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Where Is Wael Ghonim After Mubarak Ouster?
Things sometimes get so bad that something must change and everyone knows it. This is what is happening in the Arab world today. The problem is that a common effort of getting rid of a Mubarak or Gadhafi does not result from the work of a single leader. As we see in Revolution 2.0, social media are strong in spreading a consensus quickly, but they are poor at identifying leadership. The Washington Post... (posted by Skip 1 year 42 days ago.)
Things sometimes get so bad that something must change and everyone knows it. This is what is happening in the Arab world today. The problem is that a common effort of getting rid of a Mubarak or Gadhafi does not result from the work of a single leader. As we see in Revolution 2.0, social media are strong in spreading a consensus quickly, but they are poor at identifying leadership. The Washington Post... (posted by Skip 1 year 42 days ago.)
Building Bandwidth a Matter of National Security
One thing the last few weeks have proven to us is that its time for Internet companies like Twitter, Facebook and the news media like CNNd to build bandwidth and monetize. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, and Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya's Revolution 2.0, prove to us that the world has become dependent upon social networks for so many functions that the owners of those networks need to... (posted by Skip 1 year 74 days ago.)
One thing the last few weeks have proven to us is that its time for Internet companies like Twitter, Facebook and the news media like CNNd to build bandwidth and monetize. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, and Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya's Revolution 2.0, prove to us that the world has become dependent upon social networks for so many functions that the owners of those networks need to... (posted by Skip 1 year 74 days ago.)
Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter Reduced the US National Debt
Conservative spin-doctors want you to believe that they reduce our National Debt. The exact opposite is true. Democratic Presidents since Harry Truman have consistently reduced the National Debt, while only Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, in his first term, reduced the National Debt during their time in office. Let us first understand that the National Debt is the sum of previous federal... (posted by Skip 1 year 84 days ago.)
Conservative spin-doctors want you to believe that they reduce our National Debt. The exact opposite is true. Democratic Presidents since Harry Truman have consistently reduced the National Debt, while only Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, in his first term, reduced the National Debt during their time in office. Let us first understand that the National Debt is the sum of previous federal... (posted by Skip 1 year 84 days ago.)
Egypt Revolution 2.0 Fails Without Freedom of Religion
The 1st Amendment of the Constitution of the United States mentions Freedom of Religion first. We Americans had good reason for putting it there! North America was largely colonized because of religious warfare. Nearly all Americans are descended from peoples who sought Freedom of Religion. My ancestors left Holland in 1625 to become 5 of the first 200 settlers of Manhattan Island, then in the... (posted by Skip 1 year 97 days ago.)
The 1st Amendment of the Constitution of the United States mentions Freedom of Religion first. We Americans had good reason for putting it there! North America was largely colonized because of religious warfare. Nearly all Americans are descended from peoples who sought Freedom of Religion. My ancestors left Holland in 1625 to become 5 of the first 200 settlers of Manhattan Island, then in the... (posted by Skip 1 year 97 days ago.)
Building an Egyptian Constitution with Civil Rights
The 45 words of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States are the essence of the strength of the United States. I say this because the rights contained there allow us to build our country by a tempering process analogous to turning iron into steel by pounding the impurities out of the iron. Whenever any of our thousands of religious, ethnic, national, social, political and many... (posted by Skip 1 year 100 days ago.)
The 45 words of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States are the essence of the strength of the United States. I say this because the rights contained there allow us to build our country by a tempering process analogous to turning iron into steel by pounding the impurities out of the iron. Whenever any of our thousands of religious, ethnic, national, social, political and many... (posted by Skip 1 year 100 days ago.)
Wet Piano Rates as Best Publicity Stunt
William and Anais Yeager are two brilliant filmmakers, who embody the Jungian archetype of the trickster. They surely know how to use archetype to promote their filmmaking business. CNN reported that over the week of January 23, 2011 they claimed credit for putting the piano on the sandbar in Florida, and effectively produced one of the best publicity stunts ever accomplished to garner millions of dollars worth of... (posted by Skip 1 year 108 days ago.)
William and Anais Yeager are two brilliant filmmakers, who embody the Jungian archetype of the trickster. They surely know how to use archetype to promote their filmmaking business. CNN reported that over the week of January 23, 2011 they claimed credit for putting the piano on the sandbar in Florida, and effectively produced one of the best publicity stunts ever accomplished to garner millions of dollars worth of... (posted by Skip 1 year 108 days ago.)
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