Archives for “politics”
Tweet Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal. – Robert Heinlein Leadership, I frequently say, is about “making good decisions with limited information.” Not perfect decisions. But good decisions. You don’t have a choice in business: move quickly or die. And unlike CEOs on Wall Street, the small business CEO’s worst [...]
Tweet “the most important piece of legislation that no one’s ever heard of” - Simon Rosenberg (source)
Tweet As I understand it, the Obama Doctrine is (these are my words): We (America) can preemptively execute people we deem to be a national security threat even in allied countries without notice. In doing so, we accept collateral deaths of unknown people will occur. This targeted execution is done without any form of process [...]
Tweet “In their new book, “Millennial Momentum,” they explain how the millennial generation (born from 1982 to 2003) will remake America in education, politics, entertainment and every other conceivable endeavor. There will be more compromise, they predict, and more tolerance for different points of view…. But until that day comes, there will be gridlock and [...]
Tweet Wow, I think I’m guilty of this. And I’m not sure I can change either. I read “Why Muslims are still mad at America” by Steven Kull on CNN and I can’t say that I think the Muslim perception of the American narrative is incorrect. Speaking for myself, I do view freedom and civil [...]
Tweet A creative commons attribution photo of Texas Governor, and now Presidential Candidate Rick Perry. You are free to use this photo for profit without restriction with the attribution of “photo by Ed Schipul.” A link back to the flickr page or this post is appreciated but not required. For print you may want the [...]
Tweet “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow may be a running gag on “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central, but it is spending money as it sees fit, with little in the way of disclosure, just like its non-comedic brethren. Comedians, including Mr. Colbert in the last election, have undertaken faux candidacies. But his Super [...]
Tweet “Listen I throw these ideas out there, because I recognize the country I live in. Living in Michigan now, the main topic of conversation this week was the last episode of the ‘Bachelorette,’ and why did Ashley pick J.P. over Ben. That’s the country I live in, and they all vote. And I’d like [...]
Tweet “What is really amazing is that some (Senate) members are believing that we can pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution in this body with its present representation – and that is foolish,” McCain said. “That is worse than foolish,” he continued. “That is deceiving many of our constituents.” “To hold out and [...]
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Tweet I recently did a blog post on business taxes going up in Texas. And a follow up post on entrepreneurship and suicide. And as it so happens one of the five people who read this blog brought it up after a tennis match the other day. The conversation went something like this: CitizenX: So I read [...]
Tweet “If you suspend all the rules, you don’t need a rulebook,” Eiland said later. – Texas
Tweet Ideas are the most powerful creations on earth when life is breathed into them. From The mythos of Obama and Osama by Larbi Sadiki on Al Jazeera. A Pygmalion resides in both of them. They are, to an extent, sculptors. In turn, these two sculptors, Obama and Osama, are examples of how extraordinary men [...]
Tweet In 2006, former Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn sent a letter to state Gov. Rick Perry predicting a $23 billion shortfall over the next five years due to Perry’s tax plan. and “You find something like this and you want to go, ‘they knew’,” Haterius explained. “Hopefully, this mess will cause us to look [...]
Tweet This is a cross post. Please read and comment on A Modest Proposal to Resolve the Budget Shortfall in the State of Texas on Chron.com My friend Jason Wilson and I were taking break at a pub in our neighborhood watching the NCAA Finals recently when we overheard two men at the table next [...]
Tweet The vote took under 20 minutes, without any debate among members, and resulted in 18-7 in favor. The (Texas) House budget proposes reductions in two major areas: public education funding by $8.8 billion and health care by $16 billion. For the 2010-11 biennium, public education received $50 billion and health care received $65 billion. [...]
Tweet This is a cross post. To comment go to the official version on the Chron here. Ed Schipul In 2006 Rick Perry passed an uneven business income tax in the state of Texas. This is in conflict with the Texas state constitution which states you can not have an income tax without a referendum. [...]
Tweet Worth a read. A revolution against Neoliberalism Guaranteeing the sanctity of markets is supposed to be the limit of legitimate state functions, and state interventions should always be subordinate to markets. All human behavior, and not just the production of goods and services, can be reduced to market transactions. And the application of utopian [...]
Tweet When the nonpartisan International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, which trains democracy activists, slipped into Cairo several years ago to conduct a workshop, among the papers it distributed was Mr. Sharp’s “198 Methods of Nonviolent Action,” a list of tactics that range from hunger strikes to “protest disrobing” to “disclosing identities of secret agents.” Dalia Ziada, an [...]
Tweet Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces… The crowd in Tahrir chanted “We have brought down the regime”, while many were seen crying, cheering and embracing one another. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011211164636605699.html
Tweet Best.Propaganda. Ever by flickr user bleego.
Tweet “I guess I’d put it this way. Every society has to engird capitalism in a restraining value system, or else it turns nihilistic and out of control. The Germans have a Christian Democratic set of institutions, enforced by law. The Swedes have their egalitarianism. Since the days of Jonathan Edwards, we have developed a [...]
Tweet I have to agree with Bill White’s campaign on this one. Why isn’t Rick Perry going to debate? Yes he would have to answer some tough questions, but you know, being Governor isn’t supposed to be easy. From Bill’s latest email: Rick Perry won’t answer for nearly doubling state spending, doubling state debt and [...]
Tweet “It is OK to point out what it is wrong, but it is more important to stand for what it is right.” Via the Amazing JJ who knows I am a student of leadership. Thank you JJ!