{"id":18766,"date":"2017-03-11T18:15:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T23:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ianchadwick.com\/blog\/?p=18766"},"modified":"2017-03-11T18:15:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T23:15:50","slug":"the-blame-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ianchadwick.com\/blog\/the-blame-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blame Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nRemember The Name Game<\/a> – that song from the Sixties that had those crazy lyrics<\/strong>: Shirley! Shirley, Shirley\/ Bo-ber-ley, bo-na-na fanna\/ Fo-fer-ley. fee fi mo-mer-ley, Shirley! Not the most intellectual lyrics of the era, I admit, but not forgotten and clearly suitable for local tastes. In Collingwood town hall, for example, they even sing their own version, The Blame Game:<\/p>\n

Bloggers! Bloggers! Bloggers!
\nBo-ba-loggers, bo-na-na fanna
\nFo-fer-loggers fee fi mo-mer-loggers, Bloggers!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And so on. It’s part of the “not my fault” mindset that infuses The Block and the administration this term: blame everyone else for the mess you made yourself. Sort of like being in a five-year old’s heaven: it was broken when I found it. Not my fault! I wasn’t even in the room. She started it. I don’t know how it got in my pocket. Someone musta put it there. I didn’t do it! Wah, wah, wah!<\/p>\n

It has been sadly amusing watching The Block and the administration fumble and bumble and stumble along their rocky ideological road, while eagerly pointing their fingers at everyone else as the source of their misfortunes. They never once take responsibility for their own decisions and actions. But instead of extricating them from the quagmire, all this flailing about and blaming others has only stuck them deeper in it.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the people, groups and services The Block blames for the misfortunes they have done to themselves, the town, its staff and our reputation this term. You can see how many opportunities have created for themselves in this song:<\/p>\n

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