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 “I get why people are so angry at seeing Christmas commercials and why petitions are starting left and right and why regular, educated, hard-working Americans are taking to the streets to occupy and lend their voices to the movement. These people are normal. They have kids and dogs and jobs that they’ve held for [...]
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 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 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 Less fairy tale than fable about the consequences of collective hypocrisy, Andersen’s story bears a message that has become a proverbial truth… Choosing to ignore what is in plain sight and blindly acting as if there were nothing wrong are the targets of Andersen’s satirical barbs. That it takes an “innocent” child to divine [...]
Tweet Best.Propaganda. Ever by flickr user bleego.
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 Houston Arts Alliance, the Houston Museum District Association, and Houston Theater District present: The Houston Mayoral Forum on the Arts Candidates for Mayor:Gene Locke, Roy Morales, Annise Parker, Peter Brown Photos from the Houston Mayoral Forum on the Arts are posted by me on facebook as well as flickr and picasa. All are creative [...]
Tweet Yali’s famous question from the book Guns, Germs, and Steel: “All of those things must have been on Yali’s mind when, with yet another penetrating glance of his flashing eyes, he asked me, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people [...]