Category Archives: Poli-Philos

AG Holder: The Legacy of Unprecedented

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Curtis Greco

If we accept the Rev. King was correct when he hoped for the day when a man would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” then it is indeed ironic that Mr. Holder’s greatest acknowledgment seems to be that he was the first black A.G. whose tenure is accentuated by actions indicative of a complete lack of character and deference for the law. Particularly if we recall that the Office of the Attorney General is, in fact, to be the advocate of the law and not a politically motivated judge selectively interpreting their relevance and being passive, at best, to those which remain.  Read more...

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Sen. Portman (R-Ohio) | Pre-planning Mid-Term Outcome

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Curtis Greco

In what seems to be an effort to show voters their reward for a mid-term GOP rebound Sen. Portman is thumping his “Jobs for America Plan” as a “good fiscal and economic plan.”  In contrasting terms, in sports related metaphorically speaking, more specifically, on the occasion of watching a football game, I’m often curious why a 4th quarter losing team suddenly surges in the closing minutes of a game. I’m thinking why not play the entire game as if the current series of “downs” were the last? In other words; are you there to win or are you simply holding out for the other team to inflict itself with a loss?  Read more...

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American Interests; what, exactly, are they?

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Curtis Greco

The media, once a tool for exposing and testing issue-durability is itself a “Trojan” adversary. The public no longer has a mechanism for truth-assessment, an ally in fact-based discernment. It becomes quite easy for a President, or any commentator for that matter, to leverage the importance of their position by simply stating that the matter is steeped in the cauldron defined simply as “American Interests”. An example of the ever expanding and always elusive domain of what I refer to as Slither-Etiquette; the medium which states the following: “You can tell them whatever you like so long as you never tell them exactly what it is.”  Read more...

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A Presidential Device – Affirming Enduring Conflict

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Curtis Greco

It should come as no surprise that the Government’s strategy, as formally expressed by the President via his primetime address, consists of Expanding Tactical Airstrikes, Arming Insurgents, Tactical Counter-Terrorism & Humanitarian Aid. However, I query, whether as a formal statement of strategy or policy, when hasn’t this been the Gov’ts practice?

In President Obama’s case however there is a significant point to be made and considered; he is quite at ease making speeches and provocative hyperbole, but his challenge is in the area of delivery and in the area of what is now conveniently known as “optics.” Given that Mr. Obama, more and more, exhibits the unmistakable air of indifferent-unwillingness it is more likely that all of this ISIS ballyhoo is nothing more than a Presidential device for addressing his miserable poll numbers and their weight on Democrats at-risk in the upcoming mid-terms.  Read more...

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Ramping Fear & Strategically-Timed Delay

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Curtis Greco

No one wants to believe that warring (or the policy of active war) could actually be a State Policy; by even making the assertion exposes one to the risk of being named as a non-patriot or even a lunatic and yet the facts speak for themselves.

Since WW1 a great deal of wealth and resources have been apportioned and repositioned and it is accomplished, quite effectively, by managing and manipulating public sentiment. Enter the concept of a Strategically-Timed Delay, the covert strategy of managing a threat-induced response, a mechanism for mobilizing public support by ramping-up their fear-perceptions.  Read more...

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