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Well, one point that Aristotle makes, that I believe is really true, is the fact that Democracy has the most intelligence; the mass of the intelligence of the people beats the intelligence of the best thinkers. He figures, that the ideas that the people have is filtered through so many people, that the conclusions are […]
Ok Joe, I have been reflecting a lot on the current situation. To be honest, we are loosing, why? Becuase we lost the war in Afghanistan. I know it is a hard point, I know, it was all done in the best intentions, and it was good to get the soldiers back. But Americans hate […]
Well, as Tolstoi the great Russian thinker said; all good families are alike, all bad families are different. The point is, goodness is one, badness comes in all forms and shapes. That is something to ponder there. Goodness makes for a very stable, similar and uniform world. The lore of the ancients are pretty straight […]
One of the things that I believe is lost in time is the humanist tradition of Europe. I am a humanist, my family have been humanists for seven generations, and there are traces left here and there in Denmark of humanists. But the environment or tradition is largely pushed away by neomarxistthinking, business ideas and […]
Well, the climate change meeting is over, and I think we can already see the framework of something that might actually work. First of all, the fossile free plan is pretty awesome. Can we make a world that is run on clean energy? The question off cause still remain unanswered, but the path to such […]
When we talk identity politics and the ideas, that rule in many areas of academia, I belive we should discuss the alternative. I mean, if identity politics does not work, as it does not, then what is the alternative. These days I am reading the 16´th century academic; Erasmus. His work is REALLY interesting in […]
Politics is a craft. You need to get people around the table, and create solutions, that all can see themselves in. Doing that, is extremely difficult. When Barack, Joe and I developed a lot of the driving ideas of Baracks presidentship, we actually solved a lot of the problems we faced. Economically we made the […]
It seems to me, that the world is centering around a climate change idea. It is good in the sense, that it unites the world. I know, that many people have doubts about the wisdom of climate change. But if we understand the agenda in a positive and constructive manner. We can actually do some […]
The climate change discussions are essentially a profound discussion on the wealthfare of the world. How are we going to prioritize the development of the shared ressources. To understand how this can be done, I truly believe, that we need to UNDERSTAND the ways of the world. Essentially the world is bounced between order and […]
Ok, so there is a major summit on climate change coming up, and these are the experiences that I have from Denmark, that the world can use. First of all, there are essentially two categories to work on. The first is nature, and the second is renewable energy. Often these two categories tend to get […]
So, one of the things, that I have wondered a bit about, is the fact that, I never get any enemies really. And the enemies, that I try to pick, get really sad about it, and try to get to be friends again. At least internationally, not really here in Denmark. But, I have wondered […]
I have been thinking a lot about the late interview with the Suidlanders. It is a REALLY difficult discussion. On one side, I do not accept any kind of racism against blacks. I know how it is to be scorned and ridiculed. Right now in my town Aalborg, there is a lot of bad blood […]
The Suidlanders is a civil rights organisation of South Africa, demanding justice and rights to be reinstalled to white people of South Africa. I have had a conversation with Mr. Roche who is a leading spokesperson for the organisation. To hear him speak is like a window into another reality, living in a system where […]
These days South Africa is in turmoil, and the rainbow nation, that everybody hoped to make, is deteoriating. For me, as a spiritual person, this makes me sad. Now, dont get me wrong, sacrifice, injustice is what it is. It has no color. I was a great fan of the whole process of antiapartheid, Desmond […]
Ok, we are in trouble. Radical islam is rising in the West. One of my very good friends mr. Lars Vilks was just assasinated, most probably, and the attacks are in legion these days. Lately the attack on the British MP Sir David Amess, is another attack in a string of attacks. The enemy is […]
You know, to unite, you need a way to do it. You need a path, some waypoints, a little help from your friends. But at the end of the day, you need goals and destiny. The American dream has always been the deal of all Americans, but it is through lack of attention to that […]
Well, my life has been a bit of a rollercoaster. From the beginning with the Mohammad cartoon crisis, over the Obama administration and now to some kind of reconciliation. I have given it a bit of thought, on how to keep the balance between the international work and the national work I do here in […]
Dear Joe, well things are shaping up a bit. Here are some further reflections to your current development of the political work. First of all, you need to be realistic about the socialistic ideals. If you start taxing according to progressive tax, you need to watch the borders more. The point is, as Lycurgus, the […]
In the discussion of Social media, what seems to me to be lacking is not really discussion in social media as such, but more an attitude to discussion that is within a humanistic/democratic frame. We have discussed democracy, where social media have failed miserably. To remedy the whole censuresystem is almost impossible, it is so […]
Ok, it seems to me, that I have been involved in so many agendas, that it is a little hard for me to truly stay on top of them all. But I am doing my best. Here is something about the US. Equality Equality is a liberal virtue. We have equality between people, different colors, […]
Dear Joe, things are seeming to get into gear I think. Here are my reflections on the current issues. First the war against China. Trying to cut out China from the free markets, is a master stroke. It is much more effective than what Trump did, but it comes with its own set of caveeats […]
Ok, having established the basic principles of sustainability, that of balance of things. Balance between man, nature and business, we can move on to the practical. I will return to my trip to paradise island, but just to give you some inspiration to what we can do with climate change, here is an overview. There […]
America is truly the home of idealism. Take Mr. Abraham Lincoln and the civil war. He fought not only for the power over all of the US, but most noticeably for ideas. That all men are created equal, that slavery is tyranny. In a way, the revolutions, especially the French revolution had a very fertile […]
Ok, lets get on with the tale of Livø. The day after I arrived at Livø, this is a true story, I went to town. The town of Livø, is a small tourist spot that was built as a carehome for mentally disabled persons, that lived at the island 70 years ago. So at its […]
Ok Joe, here is what I would recommend you doing in Afghanistan. Draw the troops out in as an orderly fashion as possible. Dont delay, dont hurry, just do it at the pace you find is the right. At the same time, you need to get some pay back from the attack of Isis at […]
Well, as things need to be dealt with in foreign policy, we also need to keep the ball rolling in the department of Climate Change. I have been sailing a lot this summer, as a part of my work with my little TV station. Sailing with my 23 footer, “The Mermaid”. Most of the sailing […]
Well, we have to be brutally honest about the current foreign policy situation. Leaving Afghanistan has weakened the American leadership more than it already was. I get it, we should get out of Afghanistan anyway, and we were doing quite well in subduing Al-Queda. But the move, where the Talibans are victorious, is a massive […]
To understand the development of social media, one needs to understand what drives it, and how we need to tackle the challenge of some tech companies gone rogue in terms of the vigilancy towards the sanctity of democratic dialogue. Let me be honest, it is not a good picture we see. Me, I have been […]
We have a bit of a problem with the Social Media. Me myself, I have had a lot of problems with social media lately, mainly because I have opposed the Black Lives Matter/woke political ideas that are alive and fighting in Denmark. I do this, because I do not accept racism, and you can come […]
Ok, the Afghanistan draw out is kind a reaching a climax. All the newspapers have smelled blood of a leader that they can intimidate, and the ground personnel in Afghanistan are not feeling a sense of security. So what do we do? We show that we understand the game of international politics, and we make […]
Joe, we need a new strategy to counter the old Afghanistan strategy. I know, that the populace is really annoyed we the redrawal from Afghanistan. I am with you on this, this has been going on for too long. But we still need to be seen as doing some action on this issue. I have […]
Well, we have a very tough discussion on IT companies attack on civil rights as free speech and privacy of data. First of all, I get it, we live in a dangerous world, and giving terrorists acces to a new IT structure to do whatever they want is off cause a bad thing. At the […]
When the US went into Afghanistan, it was a reaction to 9/11. An attack on New York in the middle of the day. Mr. Bush used the military to attack a country that, at that time, was the epicenter of a virulent version of islam, a sunni muslim renneassance version of islam including a political […]
When you want to Change the World, it is difficult, people react in different ways based on their world view. In the old world, Change is riddled with violence and destruction. If you want to Change something, you can be sure, that you get the entire system on your back. They will kill you parents, […]
When we talk about the consolidation of the Western Hemisphere, we need to understand what we come from, and then what we can mend and consolidate. To do this, we need to understand other examples of conquest, empires and successes in that area. To be really honest about the difficulties we see in regards to […]
Now, I am very much against the whole race discourse. Why? Well, essentially the system or idea about race, takes away any personal freedom the individual has, and judges people by something he or she cannot change, the color of his skin. That is taking all possibility of making your own life, and make something […]
Now listen. We are up against China, whether we like it or not. It is like that. What we can do however, is to choose ourselves how we tackle the challenge. What we need to do, is to be brutally honest to ourselves about the challenge. How have we been faring so far, and then […]
Well, there is no way around it. We have to discuss what we do to China. First of all, it is extremely complicated, secondly it is extremely dangerous. If we end up in an atomic annihilation campaign we are in deep, deep trouble. Trump had his economic warfare, which didnt work at all. I mean, […]
You know Joe, when you were really in trouble in the beginning of your election, I chose you. It wasn’t the most rational, the best choice in terms of chance to choose a candidate that would give me someone in the White House that would listen to my ideas. But it was because you are […]
Friends, we are looking at a time of division. England and Denmark are going one way, a more conservative way, and the US is going a more liberal way. I know, there are a lot of disagreements, especially when it comes to migration. We here in Europe are not that keen on migration, and it […]
When we talk about race, racism, black against white, I believe we should think about what lies in the very core of the idea. In its essence, its a tyrannical idea. When blacks oppress whites, as they have in South Africa, and honestly when we celebrate whites oppressing blacks, it is the same. Two sides […]
Well, now we have the eternal discussion on “race” in England again. This at a moment, where we were supposed to meet in unity. That was a shame. How do we go about tackle that problem. At the very core of the problem lie the idea of a “race”. I believe, that only at understanding […]
Well that was a bit of a downfall, football coming home, and all that. It gave England something, as I see it. It gave England a sense of purpose a renewed confidence in what England CAN achieve, if we all work together. So thank you for that, and even though we didn’t win, we still […]
Joe, you are doing well. But, I know that I am pretty sharp in my opinions sometime, there is a reason for that. The reason is, that we need to be sharp in understanding the issues ahead, and be clear about the priorities. First of all, what I think Barack is right about, and what […]
Well, when things get out of hand spiritually as well as principly as things have in US lately, what do you do? You go back to the roots. The founding fathers, they had it right. They were descendants of the Italian Renaissance, where Hermeticism and Platonism was all the rave. I know, because I hold […]
Well, that was a pretty good string of meetings Joe, to the point, and you made real progress with mr. Putin. Putin is a megapro. He knows how to play the game, and he is really good at it. At the core of his government, it is actually also a warm heart. You know, Russians […]
Well, it is time for a shift in politics, these are my recommendations for at first move in the vicinity of Israel. Make friends with the neighbors. Egypt is the most important, due to the geographic border with Gaza. Make friends with Sisi, show him appreciation and show that we appreciate his role as leader […]
Well Joe, things are shaping up. There are plenty of pitfalls ahead, but things are, more or less, back to normal. Normal being the state run by politicians with a good relation to the bureaucracy. That is good. Importantly, we need to look at the challenges ahead, in order to prepare. Internationally, there are two […]
Thank you mr. President, after decades of service, finally it is time to put the sidearm to rest besides the chair, and breathe for a second. So many years of vigilance and service to Israel will be written in the books of us Jews, as one of the greatest leaders of Israel and the Jews. […]
Well, things seems to have quieted down a bit, to me, that is not a bad thing. In fact, it is a good thing. All the turbulence of the Trump presidentship has been replaced by the quietness of the Biden presidentship. It is not such a bad thing. I mean, perhaps people need a breather […]