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Opinion: Does the U.S. need a West Point for tech-savvy civil servants?

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This is the scariest thing I've read in a long, long time.  Imagine a brainwashed cadre of "Googleheads" dedicated to monitoring everything you do on the internet and empowered to delete, modify, or promote it;  or prosecute you for whatever imagined offense.

For every Danny Sjursen that graduates from the Military Academies, there are dozens who enjoy participation in the murder of innocents and following orders -- like Colin Powell.

It was only once I was in college, about six months into college when I found something that I liked, and that was ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corps in the military. And I not only liked it, but I was pretty good at it. That's what you really have to look for in life, ...  and something that you think you're pretty good at. And if you can put those two things together, then you're on the right track, and just drive on.[25]

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I'm a Democrat but I will never again make the mistake of voting for a Corporatist. I proclaim as loudly as I can that I -DO- have the option of voting for "none of the above". You want my vote, address my issues. Don't tell me how bad the other (more...)
 
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