I started political life as an Eisenhower Republican. I was in the 5th grade, and one of our assignments was to study the presidential election of 1952 and choose a candidate to vote for. Eisenhower was the Republican. Stevenson was the Democrat. My parents liked Ike, so I liked Ike, too. Others in my class also aligned with their parents—understandable given our age. It is only in retrospect I can see and understand how those early influences began shaping my political philosophy. Eisenhower is remembered primarily for initiating the Interstate Highway System and for warning us against the Military-Industrial Complex. . . . → Read More: Political Realities
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 Comments are closed  Blog  1960, 5th grade, Barry Goldwater, Bernie Sanders, Big Ag, Big Banks, Big Pharma, clean energy, compromise, cooperation, cronyism, distortion of reality, doublespeak, election, fossil fuels, George Orwell, historical data, Ike, incarceration, industry, infrastructure, Interstate Highways, Kansas, Lyndon Johnson, military, Military Industrial Complex, money in politics, national debt, political left, political life, political philosophy, political right, politics, President Kennedy, prison, Progressives, Republican, Sam Brownback, size of government, taxes, U.S. Congress, Will Rogers I am finding the growing discontent represented by the “Occupy Wall Street” movement interesting in a couple of ways. First, unlike the “Tea Partiers,” who were reasonably well-focused in their demands for lower taxes and smaller government, the “Occupy Wall Street” group—groups at this point, as they are currently (as of 13 Oct 2011) in 103 cities in 37 States and a number of other locations around the world—do not have well-organized, uniform talking points. Our friends the media pundits don’t know how to respond to them because, other than their sheer numbers, it’s hard for them to find a . . . → Read More: Occupying Wall Street Comments are closed Blog 1 percent, 1970s, 99 percent, be the change you want to see, Bean Counters, Bob Lutz, Car Guys, change, credit-default, discontent, Gandhi, global discontent, global population, government, Herman Cain, John Hagel, John Sculley, John Seely Brown, lower taxes, Mahatma Gandhi, making money, making things, management, Michael Bloomberg, millionaire, millionaires, monetary policy, money, New York Times, occupiers, occupy wall street, Paul Gilding, Pixar, poverty, rich person, shared vision, smaller government, social unrest, Steve Jobs, swap, talking points, taxes, Tea Partiers, Tea Party, Thomas Friedman, Thomas L. Friedman, Wall Street, wealth Previously—”I Read the News Today (Oh, Boy),” 4 June 4 2011—I lamented the need for greater understanding and appreciation of the essential premises of Alfred Krozybski’s Science and Sanity, which evolved into the metamodel of NLP. Those premises are basically a cry to pay closer attention to reality, known in both Korzybski’s work and NLP as “territory,” which is distinct from “maps,” which are human beliefs. The problem is that beliefs too often argue with—disagree with—reality, and, as Byron Katie (Loving What Is) has said, “When you argue with reality, you lose. But only every time.” If you want . . . → Read More: Arguing with Reality Comments are closed Blog ABC News, advertising, belief systems, beliefs, Byron Katie, cancer, Cigarettes, circular reasoning, COPD, Copernicus, DEA, drug, eggs, emphysema, evidence, fraud, Galileo, heart disease, Jesus, job creation, jobs, Judge Your Neighbor, Kent, Korzybski, loop, maps, marijuana, medical, medieval, middle earth, money, PAD, pharmaceuticals, safety, science, tax rates, taxes, territory, tobacco, TV, waste, water With apologies to the Beatles and “A Day in the Life”: One of my daily habits is reading through the major online news sources to get a sense of what is happening here in the U.S. and in the world. I often find it fascinating to see what subjects are drawing the most media attention—and the kind of attention they are attracting. Here’s a brief round-up of recent “stuff”: Placebos are in the news (again): One of the things I find most interesting about placebos is that articles about them written by medical doctors studiously avoid the word . . . → Read More: I Read the News Today (Oh, Boy) Comments are closed Blog A Day in the Life, advertising, Beatles, belief, Chicago, corrupts, debt, deficit, Detroit, economy, evidence, experience, fiscal, history, hotel maid, hypnosis, IMF, Internet, John Edwards, Korzybski, lamestream, leaders, Lord Acton, map, media, men, metamodel, news, NLP, placebos, platitudes, political, politicians, politics, power, primaries, pundits, question, reality, Republican, Sarah Palin, scandal, Schwartzeneger, talking points, tax rates, taxation, taxes, territory, TV, Twitter, U.S., unemployment, Weiner What’s been happening in your life while you were making other plans? World events in recent weeks have basically captured attention I had intended to “spend” elsewhere. First, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear plant meltdowns in Japan…. As someone with friends and semi-relatives (my daughter-in-law is Japanese, and her parents live in Osaka), I have been following the events there with some concern. Second, recent events in the Mideast have been difficult to ignore. Compared with what’s currently going on in Libya, the “revolution” in Egypt was fun to watch. In an article titled, “Washington vs. the Merciless,” Thomas . . . → Read More: Are We Having Fun Yet? Comments are closed Blog climate, coal, consequences, crisis management, crown of creation, cultural, environment, environmental, environmental policy, fiscal policy, gas, global, history, international, learn, learning, long-term, mistakes, NLP, nuclear, NY Times, policy, politics, precognition, tax policy, taxes, the future, Thomas L. Friedman, war, well-being |
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