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"WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND"…REDUX
It seems that a new group has discovered the problems with Obamacare, and this time it is a group who supported Barack Obama and the Democrats who crammed Obamacare down Americans throats. I believe this is "poetic justice" after reading some of the comments attributed to labor leaders who figured out that Obamacare is going to hit their unions just as hard as it is hitting American business. Isn't that ironic? Check what they are thinking and saying:
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(From the WSJ Jan. 31, 2013--My emphasis added)"Labor unions enthusiastically backed the Obama administration's health-care overhaul when it was up for debate. Now that the law is rolling out, some are turning sour. Union leaders say many of the law's requirements will drive up the costs for their health-care plans and make unionized workers less competitive.""Top officers at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the AFL-CIO and other large labor groups plan to keep pressing the Obama administration to expand the federal subsidies to these jointly run plans, warning that unionized employers may otherwise drop coverage. A handful of unions say they already have examined whether it makes sense to shift workers off their current plans and onto private coverage subsidized by the government. But dropping insurance altogether would undermine a central point of joining a union, labor leaders say.""We are going back to the administration to say that this is not acceptable," said Ken Hall, general secretary-treasurer for the Teamsters……"I heard him say, 'If you like your health plan, you can keep it,' " Mr. Wilhelm recalled. Mr. Wilhelm said he expects the administration will craft a solution so that employer health-care plans won't be hurt. "If I'm wrong, and the president does not intend to keep his word, I would have severe second thoughts about the law."…
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS RECENT CYBER-ATTACK--JUST THE MOST PUBLICIZED ONE LATELY
There are millions of attempted hacking incidents each week. (That'a right…each week!) Many of them go nowhere. Most of them go unreported. Some of them, are serious. Often it is not clear how serious until the hackers attempt to "do something" with their new access. This will only get worse as more and more networked devices continue to spread around the globe. What can you do? Keep your firewalls on; keep your antivirus/security software up to date (hard to do), use good passwords and don't give them to others--no matter how friendly they are (they might inadvertently let them get in the right hands). And do not follow the links inn "phishing" emails. Junk them and any attachments they bring along. Other than that, just be wary, forewarned and alert.
AFTER 12 YEARS, FINALLY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING…BUT IN TYPICAL BUREAUCRATIC FASHION
When I started on the first version of my novel involving Cyber-terrorism, (in 2000--published initially as THE SILENCE) I attempted to contact every governmental agency I could: CIA, NSA, FBI, etc. about the magnitude of the threat. The most I got was a form email from a couple of them, saying thanks but no thanks. As I updated by knowledge and created THE CHINESE CONSPIRACY (get it, read it, you WILL enjoy it!) now, almost a decade later, I found the magnitude and seriousness of the threat had grown exponentially worse. Former government official Richard Clarke had also written a superb nonfiction book on the topic: CYBERWAR (a new edition came out last April). Nobody in Washington knew what to do, so they did what they always do--"kick the can down the road" and ignore the problem. Now the report below indicates some action being taken--but only time will tell whether 5000 government bureaucrats can overcome a global horde of hackers. I'm betting on the hackers, but maybe the bureaucrats will be able to head off any "nation states" that attempt to do us harm.
"The Pentagon is planning to expand its cybersecurity force nearly fivefold over the next several years in a bid to bolster its defensive and offensive computer capabilities.The plan is to add about 4,000 more military and civilian employees to the existing 900 staffers in the Defense Department's Cyber Command, the Washington Post reported today, citing several unnamed sources. The planned expansion is in response to growing threats against critical U.S. assets in cyberspace, a defense official told Computerworld on Monday. "As Secretary Panetta stated in his cyber speech last October, we are faced with an increasing threat of a cyber attack that could be as destructive as the terrorist attack on 9/11," the official said. "The department recognizes this growing danger and is working with a sense of urgency to put the right policies and structures in place to enable us to carry out our role."…" Computerworld, Jan. 29, 2013
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REVISITING LAST WEEK'S THOUGHTS AFTER SOME NEW INFORMATION
A well known quote is “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” attributed to John Maynard Keynes, but he never said that. He said, "When my information changes, I alter my conclusions." Close enough!
Not long after writing last week's edition, I encountered seem new information, which changed my conclusions! I reconsidered my position about a single spokesperson--whether Jeb Bush or anyone else, and found it to be flawed. Too much disunity—and power—lies in Congressional leaders for them to be willing to relinquish such influential positions to a third party, no matter how wise or distinguished as a strategist or spokesperson. I also realized that the difference between presidential elections and Congressional elections weighs heavily on how to create a more unified party, positions and platform. The approach I suggested probably would not be successful.
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John L. Mariotti, President & CEO, The Enterprise Group, http://www.mariotti.net, http://mariotti.blogs.com/my_weblog/
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