Author: Stephen Crawford

The Techno-Government Complex

The Techno-Government Complex

Posted by | Jun 25, 2013 | |

In 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower famously made a point of warning us about the military-industrial complex.   Now, in 2013, we have a similar nexus, born of the Digital Age and nurtured by the World-Wide Web. The Web itself stems from a nexus of government defense (DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and funded technology. Developing together, grown out of control, critical mass has been reached – a symbiosis of virtually unlimited funding for national security and virtually unlimited technological capability – the techo-government complex. The Complex’s partners have shared strategic goals for their own protection. Witness the conglomeration of...

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Who Are Those Guys?

Who Are Those Guys?

Posted by | Jun 12, 2013 | , |

  That’s what I asked myself after hearing this commercial on KNST in Tucson, during Rush Limbaugh’s radio show.   They’re sure as hell not Conservatives! Claiming to be Americans for a Conservative Direction, the spot advocates for the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill. Back when first proposed by Senator Marco Rubio and the Gang of Eight, this spot might have been believable. But not now! When first proposed, Republicans were hoping to do something on immigration in the vain hope of courting Hispanic votes in 2014. And why not? Immigration reform is theoretically a good idea. Rubio sounded like he could build on a...

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Scouting for the B.S.A.

Scouting for the B.S.A.

Posted by | Jun 5, 2013 | , |

I awoke with a start, warm in my bivy at Camp Geronimo, opened my eyes, and looked up into the dark black sky bursting with stars.   Through a whispering grove of Ponderosa Pine trees, surrounded by song of cricket and cicada, Scouts asleep in their tents after the day’s numerous activities, “Damn!” I exclaimed silently to myself, “I can no more quit Scouting than I can quit breathing!” I’ve been in Scouts forever. My son and I are both Eagle Scouts, Order of the Arrow, and my grandson is a First Class Scout. Not that I didn’t want...

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She’s Not a Dog – She’s a SOLDIER

She’s Not a Dog – She’s a SOLDIER

Posted by | May 12, 2013 | , |

  There’s this great episode of NCIS, titled Seek, from March 2013.   Wrapped in a plot, it is basically a tribute to service dogs – to their training, loyalty, and dedication – and to their handlers. At the end, Jethro Gibbs, the main character, observes, “He’s not a dog … He’s a Marine.” Since I could never top that line, well, I stole it for this article. Gibbs summed it up well. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coasties or Policemen – regardless of their branch of service, in real life, these dogs save lives every day. The episode was...

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Live and Let Die

Live and Let Die

Posted by | May 10, 2013 | , |

  Recently I saw the news – several children were murdered in cold blood.   This was not by Somali Warlord, Chechen rebel, nor Egyptian Islamist. Such atrocities occur daily – one hardly notices anymore. No, these were in the United States, by a doctor, purportedly – the sort of person normally charged with saving lives – name of Gosnell. I couldn’t help but notice. It was an accident! No, not the murders, but the fact that I ever heard about them. It flashed through my twitter feed one day – Gosnell, failed abortions, born alive, severed spinal cords,...

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