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Friday, July 22, 2011

writing music.

Novelling Day Two and I`m starting to truly appreciate the grandness of a proper soundtrack. It might look a little detail but concluded the years countless stories of mine have been inspired by music.

There isn`t any set criteria for good writing music. I incline to go for catchy songs, not too slow, with a lot of emotional punch. Of form it varies depending on what I want to achieve.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Lawfare David Kris on Criminal Prosecution as a Counterterrorism .

origins and development of the Justice Departments National Security Division (NSD), which I led from March 2009 until March 2011.6 Knowing a little about NSD is significant because NSD is a key section of how the area came to a consensus, at least until recently, about the appropriate role of law enforcement as a counterterrorism tool.

Part II sketches a conceptual model for thought around the use of law enforcement in the current conflict, and more broadly as a counterterrorism tool. The estimate here is to identify the right questions, and the proper way of approach the policy debate in which we are now occupied as a country. Identifying the proper questions is hard but important.

Part III answers the questions posed in Part II. It briefly describes some of the empirical evidence about how law enforcement has been exploited to fight terrorism, and, in particular, how it has been exploited to disrupt plots, incapacitate terrorists, and gather intelligence. This serves as the basic, affirmative case for retaining law enforcement as one of our counterterrorism tools. Part III also explores some of thearguments against using law enforcement for counterterrorism, and explains why (in my view) those arguments are wrong. Part III closes with a discussion of pragmatism and perception, and the use of values in counterterrorism.

Part IV offers a comparison between civilian law enforcement, detention under the law of war,7 and prosecution in a militarycommission. We want such a comparison to work wise decisions about public policy as good as decisions about the tendency of private cases. The main end of Part IV is to excuse the major pros and cons of each system.8

Finally, Part V discusses how law enforcement can be made more pliable and more efficient as a counterterrorism tool. In particular, it addresses how the public-safety exception to Miranda should give in the setting of terrorism investigations.9

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

A-Mac Presents The National League Preview

In a day full of hockey drama, I will save about baseball.The beginning real games of spring training have been played and its time to preview the Senior Circuit, The National League.

NL East-
1. Philadelphia Phillies- All they did was shock the creation and sign Cliff Lee after trading him out for a season.They now give the best rotation in baseball.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Star Spangled Banner

Goshen College in Indianahas banned the National Anthem at its sporting events because they see it as too violent in nature.Perhaps this is a big time to reflecton the originsofournation`s anthem.

After the British bombing of Fort McHenry in 1814, Sir Francis Scott Key wrote a poem after seeing the flag still standing. We`ve all sung the lyrics numerous times with pride.