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2010/12/122011/10/22

Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Save Democracy

Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Save Democracy “The most durable and dangerous ‘special interest’ – the only one that can directly traduce the Constitution – is the political class.” George F. Will Robert David Steele (Vivas) has produced a significant, but short, political essay for the Huffington Post, titled, “Citizens Fiddle, Obama Dances.” The central argument …

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2010/12/072010/12/08

Journal: Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and National Security

Will Colin Powell become Barack Obama’s next Pentagon chief? Toby Harnden, The Telegraph UK 4 December 2010 – – – – – – – Obama’s most important decision you haven’t heard about — Pentagon leaders Richard H. Kohn, Christian Science Monitor 6 December 2010 Breaking Down Obama’s Cabinet Contenders (2008) Brian Montopoli, CBSNews 6 November …

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2010/12/062011/10/22

Journal: Rabbi Michael Lerner, Barack Obama, and the Washington Cesspool Update

Save Obama – by running against him By Michael Lerner The Washington Post Saturday, December 4, 2010 EXTRACT: The basic platform for such a candidate is clear: Unequivocally call for an immediate end to the presence of U.S. troops, advisers and private U.S.-based security firms in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, and replace the “war on …

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2010/12/062010/12/06

Reference: A World That Works for All

A World That Works for All Building on last week’s REVIEW: Buckminster Fuller’s 1928 Ideas & Integrities this week I want to honor one new book and reinforce that book with mention and links to several others, all of which make the same point in different ways: we have the power to design a world …

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2010/12/052010/12/05

Journal: Brooks on Assange, Others on Brooks

EDIT of 5 Dec 2010 to add commentaries by various others. Op-Ed Columnist The Fragile Community By DAVID BROOKS Published: November 29, 2010 Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, had moved 37 times by the time he reached his 14th birthday. His mother didn’t enroll him in the local schools because, as Raffi Khatchadourian wrote …

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2010/12/032011/10/22

Reference: Transparency Killer App Plus “Open Everything” RECAP (Back to 01/2007)

Gregory Unruh Director of the Lincoln Center for Ethics in Global Management at Thunderbird Posted: December 3, 2010 03:21 PM Transparency: The Internet’s Killer CSR App EXTRACT: Today “Wikileaks” makes the McLibel case look like child’s play. Corporate executives should watch closely as diplomats cringe under the sudden and violent spotlight. The same scrutiny is …

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2010/12/012011/10/22

Reflections on Convergence in 2012, Emergence Unknowable

Executive Summary: Extremes are in active conflict today within the USA, with Transpartisan Upwising being one extreme and the No Labels “Non-Party” being another extreme. They join the dysfunctional extremists of the two-party tyranny/bi-opoly. Not yet emergent is a co-creative function that brings together public money, public knowledge, and a public process to create a …

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