Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 19th, 2003 Comments Off
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), October 16, 2003, Congressional Record:
All the administration’s rationalizations as we prepared to go to war
now stand revealed as “double talk.” The American people were told
Saddam Hussein was building nuclear weapons. He was not. We were told
he had stockpiles of other weapons of mass destruction. He did not. We
were told he was [...]
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 19th, 2003 Comments Off
Dicky Reed, a friend of Joanne’s, had this excellent idea: The
Red Sox and the Cubs should go ahead and play at least one game,
and perhaps a series. Their fields are ready–the fans would love
it–and TV would find a way to cover it. Hey, this would be in
the spirit of the people taking charge: Why have [...]
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 17th, 2003 Comments Off
Important public event: Yossi Vardi will discuss “The Edge Against the Hub: The Struggle for Dominance on the Internet” Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 PM at Harvard Law School Hauser Hall 104. Yossi is a brilliant student of technology and society, and is focused on swarms, social movments, and giving voice and power to folks on the [...]
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 17th, 2003 Comments Off
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 17th, 2003 Comments Off
I can’t believe I stayed up to watch the Redsocks Yankee game–in a
Cambridge bar no less. Got re-acquainted with Nomar, Pedro and the
boys, and about a dozen Yankee pitchures..
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 17th, 2003 Comments Off
I can’t believe I stayed up to watch the Redsocks Yankee game–in a
Cambridge bar no less. Got re-acquainted with Nomar, Pedro and
the boys, and about a dozen Yankee pitchures..
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 17th, 2003 Comments Off
I can’t believe I stayed up to watch the Redsocks Yankees game–in a
Cambridge bar no less. Got re-acquainted with Nomar, Pedro and
about ten Yankees pitchers…
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 16th, 2003 Comments Off
The most under-reported event of yesterday was the Howard Dean campaign’s filing of their quarterly fundraising numbers with the Federal Election Commission. The numbers, to summarize, show that the Dean campaign raised 99% of its money from donors bearing small gifts. 99% of Dean’s contributors are below the Federal limit of $2000 per person. This [...]
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 14th, 2003 Comments Off
I’m up in Burlington Vermont at the Dean campaign headquarters today, visiting the very hospitable Matt Gross and friends. Great folks! Lots and lots of cool ideas and fresh energy.
Meanwhile, the mainstream is catching on..
Today’s copy of The Hill, the insider newspaper read in Washington by politicos, has a piece on grassroots movements affecting congressional [...]
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Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 13th, 2003 Comments Off
John F. Kennedy’s book Profiles in Courage emphasizes that leaders have
their moments–when through a combination of courage and clarity they
can rise to make a difference.
General Clark is able to credibly challenge Bush administration
approaches to war making and diplomacy. In particular, General Clark
has been very convincing when arguing that preemptive military strikes
and a stated strategy of [...]
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