Turkmenbashi has some guidelines for moral conduct of government officials. Some of the moral qualities needed by officials include honesty, wisdom, generosity, wittiness, humility, simplicity, cheerfulness, and charisma.
And, hey, I don’t see why we can’t use these all the time. So, next time someone is bothering you with their lack of wit or simplicity, be sure to point out what a horribly immoral person they are. I’m sure it would make the Turkmenbashi proud.
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I don’t like to seem cheap, but I happen to think this is quite a nice site for more of the Turkmen stuff.
http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/
Hey, if I don’t gratify myself, who will?
I don’t always remember to send a trackback, but yeah.
I do have a problem with forgetting to link in my quick links section while doing the GVO stuff.
Oh dear, that wasn’t a dig. I do worry that you’re the only person that looks at it though!
That’s why I link as much as I can get away with
I just started. Its really good, Peter – Keep it going!
I read it and link it, too! Ben