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A warm body doesn't mean I'm alive No, I'm not alright I know that I'm not right Feel like I travel but I never arrive I wanna thrive not just survive --Switchfoot The USAF has a Survival School at Fairchild AFB in Washington State... the object there is very much to survive, but as leaders …
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DeM Banter: don't want to get too dystopian, but what a great article from VDH. I am still struggling with why America believes it is smarter than history. We should be learning from failed empires not copying them, history it filled with nations that have followed the trajectory we are on and who have failed …
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DeM Banter: WOW! So many thoughts and not enough caffeine yet this AM. First, I could not agree more...everyday, I hear about the "glut of talent" (which I quickly point out...it won't last), next I hear how the DoD will not be held hostage to individual's threats to leave when it comes to assignments...(the hostage …
I have always believed we learn more from failure than from success... or perhaps I am just a glutton for punishment... come on... I went to The Citadel. The key being learning as much as possible from others epic failures and making your own failures recoverable. I was reading a Samuel Bacharach article the other day …
DeM Banter: not sure I agree, but not sure where I disagree either. I have always struggled with the tension between the academic and the practitioner (and, yes...we NEED both), so that might be my issue. As an academic Ms Peart notes, we must "move beyond the narrow focus on the person at the expense …
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DeM Banter: always find these type articles fascinating...nukes are like ogres...and ogres are like onions....they have layers... Wall Street Journal February 12, 2013 Pg. 13 Global View The president is setting the stage for a world with more nukes in the wrong hands. As a young Soviet military officer, Viktor Esin was stationed in Cuba …
DeM Banter: well...at least the world is peaceful...[insert sarcasm here]. And good thing Mr Gordon Adams, with all his 1990s expertise can see right through this evil Republican ploy [insert more sarcasm here]...wow, the politics of it all... is very telling, but lets ponder the impact on real lives here and national security...sure would be …
DeM Banter: I agree something we talk alot about... but how many do you know that walk the walk? I know I need to get better... thought? inc.com / view original / Brent Gleeson More people talk about servant leadership than really understand it--or have the humility to practice it. When is the last time you acted as …
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DeM Banter: Something I have been pondering for a long time... thinking it is a tad late now and the public would balk. However, think back to Sept 12, 2001... thinking a war tax would have sold back then BIG time, might have missed the bus on that one. Several loop holes I could see …
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DeM Banter: I am really not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch... very much a realist, but I will admit to watching one too many cheesy SciFi movies and being a huge fan of Orwell and Huxley--so I might be in need of some "help." BUT... given all that we know on technology and the RPA …
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