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Nelson Mandela 1918-2013 Rest in Peace

The most shinning example in action of Abraham Lincoln's words, "With malice towards none and charity for all."  We will never be graced again with the likes of Nelson Mandela, but the world is sorely in need of future leaders to be inspired by his life of courage to stand up to injustice and his mission to accomplish the true meaning of democracy for all.

Letter to my congressman

Mr. Williams, Nothing is worth endangering the full faith and credit of the United States of America, raising interest rates, and risking economic collapse of a fragile recovery.  Have you thought this through?  What will happen to the nation's debt if we have to pay higher interest rates? Republicans have said anyone who votes for re-opening the government and raising the debt ceiling would be "primaried."  Obviously they are more concerned with their own jobs than the countless millions of jobs that would be lost if we fail to raise the debt ceiling.  Please for God's sake, talk to conservative economists and see what the impact will be for failing to raise the debt ceiling.  Playing brinksmanship is one thing.  Going nuclear is something else. Do you believe you are saving the country from Obamacare by ruining our nation with this fruitless hatred?  Otherwise you will have accomplished what the Soviet Union could never do, bring our country to its knees.

Transition from Academia/Military World to the Business World

Moving from the academic or military world to the American business world seems a daunting job at first.  Imagine the reverse of taking an executive from Wall Street and putting them in battle gear for a day with a platton.  It will soon be apparent to even the freshest private that they would stand out, and not in a good way.  The key is to leverage the strengths you have developed in one world to conquer the other world. 1) Research.  Whether you have studied enemy terror networks or agrarian reform in 19th century Russia, you have gained valuable skills that if re-applied to business topics will actually give you an edge.  You have gathered and weighed evidence, read primary and secondary sources, and chosen the right keywords for searches.  You have taken one aspect and applied laser focus to find out all you can about a narrow topic.  Please, please, please, find out as much as you can before the interview about the company, their competitors, what, as Warren Buffet says, is