Time for the adults to take charge: here is a candid assessment by a guy who is so honest that I am surprised he hasnt had a car accident financial condition is bad and getting worse; last 8 years have been catastrophic need tough budget controls, tax reform, and entitlement reform out of control health […]
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“Playing” at being Presidential vs actually “Presiding”
Is this just a low cost way to appear Presidential and decisive? or part of the narrative of socialist/fascist power-grab using the Alinsky model? If Obama really wanted to look Presidential he would take the NYT defense budget cutting quiz and start to make a difference in our finances by downsizing the military Related articles […]
2x every single dollar Penn State football made in the last 25 yrs into a trust fund for victims
it is the height of hypocrisy and worship of the almighty football dollar that the NCAA and new regime at Penn State is allowing a football game to be played tomorrow. Disgusting. Can you even listen to their protestations about restorng their reputation? they should forfeit twice every precious dollar they “earned” in the last […]
Joe Frazier, Rest in Peace
watching the Frazier-Ali trilogy, and it just makes me admire Joe Frazier all the more. the 14th round of the fight in Manilla was just a testimony to human spirit. Angelo Dundee said “the fight becomes more important than life itself. i think both men died that day Joe is and always will be the […]
Gingrich running for Cain’s VP
Gingrich is running for Cain’s VP; it will be worth it just for the VP debate. You’d have an eloquent but rendered harmless policy wonk who can dismantle Biden and give intellectual and politcal weight to Cain, much like Biden alleged was to have give Obama. based on Lichtman’s 13 keys, however, Obama is […]
How healthy is Voice within your organization?
My dissertation research included an investigation of how networks of stakeholders within the US Army Command & General Staff College could self-organize to improve professional curriculum using Participatory Action Research. In the course of examining over a hundred different change initiatives, our research team concluded that the concept of Voice was of central importance. It […]
Definitions of Terms The following terms were used throughout many projects that were studied in my examination of Participatory Action Research (PAR) at the US Army Command & General Staff College from 2008-2011. I was researching how PAR curriculum projects can change how we design and deliver curriculum within the military profession. A large part […]
Preparing for the career after the military
spent time in class today with the officers discussing how to be prepared fro life after the Army, and why taking a holistic look at your life and career will make you a better officer. We settled in on the idea that 1 of 3 organizing principles tends to dominate the average officer’s thinking […]
What? Steve Jobs was just another nut who lucked into a broad market trend at the right time?!
Steve Jobs: So, he’s a lunatic, who exploited child labor in emerging markets to make over-priced consumerist products, who ignored scientific evidence to choose his self treatment for cancer, exhibited the same kind of piratish bullying capitalist behavior that Gates is routinely crucified for, and was a jerk to people around him. is that the […]
Frogs, Dragons and Panda’s oh my!
Developing new ideas about short term market trading using a combination of the Frog (statistics based range analysis) and the Dragon (short term oscillation and momentum analysis). had some new ideas and interest in a specialty workshop that trades exclusively the “pattern-free” Frog style Panda’s are “lazy W” entries that extend the original success that […]