Phil Elmore's Blog, page 40
November 30, 2011
Technocracy: Baseless Paranoia of Big Brother
My WND Technocracy column this week is about targeted marketing, social media, and other attempts by advertisers to learn more about you. This is exactly the same concept behind "profiling" in law enforcement and security scenarios, and it works for the same reason. There's really very little sinister at work in most cases of such [...]
November 27, 2011
Technocracy: Time to End the Postal Service
The systemic waste and increasingly poor performance exhibited by our Postal Service always reminds me of The Crying of Lot 49. Recent ominous predictions about the Postal Service and its projected losses prompted me to incorporate some of my research on the Logan/Smyth ring knife in this week's WND Technocracy column. What has always galled [...]
Closing Out 2011
Thanksgiving week is drawing to a close, and after spending some time traveling and working out of my duffel bag, I have to admit I have a distinct feeling of "returning to reality" as I get ready to head back to the office. There is a LOT of work to do in December. Among the [...]
November 17, 2011
Technocracy: The Festering Obamavilles
My WND Technocracy column this week sums up my frustration and horror at the cancerous "Occupy" movement spreading across our country (and to the rest of the world). The Obamaville is a creeping death made of Nylon, placards and human waste. The "occupiers" stopped exercising free speech or the right to assemble the moment they [...]
November 9, 2011
Technocracy: Obama's Power to Shut You Up
My WND Technocracy column this week was inspired by the first-ever national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). While the test was itself fairly underwhelming (it may, in fact, have been rife with problems), I don't see the demonstration of technological power as the biggest issue. Sure, scheduling the test for daytime hours was [...]
November 8, 2011
Technocracy: Death by Illegal
Our nation is being swamped in a sea of illegal aliens. They come to the United States, breaking our laws to enter this country, and then commit violent crimes against our citizens. Illegal aliens are driving drunk and killing our fellow Americans on our highways. They are leaching off our social and health services and [...]
November 5, 2011
Fatal Combat
My latest Executioner novel is now available. In Fatal Combat, Mack Bolan is sent to Detroit, where a series of knife killings is feared to be some sort of new, low-tech terrorist campaign. What Mack Bolan discovers, instead, is a cult of knife duelists. One of their number has gone rogue, and now that man [...]
November 2, 2011
This Writer Won't Sign Your Petition
Alleycat's Jason Boog posted today that several very prominent authors have lent their names to a petition in support of the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations. He reports that the petition consists of a single sentence: "We, the undersigned writers and all who will join us, support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the [...]
Grassroots 'FUBO' Campaign Goes National
A controversial grassroots effort devoted to the profane phrase, "F— You, Barack Obama" has grown from a local venture to a national movement, using the Internet and social media to build momentum. The campaign is built around local AM radio talk show host Bob Lonsberry's t-shirts and bumper stickers critical of President Obama. Using his [...]
October 27, 2011
Technocracy: Arrogance Squared — Obama and Apollo
My WND Technocracy column this week is the sad tale of a mortal being who thought he was a god… and who demanded, under pain of petulant force, that those he considered his inferiors worship and love him. In their arrogance, Obama and the libs see themselves as gods and the voters as supplicants Am [...]
