there are improvements\u00a0to the cars we drive, the medicine we take, the homes we live in — online search makes information easy and useful to access, buying and selling goods and services is offered up improved and less expensive, medical procedures extend our lives and add to the quality of our lives, entertainment is offered in diverse packages that make our lives more enjoyable, private charities are getting help to needy individuals in more creative and efficient ways. It’s all due to\u00a0the myriad individuals who use their minds daily and development better and better management and delivery. The real leaders of the world, for the most part,\u00a0go unnoticed.<\/p>\n

Not only do they go unnoticed, they are disparaged directly and indirectly by politicians building power bases. It’s especially noticable this election year. You would think the world revolves around and depends on the choice between three people. Government has positioned itself in the hearts and minds of many people and in the press as the true leadership that will reshape the world and improve mankind. If this idea wasn’t so dangerous, it would be hilarious. All one has to do is sit back objectively and consider the brilliant people at work each day building, innovatiing, managing and\u00a0delivering Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every day around the world there are brilliant people going to work performing complex tasks that make all our lives better. There are companies developing and\u00a0implementing service oriented architecture (SOA), information technology solutions\u00a0more sophisticated than the world has ever known. 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