Yep, join the club. Proposal 1: "This is the best idea I've heard of in a long time! We totally need to do this, it could be revolutionary! Uh, Except it's too politically sensitive so we can't touch it with a 10 foot pole in case it comes out sounding silly in the papers." *I laugh bitterly and hate the press* Proposal 2: "We [govt agency] can't be associated with PTSD research. That might make people think that PTSD was a problem." *I laugh bitterly and hate the government* Proposal 3: "That was really good, but we were thinking half the money." *I laugh hysterically and wish them good luck with their impossible project* Proposal 4: "Hmm, every single proposal we got was more money than we were thinking. Guess we'll continue to train people the problematic old way." *eye roll*
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Date: 2008-10-23 03:12 pm (UTC)Proposal 1:
"This is the best idea I've heard of in a long time! We totally need to do this, it could be revolutionary! Uh, Except it's too politically sensitive so we can't touch it with a 10 foot pole in case it comes out sounding silly in the papers." *I laugh bitterly and hate the press*
Proposal 2:
"We [govt agency] can't be associated with PTSD research. That might make people think that PTSD was a problem." *I laugh bitterly and hate the government*
Proposal 3:
"That was really good, but we were thinking half the money." *I laugh hysterically and wish them good luck with their impossible project*
Proposal 4:
"Hmm, every single proposal we got was more money than we were thinking. Guess we'll continue to train people the problematic old way." *eye roll*