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This is an important and worthwhile conference for all of those who desire a better understanding of what transpired in the American War in Viet Nam. Understanding that is vitally important to understanding where we have come as a nation and why. Do plan to attend if you are able.
John
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Why Remember?
1968 is really ancient history for young people today. When you are 75 like I am, 50 years is something you can wrap your arms around. However in 1968, rebellious youth like me were only fifty years from 1918, the bloody last year of World War I, and few beyond veterans and historians paid the slightest attention to the anniversary.
The Vietnam War remains such a traumatic event to this day because the deep political divisions that bedevil our American present had their roots in the rice paddies, defoliated jungles and bomb craters of Vietnam and put hundreds of thousands of citizens in the streets to protest our nation's actions. Why? First, the US lost the war, something that an almost religious belief in our nation's manifest destiny held was not possible. Second, the Tonkin Gulf resolution of Congress, used to give political cover for the war, was based on a politically manufactured deception. This governmental deception was repeated in the "weapons of mass destruction" justification for the invasion of Iraq. Before John F. Kennedy's assassination nearly 77% of the American people trusted our government; in 2017 that trust was 18%. Democracy cannot survive if people can no longer trust the people they elect to govern them.
Estimates are that 1,640,000 Vietnamese soldiers and civilians were killed in the war while 58,220 American soldiers also died. Hundreds of thousands of Americans and Vietnamese still carry physical and spiritual wounds. Our nation suffers from moral injury when the sacrifices of its soldiers are tainted by governmental lies and private profits that undermine truth and erode our accountability as a nation.
Charles McCollester, Battle of Homestead Foundation
Poster
The two articles in the attachment should be taken with utmost seriousness, so don't fail to read them.
John
These two articles (in one) really speak for themselves. We are in a class way and, for the moment at least, the capital class is winning in the race to destroy the earth as a habitat for humans. The interesting thing is that they understand this and don't care. They seem to believe that they can ride it out in New Zealand.
John
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On Sunday I got a challenge from my 8-year-old son. Could I beat him in the 100m sprint?
That got me thinking about competition in general and I put together an 85 second video (now on LinkedIn) of my take on what competition means for a new idea.
Of course, this is one of the many points I cover in the Lean Commercialisation Program. I've just posted a sneak preview of the next tip. Are there any statements like "There is no competition." that you'd like rebuffing in a similar way?
So, did I beat him?
I lost by 0.03 second.
Looks like I need to do some more training with our Greyhound!
Brian
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The 2018 Clinic proudly offers the following prestigious line-up of speakers and the special opportunity to meet and work with Olympic swimmers Tyler Clary and Caeleb Dressel.
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