tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post8874269512610142613..comments2024-01-07T12:02:57.221-08:00Comments on BK Communiqué Author Lists Blog: Five Things President Obama Needs to Do Immediately to Help AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-64891846562708092952010-02-08T07:08:27.974-08:002010-02-08T07:08:27.974-08:00Yes undoubtedly, in some moments I can reveal that...Yes undoubtedly, in some moments I can reveal that I jibe consent to with you, but you may be making allowance for other options.<br />to the article there is stationary a question as you did in the decrease issue of this request <a href="http://www.google.com/ie?as_q=windows" rel="nofollow">www.google.com/ie?as_q=</a><a href="http://ludlow99.freehostia.com/10-24-2010.html" rel="nofollow">internet explorer 7</a> ?<br />I noticed the phrase you suffer with not used. Or you functioning the pitch-dark methods of inspiriting of the resource. I possess a week and do nechegAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-44853778375247824842009-12-26T16:39:41.179-08:002009-12-26T16:39:41.179-08:00I keep listening to the news speak about getting f...I keep listening to the news speak about getting free online grant applications so I have been looking around for the best site to get one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-27870121623731394622009-03-15T10:49:00.000-07:002009-03-15T10:49:00.000-07:00It's difficult to disagree with any of the worthy ...It's difficult to disagree with any of the worthy items on Dr. Schein's list or in the comments. I would add that Pres. Obama needs to lead the effort to create some type of global oversight of our financial system. Without some means of coordinating action by financial regulators around the world, well-intentioned actions by individual countries are more likely to lead to chaotic financial outcomes. The trillions of dollars that flow daily among the world's financial capitals create too many pressure points where everything can go awry. As our global interconnectedness increases, no single country will be in a position to prevent another meltdown of the overall system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-66622715381261326272009-02-05T16:58:00.000-08:002009-02-05T16:58:00.000-08:00Disengage once and for all with the idea of Americ...Disengage once and for all with the idea of American Exceptionalism which conceit allows, among others, such semantic marvels as "Weapons of Mass Destruction" in the hands of uncompliant states while the US only has "Nuclear Devices." The US has "Biological Agents" while the uncompliant have "Germ Warfare." Naming things correctly is the first step to peace. This can lead to a reappraisal of American history in which resides the genocide of one people and the enslavement of another -- in the space of just 300 years. It is a terrible record. American exceptionalism and its corresponding vocabulary continues to conceal, rationalize, or extenuate the consistent use of massive violence to secure policy ends. Unless the vocabulary changes, and that will happen when American Exceptionalism atrophies away, peace will remain an impossible dream. It will be lovely to see the US begin its rebirth under Obama's watch. I think he understands that the mental models that undergird the American self-image is where change needs to begin. But will he lose his legitimacy if he addresses this issue head on?siddharthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14275265968937799779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-11438293681096841622009-02-05T16:46:00.000-08:002009-02-05T16:46:00.000-08:00For more information on the Department of Peace ch...For more information on the Department of Peace check out http://www.invincibledefense.org/.<BR/><BR/>High ranking military officers from multiple countries endorse the concept of a US Department of Peace and the well-researched technologies to avert war.<BR/><BR/>Thank you to B-K and Dr. Schein for initiating this stimulating this conversation. Now let's go MAKE IT HAPPEN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-77945529162941894542009-02-05T13:29:00.000-08:002009-02-05T13:29:00.000-08:00Very good, Dr. Schein, but your list is not enough...Very good, Dr. Schein, but your list is not enough. Even if all of your five immediate priorities were implemented immediately, we can "bank" on their effects being short lived unless five overriding strategies are also pursued. <BR/> <BR/>The first is to end politics-as-usual. While I voted excitedly for Obama, there are signs that he may become more usual than unusual a politician. Carrying out this first strategy would involve seeking ways to reduce big business' influence on all three branches of government. There are numerous initiatives for carrying out this strategy but I won't take the space here to enumerate them. <BR/><BR/>The second would involve ending our hands-off, or laissez-faire, government. Again, I'll omit the specifics here.<BR/><BR/>The third would involve ending government hand-outs. This would mean ending a huge corporate welfare program, and attaching tough strings to any more bailouts to help the current recovery effort. One big hand-out to end must be warfare welfare.<BR/><BR/>The fourth would involve totally reinventing our economic system, turning it into one fit for a true democracy, not the faux democracy we have had since Reagan came on the scene. We would have to rid our current system of its free-market nonsense that leads to huge economic disparities and widespread poverty; financial speculation, including foreign currency speculation (it's a capital offense in China!); exploitative globalization aided and abetted by the "Unholy Trinity" of the World Bank, the IMF, and the WTO; un sustained growth and goliath corporations; and we would have to put an emphasis on further development of localized economies. <BR/><BR/>Various authors, including some published by B-K have excellent ideas about what such a better economic system would look like. These authors need to be read, taken seriously, and promoted to the general public and to our government.<BR/><BR/>The fifth would be to end public-inaction. There is still too much of it even with the turnout for Obama. We need to give some real substance to his www.organizing for America campaign and to supplement it with a related and even more important initiative. America needs to have a US Chamber of Democracy as an umbrella organization to coordinate and reinforce all the many hundreds if not thousands of splintered, fragmented, often miniscule pro-America/democracy activities going on around the nation. For instance, I have a list of at least 150 NGOs small to large carrying out such activities. Many are duplicative efforts and hardly any NGOs communicate/coordinate with the others. If George Washington's army was so divided and fragmented, we'd still be subjects of the British monarchy. Obama's flock and these NGOs should be part of the new USCD with it having among many, many other projects/initiatives a host of democratic action committees, or DACs. Think about it. It's not such a dumb idea. <BR/><BR/>Respectfully submitted,<BR/><BR/>Gary B. BrumbackGary B. Brumbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563467695018559661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-76735766513608644752009-02-05T12:57:00.000-08:002009-02-05T12:57:00.000-08:00Dr. Bob -- I am intrigued by this genographic proj...Dr. Bob -- I am intrigued by this genographic project you speak about -- what is it and how can it help race issues in America?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-13421227719426959362009-02-05T12:55:00.000-08:002009-02-05T12:55:00.000-08:00Some excellent suggestions and ideas here! The mi...Some excellent suggestions and ideas here! The middle east situation is definitely a tricky situation because of various factors on both sides. I am not sure about transcendental meditation but I am very much behind the establishment of a department of Peace!BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10996883126072629332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-52909934559371071252009-02-05T12:54:00.000-08:002009-02-05T12:54:00.000-08:00What to do? Help stop this "race" nonsense!Each me...What to do? Help stop this "race" nonsense!<BR/><BR/>Each member of the new Cabinet, along with Obama and Biden, should participate in the National Geographic/IBM Genographic Project. Then post the results in the White House web page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-20972053238719917582009-02-05T11:27:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:27:00.000-08:00As anyone would expect who has had the honor of be...As anyone would expect who has had the honor of being in Edgar Schein's presence, he has provided a brilliant list, and in the right order. As part of the re-engineering of the nation's infrastructure (my professional expertise for the past 18 years), I would create a Department of Peace (separate from the DoD), whose mission is to create large groups of individuals who practice Transcendental Meditation collectively. This has been shown to reduce negative tendencies, crime, and outbreaks of war. This would help stabilize volatile hotspots, so that the business of peace can take place and build momentum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-42706194831599547392009-02-05T11:25:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:25:00.000-08:00"Find the core pain," in the Middle East suggests ..."Find the core pain," in the Middle East suggests that 2000 years of conflict and hatred can be addressed if we just approach the problem rationally. The problem is that neither the parties involved or other stakeholders have done few things rational over the last 60 years. It seems that no matter how great the pain one party or the other "feels" it does not seem to be enought to bring them to solutions that offer some resolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-24021852699261060512009-02-05T11:05:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:05:00.000-08:00Perhaps as important as what Obama should do is wh...Perhaps as important as what Obama should do is what he should stop doing. Right now government pays huge subsidies to agribusiness to produce corn and soy that gets funneled into almost all prepared foods as high-fructose corn syrup and trans fats. Eliminate those two things, and the health care picture would improve dramatically without an expensive program. Then what he should do in its place is subsidize locally grown organic producers. We would eliminate hosts of health and environmental problems from those two steps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928720644157599380.post-7960285078246992122009-02-05T10:59:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:59:00.000-08:00Considering all the new administration has to cont...Considering all the new administration has to contend with, I'd say their priorities as demonstrated so far are in pretty good order. I'd really support continued focus on infrastructure. It creates jobs, and we need that stuff, badly. Good luck with universal healthcare--we really need that, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com