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When you look at your country, who do you see?
To me, last night’s State of the Union Address represented the same kind of drivel that I’ve come to expect from all of our politicians for years. Obama went right to the boasting and political pandering that has defined national … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, History, Nations, News, Philosophy, Politics, Society, United States, World Watch
Tagged actions, destiny, Government, Obama, Philosophy, Politics, State of the Union, words
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Occupy Yourself, or a better way for the Occupy Wall Street protesters to succeed
One of the ironies of the Occupy Wall Street protests is how many of the protesters refuse to acknowledge the contradiction of their outrage against the rich and corporations even as they demand taxes, jobs, and benefits from the rich … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Nations, News, Philosophy, Politics, Society, United States, World Watch
Tagged actions, failures, ideas, Occupy Wall Street
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Remembering the warning we ignored
Today is the 11th anniversary of the bombing of the USS Cole at Aden, Yemen by operatives of al Qaeda. The bombing killed seventeen sailors and wounded another 39. The US response to the Cole bombing may well go down … Continue reading
Posted in Current Operations, History, Military, News, Politics
Tagged actions, Consequences, failures, Politics, USS Cole
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WikiLeaks, transparency, and the responsibilities of citizens
I keep reading about how the WikiLeaks fiasco is good for America because it forces our government to become more transparent to its citizens. One common refrain is, “We need to know what the government is doing in our name.” … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Groups, Nations, News, Politics, Security, Society, United States, WikiLeaks, World Watch
Tagged accountability, actions, Citizens, Consequences, Government, responsibility, transparency, WikiLeaks
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Can a non-state actor kill government transparency?
Via The Daily Beast, over at Newsweek, Christopher Dickey makes the point that the WikiLeaks dump of classified State Department documents could have the effect of making the government more closed and more opaque both to the world and within … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomacy, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Government, Intelligence, Nations, News, Politics, Security, United States, World Watch
Tagged actions, Consequences, Julian Assange, non-state actors, opacity, transparency, WikiLeaks
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