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		<title>Government Will Not Act Until You Speak Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work in government in the public service, and I see government from within the offices and hallways of the bureaucracy. I operate in the public service which means I do not see what happens in the political wing of democratic government, but I see what happens in the administrative middle-ground between the political decision-makers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do the Taliban Train Young Boys to Be Suicide Bombers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of the most important things we in the privileged world can do to make the world a safer place is to make it a better world for all. Not just ourselves, not just our neighbours, but for all. Economic development because it brings hope and options. Literacy and freedom of information because it enables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of Excellence — but Y’Aint Gonna Find It in Government!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government performs a wide range of absolutely essential services, and many public servants work very hard. However, that alone does not an excellent organization make. At least in the back-office side of things — if not always the front service counters everyone in the public interacts with — I see people putting in long hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police Remind Themselves to Play Nicely with Protesters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to my earlier post about government and protesters living in harmony, I thought I’d share some of the comments that I saw at work today.  The following are taken verbatim, straight from an official document. “Protests are part of everyday life, especially in Toronto. Important to consider that citizens have the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government is slow — vide Exhibit A: Haiti</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old saying that the camel is a horse designed by committee.  Committees and “stakeholder engagement” are de rigeur in government.  They are a large part of the reason why government is widely recognized as a slow, lumbering beast.  Unfortunately, in a democratically-elected, representative system of government, I’m not sure that it could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He Who Controls Images, Controls People</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the recent buzz on the Internet and elsewhere about Google’s impending pull-out from China, much mention has been made of the censored content that Google.cn presents to users in China.  Control of information is fundamental to totalitarian control of people.  For that reason, Google.cn could not present, for example, images of the 1989 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Summit is a Success — Is That True?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every summit is a success.  Some are more successful than others. That, apparently, is the official line on every major summit that happens — G8, G20, Copenhagen, and others.  I heard that at a meeting earlier this week.  No matter how much, or how little, gets accomplished at each of these summits, they are officially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Kinds Who Want War: Young Bucks, Rulers &amp; Vendors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some people who like war.  It’s not the soldiers.  It’s not the generals — at least not the ones who’ve been on the line, in the thick of things.  The people who want war are those who are full of bravado but don’t know any better, those who stand to gain power, and [...]]]></description>
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