February 2011 – Page 3 – Public Intelligence Blog

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Sunday 27 Feb 2011

Citizen in Search of a Leader

Author: Robert David Steele Vivas

Summary of Qualifications

America needs a leader that is balanced, thoughtful, integrative, supportive of dissent and debate, and above all, educated enough to craft a national strategy for security and prosperity that will stand the test of time. I want a leader who is at least as committed to the future of my children as to the passing security and prosperity of the moment. Individuals obsessing on being elected or re-elected need not apply.

In my view as a citizen, there are four areas where the right individual, as a team builder rather than a personal icon, could help America restore its balance. These four areas are: 1) electoral reform, 2) intelligence reform, 3) global issues & national security reform, and 4) governance reform inclusive of corporate ethics and accountability. I would sum up the objective of all four reform initiatives with the phrase: “Creating a Smart Nation, Of, By, and For the People.”

The full essay: Citizen In Search of a Leader

Tags: democracy, electoral reform, government, intelligence, politics, security, Steele

2011/02/262011/10/22

Review: Simple Government

5 Star, America (Founders, Current Situation), Budget Process & Politics, Complexity & Resilience, Congress (Failure, Reform), Consciousness & Social IQ, Culture, Research, Democracy, Diplomacy, Economics, Education (General), Empire, Sorrows, Hubris, Blowback, Environment (Problems), Executive (Partisan Failure, Reform), Force Structure (Military), Future, Intelligence (Public), Justice (Failure, Reform), Peace, Poverty, & Middle Class, Politics, Priorities, Public Administration, Strategy, Survival & Sustainment, Terrorism & Jihad, Values, Ethics, Sustainable Evolution

Mike Huckabee

Great Mind and Heart, Too Simple, Good Start

February 26, 2011

Right up front, and in part because this is going to be a “tough love” commentary, I want to say that of all those of any persuasion who are known presidential contenders, Mike Huckabee is the only one I genuinely like, trust, and would support. Mitch Daniels surprised me with his gifted presentation at the conservative caucus, and Donald Trump has his own gifts, but for me, Huckabee is a natural. I review his book in the third part of this review, the first two sections are short tough love stage setters.

That said, he is not attracting the big money, he needs a broader advisory base, and he needs to inspire ALL Americans.

Book in a nutshell: Family, Local, Money, Taxes, Health, Education, Environment, Immigration, Terrorism, Military, Enemies, Faith
Continue reading “Review: Simple Government”

2011/02/262011/02/27

Inside the Business of Malware (infographic) + Resources

Computer/online security, info-graphics/data-visualization, Technologies, Tools, Uncategorized

Infographic: Inside the Business of Malware

Web resources found along the way:

http://twitter.com/threatpost (security news)

http://offensivecomputing.net (malware research)

http://twitter.com/ocomputing

http://hakin9.org (magazine)

Malware Intelligence of Modern Crimeware

Shadowserver Foundation

FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab

2011/02/26

Reference: Speech by Secretary of Defense

DoD

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Extraordinary for its candid focus on what is wrong with the US Army:

“And on top of the repeat deployments, there is the garrison mindset and personnel bureaucracy that awaits them back home – often cited as primary factors causing promising officers to leave the Army just as they are best positioned to have a positive impact on the institution.”

“Men and women in the prime of their professional lives, who may have been responsible for the lives of scores or hundreds of troops, or millions of dollars in assistance, or engaging in reconciling warring tribes, they may find themselves in a cube all day re-formatting power point slides, preparing quarterly training briefs, or assigned an ever expanding array of clerical duties. The consequences of this terrify me.”

This is certainly rampant in the Pentagon. Not long ago — just a very few months — there was a office I passed through frequently where a significant number, say 30 (I didn't count the cubes) of principally field grade officers sat updating PowerPoint slides for the next day's brief. Not far away was an other office of about 20 or so doing very similar stuff.

Speech

United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)
As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, West Point, NY, Friday, February 25, 2011

2011/02/26

Definitions: Netness & the Autonomous Internet

Autonomous Internet, Definitions

Description

Sheldon Renan:

“Netness

All things want to be connected — because the more things are connected the better they work. Now the scale and intimacy of connectivity is increasing (accelerating) at a scary rate. We don't see it, but we do sense it. The term “netness” characterizes our new state-of-being as connectivity becomes increasingly ubiquitous, our lives increasingly “entangled.”

Recognizing netness leads to recognizing this simple principle: connectivity is the most important enabler of creating of new value. Forget Moore's Law. It is extending connectivity across and beyond networks that increases knowledge, safety, collaboration and (critical for eCommers) access to new models and markets.

Limit connectivity and you limit opportunity. Connect the unconnected and you hugely improve odds for success. Netness offers a powerful conceptual tool for guiding innovation and governance going forward.”

Learn More:

Principles

Discussion

2011/02/262011/02/26

Blog Wisdom: A Linchpin Hierarchy

Blog Wisdom

A linchpin hierarchy (Rising)

Do exactly what the boss says.

Ask the boss hard questions.

Tell the boss what your best choice among the available options is. Insist.

Have co-workers and bosses ask you hard questions.

Invent a whole new way to do things, something that wasn't on the list.

Push and encourage and lead your co-workers to do ever better work.

Insist that they push and encourage you.

2011/02/262011/02/26

Reference: Spengler @ Asia Times Online

Articles & Chapters, Blog Wisdom

20110226 The Complete Spengler Single posting of all past posts with links.

Selected posts:

20110215 The Internet bubble in Middle East politics

20090418 And Spengler is …[David P. Goldman]

20090209 Who are the ‘extraordinary' Muslims?

2009 Save less, breed more

20090330 The gods are stupid

Phi Beta Iota: “Spengler” is channeled by David P Goldman, associate editor of First Things. Routinely cited by Contributing Editor Chuck Spinney, Spengler is a gifted analyst with a very large lance for popping intellectual and moral bubbles in Western discourse.

Month: February 2011

Greater Democracy: Citizen in Search of a Leader