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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Jul 30 2003
Show Me The Money
All this talk about betting on terrorism and future shares and John Poindexter (who seems to be doing quite well in spite of his own past), started me thinking about what I understand to have been the "former logo" of the Information Awareness Office, which is home to the Total Information Awareness project--which has now been renamed Terrorism Information Awareness.
Someone saved the original IAO website with the dumped logo. And someone else started a gift shop using this same logo. Apparently the symbols on the logo spooked a lot of people--I heard references to "Masonic conspiracy" and all sorts of other comments. The Latin phrase on the logo, "Scientia Est Potentia" simply means, "Knowledge is Power." I agree with that statement, and I encourage everyone to add to their knowledge daily when it comes to the people they vote for (who, in turn, appoint other public servants as they choose).
And aren't the pyramid and the all-seeing eye on the dollar bill? Perhaps John Poindexter and the rest of his department workers just wanted to remind us that, in cases of corruption, cover-up, and terrorist activity, you can almost certainly "follow the money" and get most of your answers as to who's behind the trouble.
In fact, you can bet your bottom dollar on it.
posted at: 18:00 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
All this talk about betting on terrorism and future shares and John Poindexter (who seems to be doing quite well in spite of his own past), started me thinking about what I understand to have been the "former logo" of the Information Awareness Office, which is home to the Total Information Awareness project--which has now been renamed Terrorism Information Awareness.
Someone saved the original IAO website with the dumped logo. And someone else started a gift shop using this same logo. Apparently the symbols on the logo spooked a lot of people--I heard references to "Masonic conspiracy" and all sorts of other comments. The Latin phrase on the logo, "Scientia Est Potentia" simply means, "Knowledge is Power." I agree with that statement, and I encourage everyone to add to their knowledge daily when it comes to the people they vote for (who, in turn, appoint other public servants as they choose).
And aren't the pyramid and the all-seeing eye on the dollar bill? Perhaps John Poindexter and the rest of his department workers just wanted to remind us that, in cases of corruption, cover-up, and terrorist activity, you can almost certainly "follow the money" and get most of your answers as to who's behind the trouble.
In fact, you can bet your bottom dollar on it.
posted at: 18:00 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
