tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post8179489577250992782..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: A New Dawn for "Reveille" at EllsworthGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-80375421107717522512010-05-27T20:07:26.416-04:002010-05-27T20:07:26.416-04:00Dear Former Spook:
I didn't see your email ad...Dear Former Spook:<br /><br />I didn't see your email address, so I'm posting as a "comment." I would like you to know about the book I am working on. It will advocate the use of Internet voting in all US elections and for our military abroad. Its entitled<br /> <br />How to Sideline the Superrich in All US Elections with Secure Internet Voting<br /> <br />The first draft of the book is finished, and online. Two chapters discuss the security issues. Despite the bad press, I show that it can be done with all the security of an online purchase or electronic banking. (See, "The Great Security Scare," and "The Reasonable Person ...")<br /> <br />One chapter is entitled "The Original Intentions of the Framers for US Presidential Elections." Those guys abhorred the notion of party controlled government. I think we Americans should get our country more in-line with their vision.<br /> <br />I also discuss the outrageous costs of running for president. Obama spent about $740,000,000 in 2008. Of course, this gives an unfair advantage to the superrich who can make big contributions.<br /> <br />Most importantly, I show how a system of presidential elections based on Internet voting can neutralize the power of Big Money, and make the president and vice-president directly dependent upon the people who elected them. <br /> <br />In accord with the First Amendment, the superrich, and everyone else, will be free to spend as much money as they want to, but with the system I propose big spending cannot influence the voter's choice.<br /> <br />No agent/pub, yet. But all my chapter drafts are online for free reading or downloading at: <br />http://ssrn.com/author=1053589<br /> <br />You are welcome to read any of this, and comment on it to me, or in your writing. (BTW the two Polanyi essays on the list are not a part of the book on Internet voting.)<br /> <br />Please see the Young Republican interview of me, for an excellent short introduction as to how Internet voting would work in practice, at <br />http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/04/interview-with-dr-william-kelleher.html<br />(Its only a five minute read.) The first question is, “How would Internet voting have changed the 2008 election?”<br /> <br />For a recent radio interview by Jim Fetzer, go to<br />http://radiofetzer.blogspot.com/ and scroll down to February 10, 2010<br /> <br />I'd like to hear from you!<br /> <br />Sincerely,<br /> <br />William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.<br />Political Scientist, author, speaker, CEO for <br />The Internet Voting Research and Education Fund<br />A CA Nonprofit Foundation<br />Email: InternetVoting@gmail.comWilliam J. Kelleher, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16795242019533325261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-47241691225263196502010-05-27T01:11:26.663-04:002010-05-27T01:11:26.663-04:00My father is a former MP and woke me up with that ...My father is a former MP and woke me up with that several times as a teenager, and I agree that for people who have not been subjected to it, it has a quality that is impossible to explain.jayemarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00519997332004067070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-32146034596087959112010-05-26T23:34:40.836-04:002010-05-26T23:34:40.836-04:00Revellie was added to Ellsworth shortly after Colo...Revellie was added to Ellsworth shortly after Colonel Joesph Brown took command from then Colonel James M. Kowalski in 2004. The other commanders kepted it in place, <br /><br />In fact Colonel Jeffry Smith actually ignored noise complaints from the Box Elder, SD community when the volume of the giant voice boxes was raised when the Wing was getting ready for a ORI. <br /><br />I was there from 2003-2007 before I retired out.kitanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657260938925328929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-29047181606719856292010-05-26T09:37:33.088-04:002010-05-26T09:37:33.088-04:00I spent about thirteen years at Ellsworth in two t...I spent about thirteen years at Ellsworth in two tours of duty. First was from 1961-1968; second was from 1972-1979. No reveille was played, ever, during that time frame. Of course there were a few more important things going on beside following an old Army custom.TOFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234091783167165660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-85995556445705366102010-05-25T20:35:39.407-04:002010-05-25T20:35:39.407-04:00Creeping Corporatism in the 'leadership' r...Creeping Corporatism in the 'leadership' rank and file. <br />Thanks for the 'heads up'SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-78792672997413416432010-05-25T19:27:46.074-04:002010-05-25T19:27:46.074-04:00"...it's almost impossible to explain.&qu..."...it's almost impossible to explain."<br /><br />Exceptionally good material to share!Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-7605754283868414072010-05-25T19:21:29.927-04:002010-05-25T19:21:29.927-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.com