Author Archive: bfwebster

Webster is Principal and Founder at Bruce F. Webster & Associates, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University. He works with organizations to help them with troubled or failed information technology (IT) projects. He has also worked in several dozen legal cases as a consultant and as a testifying expert, both in the United States and Japan. He can be reached at bwebster@bfwa.com, or you can follow him on Twitter as @bfwebster.

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I guess we now know who runs the Democratic Party

I guess we now know who runs the Democratic Party

| November 17, 2010 | Reply

Courtesy of the Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — At a private meeting on Tuesday afternoon, George Soros, a longtime supporter of progressive causes, voiced blunt criticism of the Obama administration, going so far as to suggest that Democratic donors direct their support somewhere other than the president. The Hungarian-American financier was speaking to a small side […]

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TSA update: the NMA weighs in

TSA update: the NMA weighs in

| November 17, 2010 | Reply

You must have known that our favorite Taiwanese news animators would chime in quickly. ..bruce w..

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TSA update: the protest songs have begun

TSA update: the protest songs have begun

| November 16, 2010 | 1 Reply

For those wondering, here’s some information on the singer’s reference to “2257”. Hat tip to Paul Chesser over at the American Spectator blog.

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Avoiding Japan’s mistakes

Avoiding Japan’s mistakes

| November 16, 2010 | Reply

Robert Samuelson is, in my opinion, one of the most level-headed and independent business/economics journalists around. I don’t always agree with him — but when I don’t, I strongly consider that I may be wrong. His latest piece can probably be read as another shot across the bow of the stimulus efforts coming from the Fed […]

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A fascinating and disturbing article

A fascinating and disturbing article

| November 16, 2010 | Reply

From Instapundit comes a link to this article by a professional college paper writer: I live well on the desperation, misery, and incompetence that your educational system has created. Granted, as a writer, I could earn more; certainly there are ways to earn less. But I never struggle to find work. And as my peers […]

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The TSA Overlords strike back

The TSA Overlords strike back

| November 15, 2010 | 1 Reply

[Instalanche™ in progress; thanks to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit for the link!] It’s pretty hard to read this as anything but pure vindictiveness and intimidation on the part of the Transportation Security Agency: The Transportation Security Administration has opened an investigation targeting John Tyner, 31, the Oceanside man who was ejected from the San Diego International […]

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Gerrymandering 102

Gerrymandering 102

| November 12, 2010 | Reply

Think you know what a gerrymandered Congressional district looks like? Think again. Hat tip to Ace of Spades.  ..bruce w..

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Veterans Day – 2010

Veterans Day – 2010

| November 11, 2010 | Reply

Here is our annual Veterans Day post listing the vets in our respective families: ============= Bruce Webster: CPL Darren Green, USMC (active) — just returned from a tour in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; currently stationed in Hawaii (and newly married) CPL Jon A. Webster, USMC (reserves) —  served in al Rutbah, Iraq; now going to school [son] […]

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Gerrymandering 101

Gerrymandering 101

| November 11, 2010 | Reply

If you are interested in politics at all, you should read this post, in which the author (nom de plume “Zombie”) explains just how redistricting works and why the real story of last week’s election is the massive Republican gain in statehouses across the country. What makes things complicated is that not every state is […]

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Best G20 reporting I’ve seen so far

Best G20 reporting I’ve seen so far

| November 10, 2010 | Reply

Hat tip to Gizmodo. ..bruce w..

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