2005-04-02
CONFERENCES
It's taken close to 50 years for the American Fascista to come to power | We don't have the luxury of taking so long to deliberate | Mind you, what I refer to is not a "takeover" of power so much as being prepared to manage things when the house of cards they have built collapses | A vacuum shouldn't be there when these scofflaws flee, and they shall try to |
This month, at Dubya's own alma mater, two conferences occur that look at some of the large scale issues challenging us; how we convey information and protection of the Constitution | Some details:
Mind you, I doubt you or I are able to go to either of these confabs, but we need to know what the conference convenors come up with | ¶ 08:12
It's taken close to 50 years for the American Fascista to come to power | We don't have the luxury of taking so long to deliberate | Mind you, what I refer to is not a "takeover" of power so much as being prepared to manage things when the house of cards they have built collapses | A vacuum shouldn't be there when these scofflaws flee, and they shall try to |This month, at Dubya's own alma mater, two conferences occur that look at some of the large scale issues challenging us; how we convey information and protection of the Constitution | Some details:
This weekend [01 thru 03 april 2005] The Global Flow of Information | Site blurb: Patterns of information flow are one of the most important factors shaping globalization. Today individuals, groups, countries, and international organizations are trying to promote and control the flow of different kinds of information across national borders; information ranging from intellectual property and scientific research to political discourse, brand names and cultural symbols. And digitally networked environments subject information to ever new methods of distribution and manipulation. Fights over information flow are going to help define who holds power in the global information economy.
Soon [08 thru 10 april 2005] The US Constitution in 2020 | Site blurb: It is time for progressives to set a constitutional agenda for the 21st Century. In 1987-88, the Reagan Justice Department produced a white paper known as “The Constitution in 2000” which, by taking a long view rather than focusing on the immediate issues of the day, was immensely successful in influencing the Constitution under which we now live. If progressives are to rehabilitate that Constitution, they must now, more than ever, articulate constitutional ideals capable of inspiring the next generation. The goal is to set forth a positive constitutional vision for tomorrow, rather than merely to respond to the crises of today.
Mind you, I doubt you or I are able to go to either of these confabs, but we need to know what the conference convenors come up with | ¶ 08:12
