Re: [FRIAM] The Time for Rational Paranoia is NOW.

2013-01-02 Thread Steve Smith
Nick - What I think you are describing, is a structural problem with our system. While I don't want to disagree with the likes of Winston Churchill ("Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest"), I think the form we have come to, which feels like a slow-motion tug-of

Re: [FRIAM] The Time for Rational Paranoia is NOW.

2013-01-02 Thread Russ Abbott
> > > There is a danger that Obama, because he is a centrist, will cement in > place institutions that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. > > Agree. In fact, with his fiscal cliff deal he already has. FRIAM Applied Complexi

Re: [FRIAM] The Time for Rational Paranoia is NOW.

2013-01-02 Thread Pamela McCorduck
Norquist is a one-trick pony, though a well-funded one-trick pony--not by popular contributions, of course, but by the usual suspects, the Koch Brothers and their like. Talk about leverage… I too worry about the institutions that are being cemented into place. We can hope for a pendulum swing,

Re: [FRIAM] The Time for Rational Paranoia is NOW.

2013-01-02 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
On 1/2/13 10:55 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: Dear Friammers and Kitcheners, These websites caught my attention, and I think they ought to catch yours. http://www.dsac.gov/Pages/index.aspx http://www.justiceonline.org/commentary/fbi-files-ows.html

[FRIAM] The Time for Rational Paranoia is NOW.

2013-01-02 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Dear Friammers and Kitcheners, These websites caught my attention, and I think they ought to catch yours. http://www. dsac.gov/Pages/index.aspx http://www. justiceonline.org/commentary/fbi