Archive for December, 2010
Monday, December 27th, 2010
A thought for the holiday week
- Hi David. I'm here. Been here all week (except monday with the blizzard) on Citibank up on 15. 9 pm now and got a half hour left at least. Fighting the good agency battle first hand.
Oh, btw, we actually have two real wars going on. Iraq and Afghanistan. Plus all those other wars... terrorism, ...Read more >
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Irony
From the ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation or feigned ignorance.
- Having read both articles - both of which are fascinating, I can't find any refererence to Assange claiming any fowl (sorry my goose and gander joke) play at the leaking of the police records. This to me, doesn't smell of irony at all - I see no refererence either as to the source of the police leaks being traced...hmmm
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Rights
Right.
Right and Wrong.
Might Makes Right.
It’s My Right!
What’s right is right…or is it?????
- David, another very insightful and complex topic. You're keeping us on our toes! Ironically, I just had a conversation about "right" with a friend at dinner the other night. People definitely have strong opinions on the matter which legally and luckily in this country, we all have a "right" to have. Can you imagine living in North Korea? Anyway, I ...
- “Knowledge is power” Francis Bacon “Power corrupts tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” Lord Grey Is that what part of this is about? That control of knowledge is control of power? The right to know what a government is doing is the right to challenge the government’s control of knowledge so as to mitigate that “tendency to corruption” that is brought ...
