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DeM Banter: Interesting comments from our allies in the UK. It is curious that more people aren't talking about this... I just keep pondering the next 5-10 years, proliferation, cyberwar, and what things will look like. This genie is NOT going back in the bottle... Financial Times December 11, 2012 Pg. 9 What is worse? …
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DeM Banter: hummmm, not like we didn't see this coming. Wonder how it will all come to rest? Always interesting to watch... New York Post December 10, 2012 Pg. 29 While President Obama and Republicans fight over tax hikes and entitlements, another part of the fiscal cliff goes undiscussed — even though they’re supposedly in …
Continue reading "Gutting US Defense The other fiscal-cliff fallout By Arthur Herman"
DeM Banter: Death Star? Los Angeles Times December 11, 2012 Pg. B4 Air Force offers few details about mission, the third launch of an X-37B craft into orbit. An experimental robotic space plane developed for the Air Force is slated to be launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., fueling an ongoing mystery about its hush-hush …
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DeM Banter: but we all know..."Miley Cyrus flaunts her Hannah Montanas with racy outfit at Hollywood concert..." Is it a school/education issue or a matter of what the society or culture values? Thoughts? Chicago Tribune December 9, 2012 Pg. 28 Seventy-one years ago this month, Japan launched an aerial assault on the U.S. fleet in …
Continue reading "Reflections On Teaching Military History By Cory Franklin"
DeM Banter: Food for thought...but is it really about the"targeted killings" or is it about the "undefined war with a limitless battlefield?" Further... what is the future cost of the "undefined war with a limitless battlefield?" It would appear that war has changed...America's enemy "resembles a network, not a nation." In that light...is America justified to attack …
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Reading from Inc Magazine this afternoon and came across a piece from Erika Andersen titled "Lead So Others Will Follow: 6 Tips." This is probably about the third piece I have read from her as part of her new book, Leading So People Will Follow. Have downloaded the sample on iBooks...need to read it this week. Andersen comments...."We've …
DeM Banter: Not to get too depressing on a Saturday AM, but this is a piece that is worth a read. By no means do I think America is a nation to be written off... this would not be the first time other nations figured we were done... the key is to change the course...but …
Continue reading "4 Scenarios for the Coming Collapse of the American Empire By Alfred W McCoy"
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others...it is the only thing." -Albert Schweitzer or "I'm sorry that good-looking people like us made you throw up and feel bad about yourself." - Derek Zoolander How do leaders create a climate or environment people want to work in? By modeling healthy leadership. People will emulate …
DeM Banter: Not sure what to say about this... some good points...some I am scratching my bald head over. What do you think? Washington Post December 7, 2012 Pg. 25 As we debate whether the two parties can ever come together and get things done, here’s something President Obama could probably do by himself that …
Continue reading "Time To Terminate The War On Terror By Fareed Zakaria"
DeM Banter: Interesting piece...pulling on some earlier DeMarco Banter...that there is no catalyst as of yet to make this an issue... but as China develops their systems for possible use... and subsequently deploys said assets--perhaps dialog will begin...maybe.... New York Daily News December 6, 2012 Pg. 36 The public has a right to know far …
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