The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Lawmakers slash budget for Defense Department’s information ops By Walter Pincus Congress is slowly but surely trying to get the Pentagon to cut back on its overseas information operations, most of which end up being done by contractors. The latest hint has come from the House Appropriations Committee, which has sliced about $125 million from …
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Afghanistan: Special Comment. Longtime Readers know that NightWatch has had a continuing project to monitor the security situation in Afghanistan since mid-2006, using a consistent sample of unclassified reporting. In 2006, when the Taliban resurgence was just beginning, NightWatch began publishing monthly summaries of the security situation. In the past three years, the number of …
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UPDATED 26 Oct 2011 to add YouTube overview Seven Promises to America – Raising the Bar for 2012 UPDATED 20 June 2011 after talking to Cynthia McKinney. Changes 7th promise to subsume End of Empire to Start of Green Non-Zero World that works for all. Over the course of the past decade, as I have …
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Organization vs. movement vs. philosophy An organization uses structure and resources and power to make things happen. Organizations hire people, issue policies, buy things, erect buildings, earn market share and get things done. Your company is probably an organization. A movement has an emotional heart. A movement might use an organization, but it can replace …
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Newt Gingrich and *many* other contributors. Hyperbole Squared, Disingenious, Mostly Theater, June 2, 2011 I happen to like Newt Gingrich, but no one has held him accountable on matters of truth for decades. When I was elected Virtual President at the Huffington Post (search for Robert David Steele), Newt was my choice for Vice President …
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Obama says ‘Drill, baby, drill.’ Will new oil policy ease gas prices? President Obama used his weekly address to announce steps to promote greater domestic oil production and reduce the burden of high gas prices. Republicans say it’s not enough. Big Oil’s Political Ploy Whatever else we might say about Big Oil in the United …
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This is a vital search, exactly on point. 21st Century public administration must be about design. The machine search results are disappointing. Here are a few thoughts and some links from the human in the loop. 1. Public Administration is not Public Management. The administrator should be a civil servant in the fullest sense of …
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