CAN A SECRET SERVICE KEEP A SECRET?

NEWSWEEK (2009)12/21/ 76

Each new president or POTUS (PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES)

is given a nickname. Here are the following and what they are like.

VOLUNTEER- LBJ liked to have a buzzer so that he could be notified if he

was having an affair.

SEARCHLIGHT- Liked to have water headgear so that he could

ogle women when he was near the ocean shore. His name was Nixon.

PASSKEY- Cheap tipper. The name went with Gerald Ford.

DEACON- liked to be seen carrying a suitcase when it had nothing in it. Secret Service

lugged all the goods. That was Jimmy Carter.

RAWHIDE- Reagan carried a gun in his suit case.

TIMBERWOLF- Bush 41 was hyperactive.

EAGLE- Clinton loved crowds.

TRAILBLAZER Bush 43 was punctual, but a sore loser.

RED MIND/BLUE MIND

BEGLEY/32

Science is more attractive to Left of Center types than Conservatives. This personality divide

appears to be more powerful than age or sex. Reds are more conscientious

and Blues are more open to new ideas. This is where science steps in.

Further, emotion comes before reason and thus Science scores higher than

other views for Blues. Why? Science usually have ideas that have changed the world.

THE ECONOMIST (2009) 12/5-11

78/ THE RISE OF THE HYBRID COMPANY

The hybrid is a blur of government and private companies. It is not a nationalized

company or a private company. THE ECONOMIST does not like them.

However, they do admit that there are advantages and they cite France.

Social Democrats prefer where there is a private company and a public

board and workers are stakeholders or have some ownership in the company.

THE ECONOMIST (2009) 12/12

16/ An example of the private sector is selling and inventing right now for the

Government owned military. It saves time, costs, and is efficient. This is

hybrid company. THE ECONOMIST calls it a military-consumer complex.

21/ Non invasive surgery is going big time. Ultra sound has been very successful as have

stents in heart surgery. Some areas of the body like the brain need precise

accuracy, others can allow for more error.

59/ German education is going through reform and parents of students or some students

don't like it. It now has 7 types of schools and reformers want to make two

schools. One that is technically oriented and the other for college bound students.

Further, the college bound would have Latin dropped. Also the

early years, schools would have 4 to 6 years of school with the lower social

classes. That is where the conflict unites.