[Uncle Miltie]

"I like Buckley, but for the life of me, and can't figure out what in the world he's talking about here."

He's reveling in the fact that U.S. bureaucratic and geopolitical tectonic plates are shifting and breaking, creating an opportunity for good lasting change.

[Rokke]

Well I appreciate the translation. I am reveling in that fact too. Interestingly enough, I was just talking to a friend who is deeply immersed in steering a pathway for evolution in the intelligence community, and he was describing the sense of insecurity amongst the long termers in the CIA and DoD. He found it disturbing. I actually revel in the fact that there is a disturbance in the force. Shifting the tectonic plates is the only way to keep up with the geopolitical changes our world is experiencing. It is going to take a major kick in the ass to shift our embedded bureaucracies.

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx describes how any major organization must be capable of a fundamental reorientation in its process at least once every 18 years. I agree. FedEx is kicking ass. Maybe Fred Smith should move to Washington D.C.

[Soul Seeker]

He seems positively giddy wth the changes occuring. I don't remember the last column of his I read that was brimming with so much anticipation. LOL

I share it. Normally I cringe from change, in this instance I'm reveling in being a part of a historic moment in world history. Anything can happen. For the first time in years it doesn't feel we are confined to the status quo. I'm relishing the opportunities the future holds.