Going nowhere fast

'Friedman frequently uses a rhetorical technique that goes something like this: “I was in Dubai with the general counsel of BP last year, watching 500 Balinese textile workers get on a train, when suddenly I said to myself, ‘We need better headlights for our tri-plane.’” And off he goes.'

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2U2YjFiOTgzZWVmOGEyMzVhNjU4NTFmM2VlNmQ0NDE=

Its called the Grandad Simpson school of public discourse.