I collected comments relating to this blog post's title from various people I know. The first entry was from a well known, New England based folk singer. The second came from an Irish fellow working in the states and the third was from a concert pianist who took a job with an Inc500 DemandGen/LeadGen firm in order to spend more time with her family. This entry comes from NextStage's own Calum, one of our top researchers (no, not on politics). As an interesting aside, though, NextStage helped Calum during a political run in Nova Scotia and the outcome is documented in Using NextStage's TargetTrack in Political Campaigns
Dubya has only followed lock step in the tactics and mendacity used by the US Empire in every year of its existence since 1776 and before.
A long list of US administrations has failed miserably to learn any of the lessons of history. The current roster of candidates for November's fiasco, are all marinated in the same soup. (Dennis Kucinich excepted).
Just as the fuel bombing of the Twin Towers saw some of the chickens come home to roost, just as Friedmanism, universally imposed as an economic model is showing meltdown everywhere it has been tried, just as previous empires have had their come uppance; for the US, it's only a matter of time.
The answer to the first issue: check with Herman Goering or Rupert Murdock for the lesson on "gatekeepers"
2) The web for the moment, is uncensored
3) In a so- called Christian/Islam/ Buddhist community honesty and integrity are expected. The current corporate culture of greed is anathema to all religious tenets.
4) Fess up.
5) The details ref the CPI will be adequately judged by history, on the web, free of PR colour.
We're hoping that someday Calum will get over his shyness and tell us how he really feels.
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