Is America Over?

Jeff Ulicny asks, Is America Over? “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our …

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The Crisis Syndrome

“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” That pithy and cynical quote is attributed to Winston Churchill, but Rahm Emmanuel resurrected it during the Obama administration by saying “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Now, it has become a standing policy with the DNC. Absent a real crisis, Democrats and their …

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National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 29: A Crappy People Problem

There is an Old School Economics Saying that When Unemployment Goes Below ~5%, There are a lot of People Working Who Can’t Reach the Pedals. We have Some Crappy People Working for Us

National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 28: Why is the Government so Terrible at What Should be a Core Skillset: Program Management?

Administration hirings and social justice signaling in government create a confused and ineffective workforce where incompetence becomes the norm.

America’s Hunger Games

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America’s Hunger Games Biden Nuclear Energy Secretary A Scene from The Hunger Games Samuel Brinton “I’m more than just a piece in their Games.” The Hunger Games In 2012 Americans flocked to the theater to witness the airing of a new dystopian film called The Hunger Games. In this post-apocalyptic feature, there are twelve districts …

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True North

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True North When You Start One Degree Off Course You End Up Lost In 1995 I was in a leadership course in Camp Ball, Louisiana, and was required to complete a land navigation course to graduate. As someone who grew up in the open spaces of Montana, I was not ready to cut through the …

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Humanity, Humility and Humiliation

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Humanity, Humility and Humiliation; The PM/Restocking Manager at the Chesapeake, VA Walmart store, killed six of his co-workers…and then himself. All of us on the outside of the story are shocked. Maybe…for a day or two. But then we move on to the next shooting, the next liar on Wall Street, the next political battle in …

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National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 5

NRO declassified, NIMA established, Clapper becomes NIMA Dir, USGIF Symposium and GEOINT Functional Manager role established. Murder of Tina Ricca shakes up national intelligence, NRO DIR Harris, and Dep DIR Jimmie D. Hill are fired

National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 3

Secretary Rumsfeld’s USDI gambit, Clapper and Hagel face-off on Peloozi and Obama’s Sequestration follies that screw over civil service workers, NRO DIR Sapp is lied to much like former DIR Bruce Carlson, the Tina Ricca murder is a puzzlement to congress and Fairfax County reopens it as a cold case.

National Intelligence Folly: How an Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 2

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld attempts to trump congress’ work on the Director of National Intelligence deliberations, USDI Dr. Stephen Cambone gets schooled on staffing and security guard Tina Ricca is murdered.

Troy Aikman Does Not Wear Combat Boots

Troy Aikman is an ESPN football commentator, former Dallas cowboy, and Hall of Fame quarterback. Last week he commented while on air about a lousy call by the officials in the Kansas City–Las Vegas game. Aikman was unhappy with the call because he felt the officials were being overprotective of the Las Vegas quarterback based …

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