South Sudan is at the brink of civil war and societal collapse
History is just one of those hard things to ignore, especially in South Sudan.
In 2011, the U.S. midwifed the creation of a new nation, South Sudan. Though at the time Obama invoked the words of Dr. Martin Luther King speaking about Ghana (“I knew about all of the struggles, and all of the pain, and all of the agony that these people had gone through for this moment”) in officially recognizing the country, many were more focused on the underlying U.S. motives,
Phi Beta Iota: The USA is in the low risk column. We do not agree. At this time, lacking a proper revolutionary precipitant, the USA is in the medium risk. From 2014 to 2016 the USA will become a high risk.
The sharing economy offers enormous potential to create jobs. Sharing leverages a wide variety of resources and lowers barriers to starting small businesses.
Cities can lower the cost of starting businesses by supporting innovations like shared workspaces, shared commercial kitchens, community-financed start-ups, community-owned commercial centers, and spaces for “pop-up” businesses.
Open hardware is gaining speed. The appetite for open source vehicles is growing. And while we may not have flying cars yet, we do have Tabby—an open source car design released by Open Source Vehicle this October.
Want to swap out an internal combustible engine for an eco-friendly electric? Tabby can do that. And, this open source vehicle is not just for makers—it’s production ready. Tabby will be rolling off the assembly line in early 2014. Will you see Tabby cruising your streets?
In this interview, we found out more about Tabby and got some insight into the open hardware movement from the team at Open Source Vehicle.
Abuse of power …………………………………………………………………………… 6
Altering the Constitution …………………………………………………………….. 7
Appointment of officers ………………………………………………………………. 8
Arms …………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
Bill of rights ………………………………………………………………………………. 13
Checks and balances …………………………………………………………………… 15
Constitution is not alterable by government …………………………………. 26
Constitution is recommended not imposed …………………………………… 27
Constitutional Convention ………………………………………………………….. 28
Corruption ………………………………………………………………………………… 29
Defense …………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
Democracy ………………………………………………………………………………… 32
Due process ……………………………………………………………………………….. 34
Economics …………………………………………………………………………………. 35
Electoral college …………………………………………………………………………. 36
Emergency powers ……………………………………………………………………… 37
Equality / inequality …………………………………………………………………… 39
Eternal vigilance against usurpation ……………………………………………. 40
Ex post facto laws ………………………………………………………………………. 44
Example for world ……………………………………………………………………… 45
Executive Branch, the nature of …………………………………………………… 46
Faction ……………………………………………………………………………………… 50
Federal/national nature of U. S. government ………………………………… 54
Federations/federal governments; nature of …………………………………. 62
Foreign intrusions ………………………………………………………………………. 63
Future taken into consideration …………………………………………………… 64
General Welfare' not blank check …………………………………………………. 66
Government for the benefit of those who govern ……………………………. 68
Gridlock desirable ……………………………………………………………………….. 70
Human nature …………………………………………………………………………….. 72
Impeachment ……………………………………………………………………………… 77
Judiciary; nature of the ……………………………………………………………….. 79
Jurisdiction of federal government limited to enumerated objects …… 85
Law and equity ……………………………………………………………………………. 93
Laws must be executed ………………………………………………………………… 95
Laws must be few, understandable, and stable ………………………………. 96
Laws; various types of …………………………………………………………………. 98
Legislature; Nature of the ………………………………………………………….. 102
Legislature not to accord themselves privileges ……………………………. 106
Limited jurisdiction of the federal/national government ………………. 108
Maxims …………………………………………………………………………………….. 116
Militia ………………………………………………………………………………………. 123
Minority rights ………………………………………………………………………….. 133
Miscellaneous……………………………………………………………………………. 135
Monetary system ………………………………………………………………………. 146
National concerns sacrificed to local interests (pork barreling) ……… 147
Novelty of the Constitution ………………………………………………………… 148
Paper money …………………………………………………………………………….. 149
Parchment barriers insufficient …………………………………………………… 151
Part-time legislature ………………………………………………………………….. 152
People – the ultimate source of authority………………………………………. 153
People must protect themselves from the government ………………….. 158
Policy changes …………………………………………………………………………… 165
Property……………………………………………………………………………………. 167
Purpose of government ……………………………………………………………… 169
Qualifications for office ……………………………………………………………… 171
Ratification; Method and significance of ……………………………………… 172
Rebellion ………………………………………………………………………………….. 173
Representatives to control purse strings ……………………………………… 175
Representatives to know the will of constituents ………………………….. 176
Republican form; ingredients of …………………………………………………. 177
Republics require enlightened citizenry ………………………………………. 182
Respectability abroad ………………………………………………………………… 184
Rights given up upon joining society …………………………………………… 185
Seat of government – exclusive legislation over …………………………….. 186
Senate; Nature of the …………………………………………………………………. 188
Slavery ……………………………………………………………………………………… 189
Standing armies ………………………………………………………………………… 190
State governments need voice in federal/national government ……… 203
States' rights …………………………………………………………………………….. 204
States to guard against encroachments of federal government ………. 207
Suffrage; voters qualifications …………………………………………………….. 214
Suing a sovereign ………………………………………………………………………. 215
Taxes ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 216
Term limits ………………………………………………………………………………. 220
Titles of nobility ………………………………………………………………………… 221
Treaties ……………………………………………………………………………………. 222
Usurpation ……………………………………………………………………………….. 224
Veto power ……………………………………………………………………………….. 235
War ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 237
Appendix 1- The Constitution …………………………………………………….. 240
Appendix 2 – The Federalist Papers – Links …………………………………. 256
Appendix 3 – Chronology of the Federalist Papers ………………………… 262
For Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, his team broke down data silos and moved all the data to a cloud repository. The team built Narwhal, a shared data store interface for all of the campaigns’ application. Narwhal was dubbed “Obama’s White Whale,” because it is almost a mythical technology that federal agencies have been trying to develop for years. While Obama may be hanging out with Queequag and Ishmael, there is a more viable solution for the cloud says GCN’s article, “Big Metadata: 7 Ways To Leverage Your Data In the Cloud.”
Data silo migration may appear to be a daunting task, but it is not impossible to do. The article states:
In 1933, Major General Smedley Butler, at the time a famous Marine general gave a speech looking back on his military service. He made observations that are, if anything, more apposite today than they were then.
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
Major General Smedley Butler, USMC – Federation of American Scientists – Military Analysis Network
President Dwight Eisenhower amongst all Americans in history commanded a war that encompassed the Earth and, then, served as a civilian President in the world that war created. Looking back across those experiences he saw with a uniquely expert eye the true threat to American democracy.
