IN PRAISE OF STRATEGIC INTERDEPENDENCE
This Article originally published by author Douglas Castle in THE INTERNATIONALIST PAGE on October 1st, 2009
Dear Friends:
The premise is a simple one. each of us, as an individual, and as a businessperson, is a potential international ambassador, exerting influence upon persons by sharing our thoughts, our differences, our stories and our tremendous areas of common interest and concern. The things that unite us far outweigh those things that divide us.
The greater the percentage and proliferation of smaller, international, entrepreneurial and internet-based businesses, the closer we all move as Humanity United toward world peace. It is increasingly difficult to willfully hurt someone whom you regard as a friend, or someone upon whom you have come to depend for things. Depersonalization, the hate-mongers' weapon of choice in initiating such activities as pograms, ethnic cleansing, enslavement and all brands of genocide, becomes very difficult to mobilize when all parties 1) have become interpersonally familiar with eachother, and 2) have come to depend upon one another. Reducing this to commerce as metaphor:
"I will not attack my customers. I will not attack my suppliers. I will not attack my strategic business partners. To do so would not make economic sense."
I am cautiously optimistic that such organizations as THE NATIONAL NETWORKER COMPANIES and numerous other non-governmental business networking and social media conduits will facilitate the development and frequency of more individualized civilian communications and international entrepreneurship.
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Some recent news headlines, accumulated principally through the United States and UK Public Media during the course of these past three months will give my readers a feeling about where the world's alleged most powerful nations and institutions are headed. These are signs...signs point to trends...and trends pave the road to the future. Please take note of these media items, which are arranged in no particular order, to formulate your plans:
UBS to divulge 4,450 account names, more expected
Dentists Step Up Marketing as Patients Skip Their Visits
Was Oil Part of a Deal for the Lockerbie Bomber?
Fox News (FNC) Continues to Outdraw Every Other Cable News Network (see below)
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for September 23, 2009 . Considering Fox's political orientation ("Fair and Balanced, as long as we're all the way to the right"), this says something 1) either about the underlying feelings of the average US viewer despite the alleged lawlessness and destructiveness of the Bush/ Cheney Administration, or 2) about the entertainment value of the newscasters, commentators and pundits on Fox versus the other more centrist or less conspiuously politicized networks).
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,524,000 viewers
CNN – 609,000 viewers
MSNBC –377,000 viewers
CNBC – 236,000 viewers
HLN – 375,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,910,000viewers
CNN— 1,017,000 viewers
MSNBC –817,000 viewers
CNBC – 441,000 viewers
HLN – 648,000viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC –433,000 viewers
CNN –197,000 viewers
MSNBC –131,000 viewers
CNBC – 92,000 viewers
HLN- 188,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 814,000 viewers
CNN – 343,000 viewers
MSNBC –286,000 viewers
CNBC – 215,000 viewers
HLN – 239,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC – 729,000 viewers
CNN – 278,000 viewers
MSNBC – 195,000 viewers
CNBC – 116,000 viewers
HLN – 226,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,379,000 viewers
CNN – 473,000 viewers
MSNBC –427,000 viewers
CNBC –215,000 viewers
HLN –356,000 viewers
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Are Exchange Controls Coming to the USA?
Pfizer Pays $2.3 Billion to Settle Marketing Case (while the case is interesting, the mere fact that Pfizer had $2.3 Billion of cash on hand to settle a "sensitive issue" is quite revealing...and perhaps a bit frightening, as well).
How Many Troops to Secure Afghanistan? (This is an interesting academic question, for which there is actually no answer -- it is merely a matter of conjecture, and a loud signal that things are heating up in Afghanistan, despite the installed puppet government, and the casual cooperation of Pakistan. I think that this question is reminiscent of the golden oldie about "How many angels can dance onb the head of a pin?")
Fed Considers Sweeping Rules on Bank Pay
Well, friends throughout the world...such has been the news. A bit frightening, yes?
Faithfully,
Douglas Castle
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