Before there was Change There was Hope

General McChrystal Called to the Principals Office

How not to complain about colleagues

It is always chancy to speak out aginst your boss.

Some of Alexander the Great's officers were unhappy when their leader began to adopt enemy customs - like proskynesis, or bowing down to the king - as the army conquered the Persian Empire.

But one officer, Cleitus the Black, took his complaints too far. Annoyed at being appointed to a marginal command, he badgered Alexander in front of other officers at a drunken banquet. Fellow officers warned him to be silent, but he refused and an incensed Alexander killed him with a spear.


But if i had to go against Alexander The Great or Obama, i am picking Obama

No Tweete For U

I would like to see the expanse of judicial activism to put greater limit on Twitter

Federal Judge James Zagel told the Chicago courtroom at the outset of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial that he was prohibiting anyone in the court from using Twitter during the trial or making public statements.

Getting Blagojevich and his family to quiet down would be a big change. Blagojevich has written a memoir and hosted a radio show since his arrest in December 2008. Both he and his wife, Patti, have appeared on reality television shows and both have Twitter accounts. On Monday, Patti Blagojevich tweeted that she had finished the laundry and house cleaning and complained that news helicopters were following her and wasting fuel.

I cannot imagine what he is getting out of this relationship with the media.