Diverse and Contradictory: February 2006

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Saturday, February 25, 2006

A direct challenge - Freedom of Information vs. National Security

In a direct challenge to National Security, Google and the National Archives are teaming up to strike a blow for Freedom of Information. Acting together, the two organizations have conspired to make information available for free online!

The only question I have - Will this speed up or slow down the "reclassification" process? We must act now to stop this reckless dissemination of information.

What will people do with this information? One can only imagine the damage that an 1894 video of "Carmencita" could do to our national security.

Peace!

From:
Google Press Center: Press Release

National Archives and Google Launch Pilot Project to Digitize and Offer Historic Films Online

Washington, D.C. and Mountain View, Calif. Â Feb. 24, 2006 Â Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Co-Founder and President of Technology Sergey Brin today announced the launch of a pilot program to make holdings of the National Archives available for free online.

Moonlighting in Gay Porn - Hobby or survival necessity?

7 Paratroopers Charged in Gay Porn - Los Angeles Times

"The Army has charged seven paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division with engaging in sex acts in videos shown on a gay pornography website."

I don't even know where to go with this. Were they bored? Don't we pay them enough? Were they stupid enough to think they wouldn't get caught?

Help me comprehend what could possibly have induced them to do this?

Friday, February 24, 2006

Homeland Security gets biggest chunk of new federal IT dollars

See the article here

The question is - Do you think it will help?

From years of exerience working with businesses to streamline and improve thier processes, I can tell you that by far the most common and costly mistake is to throw software and computers at the problem.

If you don't have good processes, procedures, policys, documentation, and people, you'll only do two things by adding technology:

Add something else to the mix that can screw it all up.
Give yourself the ability to make bad decisions faster.

Maybe Homeland Security needs that much of an IT budget, but I suspect they are trying to solve thier highly publicized problems with the wrong tool.

Peace.

I Believe:

That personal privacy is the most fundamental human right.

That having power does not mean you should use it.

That compassion is a value, not a political position.

That respect for life has no room in it for hate.

That every human being should own a weapon and be trained how to use it safely.

That no one should be punished for trying to feed their family.

That the land you take care of is yours and you have the right and responsibility to defend it to the death.

That pacifists should be well armed.

That those who don’t want to work should not be legally protected from those who do.

That deficit spending is not fiscally conservative.

That any budget that requires additional funding is not balanced.

That personal responsibility is part of basic human nature, and losing it requires deliberate training.

That no person, organization, department, office, or role is above the law.

That a law with exceptions is not legitimate.

That anyone who speaks in my name should check with me first.

That it is the height of arrogance to start a sentence with, 'The American People want [believe] [are]…'.

That stupidity is the only human handicap.

That organizations should not be anthropomorphized.

That a good conspiracy theory can provide hours of entertainment.

That declaring war on an adjective shouldn’t invoke the War Powers Act.

That anyone who takes some of my liberty in order to protect it is not working in my best interests.

That the good of society starts with the good of the individual.

That no one person has the right to decide what the greater good is, unless they are the only one who has to sacrifice for it.

That someone who has “paid their debt to society” should be welcomed back.

That a business culture that does not value its people isn’t a culture.

That looking for responsibility is not the same as looking for blame.

That an apology goes a long way towards fixing the problem.

That giving people what they need is not necessarily the same as giving them what they want.

That anyone who wants to hold a political office is automatically unqualified.

That bargaining away one value for another is not a bargain.

That your personal integrity is the one commodity that no one can take from you.

That declaring your opponent “evil” doesn’t make it so.

That silence is not necessarily assent, but it’s often functional assent.

Additions, Changes, and Clarifications are Welcomed.

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Saturday, February 25, 2006

A direct challenge - Freedom of Information vs. National Security

Moonlighting in Gay Porn - Hobby or survival necessity?

Friday, February 24, 2006

Homeland Security gets biggest chunk of new federal IT dollars

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