[FRIAM] Erwin Gonzalez • 30 Story Hotel Built in 15 Days

2012-01-09 Thread Tom Johnson
I also want to see how they got the crane off the roof. http://erwinluis.tumblr.com/post/15530473761/30-story-hotel-built-in-15-days -tj FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-09 Thread Parks, Raymond
Actually Russ, the factcheck answers are not complete and shift the argument. The salary collection point is pointless - of course Congress critters only collect a salary while in office. factcheck is correct about the Social Security contributions. This happened with the change-over from the

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-09 Thread Owen Densmore
Nice details Ray. So I would think now that although factcheck provided a different view, or possibly corrections, there still remains a good deal of sense in the initial post. -- Owen On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Parks, Raymond rcpa...@sandia.gov wrote: Actually Russ, the factcheck

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-09 Thread Prof David West
Social activists on list - take note. :) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1571746374/ref=pe_113430_22293040_pd_re_ dt_dt3 davew On Sat, Jan 7, 2012, at 08:42 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: Great Catch, Robert. I am afraid my finger was hovering over the send button. Gawd I have such naïve fingers.

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-09 Thread Paul Paryski
Alas it would be unprofessional to elaborate. Sorry, Paul -Original Message- From: Gary Schiltz g...@naturesvisualarts.com To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Sent: Sun, Jan 8, 2012 3:16 pm Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Winds of Change Care to

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Winds of Change

2012-01-09 Thread Steve Smith
Owen - While I'm on it: I feel disenfranchised this year because the Dems don't have a primary too. My parents used to (re)register every election for whatever party had the most interesting primaries. Then one day they woke up died-in-the-wool Republicans. The old saying goes if you are

[FRIAM] Disenfranchised? Americans Elect?

2012-01-09 Thread Steve Smith
Owen - Isn't this what Americans Elect (among other things) trying to address? After the initial flurry of discussion about this group, I've seen nothing else here. I was disturbed by certain things about them but as an alternative mechanism, maybe they are worth more attention? - Steve

Re: [FRIAM] Disenfranchised? Americans Elect?

2012-01-09 Thread glen
Steve Smith wrote circa 12-01-09 01:51 PM: Isn't this what Americans Elect (among other things) trying to address? After the initial flurry of discussion about this group, I've seen nothing else here. I was disturbed by certain things about them but as an alternative mechanism, maybe

Re: [FRIAM] Disenfranchised? Americans Elect?

2012-01-09 Thread Greg Sonnenfeld
I wouldn't worry about their bad questions or money requests. Just ignore those until they are fixed and vote in the primary :P Greg Sonnenfeld “The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and