How to Really Win in Afghanistan

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Friday September 25, 2009 · 1:40 PM PDT

2009/09/25 · 13:40

How about showing Afghanis how to build businesses that don't depend on opium? Students from Innovation Democracy’s one-year entrepreneurship course at Kabul University have arrived in the bay area seeking to meet and learn from California businesses that “started from zero and are now successful.”

A friend of mine is involved with Innovation Democracy. Please check out the press release and post comments on how you think this could be improved upon or what the future of a program like this might look like.

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 6:45 AM PDT

2009/09/04 · 06:45

Eight and a half months into the Obama administration and I'm already worn out. I'm tired of fighting the "get the message out" battle against a well-organized, well-funded (if not batshit crazy) right wing noise machine.

Until I found the secret.

The secret isn't logic, reason, or debate. It isn't carefully measured words designed to appeal to the listeners sense of compassion or patriotism. We appear to be long past the days of statesmenship and compromise. We will never convince those on the far right (measured roughly at 10-30% depending on the issue) of ANYTHING that comes out of our mouth. That revelation, while not particularly ground-breaking, is remarkably freeing.

This does not free us from interacting with our Connie brothers and sisters, particularly at family gatherings. The key is that when they say one thing...just choose to hear another. It really works and makes conversation easier, smoother, and much more fun!

So I present to you my Republican translation guide...

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Wednesday May 27, 2009 · 12:19 PM PDT

2009/05/27 · 12:19

So my boss...who is not the brightest bulb in the pack despite his success and his opinion of himself...just returned from a Manager's Meeting and canceled all my Outlook meeting invites after June 30th. Is this a sign? Yeah, probably so...

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