Broken Government Report of 128 Executive Branch Failures since 2000

BY THE NUMBERS

Geo-Political Simulation Video Games

Article on new video game where you're in the role of Obama/American president

http://www.geo-political-simulator.com

Micro-Nutrients as Global Priority / Investing in Health

http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com
The world’s best investment: Vitamins for undernourished children,
according to top economists, including 5 Nobel Laureates
Over two years, more than 50 economists have worked to find the best solutions to ten of the world’s biggest challenges. During the last week of May, an expert panel of 8 top-economists, including 5 Nobel Laureates, sat down to assess the research. The result is a ranked list highlighting the potential of 30 specific solutions to combat some of the biggest challenges facing the world.

Combating malnutrition in the 140 million children who are undernourished reached the number one spot, after economist Sue Horton of Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada made her case to the expert panel. Providing micronutrients for 80% of the 140 million children who lack essential vitamins in the form of vitamin A capsules and a course of zinc supplements would cost just $60 million per year, according to the analysis. More importantly, this action holds yearly benefits of more than $1 billion. In effect, this means that each dollar spent on this program creates benefits (in the form of better health, fewer deaths, increased future earnings, etc.) worth more than 17 dollars.

South Korean Troops can now Overthrow Kim Jong ILL?

LINK

"End the Fed" Rally in 39 Cities November 22, 2008

(Federal Reserve related, for "HR 2755")
Interesting. Will it happen? Of course not, but it's worth keeping an eye on at least.
(audio & video portion) http://endthefed.us/av.php

Led Zeppelin, Thomas Jefferson, & Andrew Jackson?

Yes We Can Says the NY Times

B-roll of fake New York Times Distribution, November 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo.

Federal Budget/Debt

LINK

Two New Energy-Related Documentaries

http://www.kilowattours.org

http://www.burningthefuture.org

Excellent Documentary--Frontline: The Dark Side

Excellent Nexflix.com find

"Frontline: The Dark Side"

"..dissects Vice President Dick Cheney's actions as chief architect of the war on terror, and his battles with CIA director George Tenet over control of America's intelligence community. Interviews with more than 40 key participants shed light on the political infighting, from the moments after Sept. 11 to the administration's feverish run-up to the Iraq War and the indictment of Cheney adviser Lewis "Scooter" Libby."

Man Near IED Explosion Survives

Robo-Sadists as the Future Border Patrol?

Connect this ACLU "constitution-free zone" map

with

This "Multi-Robot Pursuit System" that will let packs of robots "search for and detect a non-cooperative human".

An America that should never be. Let's make sure it doesn't.

"TED" Video Presentation about Fungi Restoring Growth to Toxic Environments and Providing Breakthroughs

Glimpses of Our Possible Mobile Future

Google Android Mobile Development Winners



http://androidcommunity.com

Nokia's Research/Future Mobile Interface

Change-Congress.org Slideshow with Audio by Lawrence Lessig

Noteworthy Websites: Cryptome, Silobreaker, Mario Profaca, Co-Operative Research

Mario Profaca's Global Intelligence News Portal

Election Protection, Electoral Reform, & Democracy

Election Protection Wiki by SourceWatch

National Campaign for Fair Elections Request for Legal Volunteers

"Poll monitoring" volunteers

Electoral Reform Act: Restoring Government Of, By, and For We the People


Publicly Funded Elections Website


The National Initiative for Democracy (NI4D) is a proposal which will permit the People to make or change laws by initiative.

Documentary: "Apology of an Economic Hitman" (Methods of Empire-building)

Apology of an Economic Hitman website

Where "national security" is a PR term meaning "protection of secrecy." Protecting the public from secrets that would cause a gradual overturning of the current roots of power?

Department of "Homeland Security" and Sesame Street & Poll About Blocking Public Awareness (or not)

Department of "Homeland Security" and Sesame Street

Should the government make public the details of its cybersecurity plan? POLL LINK

‘‘Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2008 and 2009’’

"New Model" for a "Poor and Beautiful Country"/Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda Interview

Fascinating Pieces from an 2-part Interview with Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda (Interviewer mistakenly says "new model of communism" after Prachanda is quoted as saying "new model of democracy." Which is it?)


Part two

Hackers on Planet Earth Audio Talks & Google-Watch

http://www.thelasthope.org/talks.html

Arnold IT Research on Google as a Calculating Predator

http://www.google-watch.org

Two links with interesting alternative views on Google - ONE | TWO

Google origins

GoogleEarth's connection between In-Q-Tel/CIA & Keyhole and here is a second related link

Virtual Democracy Related Links

• http://www.democracy.ru/english/quotes.php

• http://earth-intelligence.net

• http://earmarkwatch.org

• http://democracyinaction.org

• http://iyear.us

• http://groundreport.com/tv

• http://citizensforethics.org

• http://publicintegrity.org

• http://ni4d.us

• http://openthegovernment.org

• http://wethepeoplefoundation.org/00-Mission.htm

• http://Opensecrets.org

• http://prwatch.org

• http://sunshineingovernment.org

• http://DownsizeDC.org

• http://kickthemallout.org

• http://citizensummit.us

• http://citizensolutions.tv

• http://wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/

• http://wikileaks.org

• http://createdebate.com

• http://punchclockmap.sunlightprojects.org

• http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com

• http://maplight.org/node/1807

• http://openarchitecturenetwork.org

• http://everyblock.com

• http://dufoundation.org/participation.php

• http://cambrianhouse.com/how-it-works

• http://createdebate.gather.com

• http://witness.org

• http://reunitingamerica.org

• http://ncdemocracy.org

• http://voterwatch.org

• http://speechology.org

• http://mixedink.com

• http://opencongress.org

• http://smart-city.re-configure.org

• http://link-bomb.re-configure.org

• http://change-congress.org/about

• http://www.blackboxvoting.org
  
  
• http://www.somethingdifferent.us
  
  
• http://www.just6dollars.org
  
  
• http://www.factcheck.org
  
  
• http://twittervotereport.com
  
  
• http://open-government.us
  
  
• http://www.extremedemocracy.com
  
  
• http://www.physorg.com/news146933864.html (Change.gov's a start?)
  
  
• http://deepdebate.org
  
  
• http://geo-political-simulator.com
  
  
• http://www.erepublik.com/en
  
  
• http://www.whitehouse2.org
  
  
• http://www.obamacto.org
  
  
• http://www.mysociety.org/projects/
  
  
• http://www.bigpicturesmallworld.com/colleges/presidentgame.shtml
  
  
• http://budgethero.publicradio.org/widget/widget.php
  
  
• Wired's "How-To Wiki" on "Open Up Government Data"
  
  
• AmericaSpeaks.org
  
  
• StateoftheUSA.org
  
  
• Publicmarkup.org
  
  
• www.wikicandidate08.com
  
  
• http://www.youtube.com/househub
  
  
• http://www.youtube.com/senatehub
  
  
• United Nations Survey "E-Gov to Connected Governance" (246 pages)
  
  
• Creating a Citizen Driven Idea Sourcing Platform & Needs Matching System
  
  
• http://readthebill.org
  
  
• OpenSecrets.org Goes Open Data ("200 million data records")
  
  
• http://www.governmentdocs.org
  
  
• Visible Government (Canadian)
  
  
• Open Ottawa
  
  
• http://legistalker.org
  
  
• "Apps for Democracy"
  

"TRUE COST" / "REAL COST" to Accelerate DETOXING SOCIETY

http://true-cost.re-configure.org

• How Stuff Is Made NYU Project
• "Real Costs" FireFox Add-On
• Database for Chinese Made Products
• TV Show: "How It's Made"
• How Stuff Works dot Com
• Article on Panamanian man who started the warning of Chinese made toothpaste
• "W.I.S.E.R." as the network who 'should' set the standard of "true cost" in business
• Science News article on Wealth of Nations in relation
  to data on the networks of product relations + Accompanying Link
  
• Energy Costs in Relation to Transporting Bottled Water
• Video with a true cost theme and revealing processes
• "Grass Commons" 'social-minded' data tool
• "Full Cost Accounting" Wikipedia Entry
• Farm to Kitchen Restaurant Named "FLOW" in Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania
• "Story of Stuff" (over 4 million viewers)

Steal Back Your Vote from the Lipstick Pig

http://www.stealbackyourvote.com

Free Online Book = Election 2008: Lipstick on the Pig

Slashdot.com Headlines Visually Depicted (excellent simple resource)

Engineers Without Borders: Claims to Improve Quality of Life and Does/Shows Results + "Open Architecture for Humanity"

New York Chapter recently involved in finishing a water dam for a Cambodian village in 2 years. The village searched for 6 yrs to find help - LINK


Video of "TED" talk by founder of Architecture for Humanity

http://architectureforhumanity.org

http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org

Industrialization of Secrecy versus Strengthening the Nation and Relations

• New Documentary: Secrecy as facilitating a weakening in national security
• OpenTheGovernment.org's fifth annual report, Secrecy Report Card 2008 (.PDF)
• Cost of secrecy reaches record high
• Secrecy News from the Project on Government Secrecy (Federation of American Scientists)

"Homeland security" and "national security" are brands to protect a defective infrastructure withering into obsolescence, swallowed by a darkening lack of vision.

Instead, a *strengthening* of the nation in a variety of ways is needed to truly become secure and to develop a self-sufficient, resilient quality of life that positively sets an example for other parts of the world to learn from and receive support from.

Political Campaign Ads from 1952-2008

How so much has advanced and how so much has remained intact.
A large load of political ad videos: LINK

Videos/Photos of Information Visualization/Uncloaking Information

Tokyo public touchscreen kiosk

Solar, Seawater, and Greening the Desert

The Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/03-3

Great video, "Greening the Desert"



Seawater Foundation


Greening of Eritrea (country) part 1


Greening of Eritrea part 2


Seawater Foundation Article

Seawater Foundation website

Global Seawater, Inc.

Journalists with Balls

• Greg Palast
• Wayne Madsen
• John Pilger

Other journalists with balls, please post here or send to reconfigure at gmail.com

McFraud (John McCain, Unable to Talk Straight), Video Resources, American Budget/Debt/Where Our Taxes Go

• The culture of archiving video clips and connecting them helps the collective memory and decision-making powers as in this example - http://therealmccain.com
  

• And to balance this post, here's a wild book on Obama

• Not entirely related is this free massive library of movies, tv shows, documentaries, etc.

• Here's a useful clip on war and the budget/debt found at NationalPriorities.org

Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan military efforts from Data360.org

"Death & Taxes" Visual Guide (flash map) - link

Links that relate to why I'm posting anything here:

• Re-Configure.org
• Re-Configuring the Global Organisms' Operating System Through Mobile Democracy (.pdf)
• http://smart-city.re-configure.org
• Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace
• MASSIVE Free Online Video Library
  (We don't live in the information age, we live in the information warfare age)
• Incredible Amount of Links on Knowledge-Maps, 3D Web, & Mobile Tech

See Through, Unlock, Breakthrough.