Daily Archives: September 12, 2014


The Bennis Plan: Here Is a Real Strategy for Dealing with ISIS

The Real News Network has the interview video and transcript of The Bennis Plan: Here Is a Real Strategy for Dealing with ISIS. On YouTube, the interview summary is merely:

Military strategies have failed, only a political and diplomatic solution will work

I would hope that Bennis’s understanding is more like the following:

Military strategies alone have failed, only with the addition of a political and diplomatic strategy will it work.


It is nice to see an interview that is more than just “That won’t work”, but an interview that includes “Here are some things that need to be done.”

I think that some of the “diplomatic” strategies that Obama has employed, have worked. Obama refused to help Iraq until the democratic process of electing a new, more inclusive government was allowed by the Iraqi holdouts to complete. This was a strategy that previous Presidents were not clever enough to use.

That is a demonstration of exactly what is wrong with the Hillary Clinton method she would have applied in Syria. Essentially, she just wanted Obama to go in and do something while the internal forces dithered. Unless the internal forces are made to understand the consequences of dithering (and corruption) will there be a hope that they will concentrate on helping the people rather than just line their own pockets and quarrel with potential allies.


Tavis Smiley Extended Interview

The Daily Show has the video Tavis Smiley Extended Interview. The previous link is described as:

Tavis Smiley discusses his book “Death of a King” and describes the events leading up to Martin Luther King Jr.’s death in a hope to start an insightful conversation about race. (16:22)

The video clip below only includes the first part of that interview. If you want to see the whole thing, and I highly recommend that you should, use the link above.


The book Death of a King is something I am definitely going to read.

Does the content of the sermon that Dr. King never got to preach remind you of another Pastor who was unjustly vilified for telling us the truth? You may even think that that vilification was justified, but I maintain you would be wrong.


Maura’s Primary Night Victory Speech

Here is Maura’s Primary Night Victory Speech.


This is for the 83% who didn’t vote. The 17% of us who made this decision, made the right one. Maura gave the hints that she understands that this is class warfare, and the Republicans are on the other side. I have already seen some ads, not from the Healey campaign, that shows that the Democrats are taking the gloves off, and calling this campaign exactly what it is. It is about time.