Options for violence

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Saturday February 28, 2009 · 7:15 AM PST

2009/02/28 · 07:15

Bush's war in Iraq should have never been fought. There is no disagreement among honest people about that. It was a spectacular waste of political and economic capital. I believe the same will be true in Afghanistan.

Is "war" really the solution to the problem the US is trying to solve?

If our country is going to do violence (and we appear set on that), what are our standards and values? What kind of violence do we want? Surgical, ruthless, efficient violence? Public and visible violence? Massive collateral damage? High-tech violence that subsidizes the arms industry?

Should we really fight the long war when one assassin's bullet might do the job?

I'm not advocating anything other than an honest discussion.

Upper crust or dead meat?

Anglico

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Thursday February 26, 2009 · 6:34 AM PST

2009/02/26 · 06:34

I cross-posted my commentary about the need for the rich to go on a shopping spree on Facebook yesterday.

It caught the attention of the president of Yankelovich, one of the world's leading information and research companies. He wrote the following:

We've got the hard data you're wishing for, man. Just released. You're dead on target here. The rich cannot sit this one out. If for no other reason than unemployment is the biggest threat to domestic security these days. If you think the French Revolution was hard on the aristocracy, wait until you see what happens if global unemployment doubles from its current levels. From upper crust to dead meat. This recession is the biggest national security problem in America right now. Anyhow, the only way out of this mess is for people to spend. Even with the credit crisis fixed, if people don't spend, the economy remains crippled. And the only people who can spend enough right now are the people you're talking about.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

On the upper crust

Anglico

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Wednesday February 25, 2009 · 10:56 AM PST

2009/02/25 · 10:56

As the reality of the recession sinks in, consumer confidence has reached frightening lows. People all across the income spectrum are hunkering down – and worse. With job losses reaching record levels, the global economy has become a literal death spiral. People in my neighborhood are foregoing medical treatment to pay for food and shelter. People in other countries are simply starving.

As President Obama said last night, this precipitous decline has come on the heels of the greatest transfer of wealth – from the middle class to the super rich – in modern history. It is time for the wealthy to do their part. And not just by paying higher taxes.

Anglico

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Sunday February 01, 2009 · 6:31 AM PST

2009/02/01 · 06:31

As some of you know, I'm on a global mission to promote the wisdom of Do good, be nice, have fun. Just in time for the new Obama administration.

So I was more than delighted when a friend of a friend put together this funny little video.

Shocking!

Anglico

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Monday January 26, 2009 · 6:36 AM PST

2009/01/26 · 06:36

Yesterday I had the privilege of being a guest speaker at the Unitarian Univeralist Congregation of Hillsborough (North Carolina). I was asked to talk about the philosophy captured in my new novel, Jesus Swept.

I thought you might enjoy reading what I said.

Anglico

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Friday January 23, 2009 · 10:39 AM PST

2009/01/23 · 10:39

There's a Big Happening this Sunday in the Big Apple, and the conference organizers are looking for a blogger to report out to the Intertubes. If you're interested in attending the event for free in exchange for Blogging The Independents, please contact Nancy Hanks. Here's her email address:

nancy underscore hanks at hotmail dot com

EVENT:
National Conference of Independents

The Post-Election Independent Movement: Principles Intact, Paradigms in Transition, Obama in The White House.

Sunday, January 25th, 2009
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
New York, NY

Anglico

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Saturday January 17, 2009 · 1:00 PM PST

2009/01/17 · 13:00

One of the most wonderful things about online living is the amazing sense of community that can get built in the click of a mouse.

A few weeks ago, I blogged here at Kos about my new book. The response was thrilling, and resulted in a number of Kossacks asking for review copies. I sent them out, fingers crossed, hoping against hope the review gods would smile on my little novel.

They did.

One wonderful Kossack posted this review at Amazon, which lifted my heart and made me giddy.

Then today I just learned that another Kossack has reviewed my novel for Jesus General, a lovely piece which you can find here.

Thank goodness for the progressive blogosphere, which gives us each the power to end-run mainstream gatekeepers if we're willing to work at it. And thanks to all for your support and enthusiasm.

What fun!

Anglico

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Tuesday January 13, 2009 · 5:47 PM PST

2009/01/13 · 17:47

As part of the communications plan for Jesus Swept, my new novel, I was asked to write a column about writing. This is the sort of thing I usually float by the blogosphere before I take it to the traditional media. Here's a first draft. All feedback most welcome.

The perfect swarm
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After twenty years of cranking out copy for business clients, I figured I’d written at least one of just about everything. Billboards for a herd of cows. Sales pitches to international tax lawyers. Animated videos. Web sites. Even news stories. If the job involved words, I wrote them.

Truth be told, I’m pretty good. On a good day, I can pull in a few Ben Franklins an hour – beyond my craziest dreams back in journalism school.

But no matter how much client work I got, something always seemed to be missing: My very own voice. Before long, I found myself moonlighting on my freelancing. I started writing fiction. And then I became a blogger. It all came together in a swirling swarm.

Anglico

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Sunday December 21, 2008 · 8:45 AM PST

2008/12/21 · 08:45

The tubes today are bristling with seasonal commentary. As real news slows to a trickle, writers everywhere turn their words toward the holidaze, the season that brings us the shortest day of the year. No longer in touch with planetary time, many of us slip past the winter solstice with barely a nod. Eyes set on the Christian replacement five days later, we are well armed with electricity and candles, having no need to fear this darkest and longest of nights.

Anglico

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Saturday December 20, 2008 · 6:32 AM PST

2008/12/20 · 06:32

After eight crazy years in the making, I'm happy to announce that my first novel, Jesus Swept, is now available for your reading enjoyment, at the wonderfully low price of twelve dollars at Amazon.com.

Part way through this journey, Street Prophets, another Daily Kos community, became a steadying force in my thinking, providing an opportunity for me to soften my rough edges and refine my ideas. Those early years here triggered a fundamental shift in my book, which may account for the Library Journal classifying Jesus Swept as Christian fiction. When I read that review, my jaw literally dropped.

Anglico

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Saturday December 13, 2008 · 6:11 AM PST

2008/12/13 · 06:11

After 30 years in business, I know a thing or two about risk. For example, I know that there are two fundamentally different kinds of risk: rewarded risk and unrewarded risk. The former is smart business strategy, the latter is more or less stupid.

The problem, of course, is that few people ever take risks they believe to be without reward. Which is why looking at perceived rewards is critical to understanding strategy.

No matter what you think about the Senate action on helping car companies, an analysis of the risks reveals dramatically different world views between those who voted yes and those who voted no.

Anglico

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 11:22 AM PDT

2008/11/01 · 11:22

Junior Johnson has just endorsed Barack Obama blogging at BlueNC.

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