Petreaus, Power, and Foucault

Knowledge is power. According to Michel Foucault, post-modern French philosopher, whomever controls the "categories" of knowledge can essentially control the world.

Economically, whomever can know when to buy low and sell high can quickly out-position others in the market so that the wealth literally flows toward them, rather than away from them. Bill Gates of Microsoft was able to "out-think" the competition by coming up with the brilliant idea of including "bundles" of software in one package so that he could produce his "set of products" at a lower overall price than buying operating systems that were separate from Internet explorers, etc.

Militarily, whomever can out-think their opponents has also won. Iraq is a dead-end for the United States now, and so General Petreaus' idea of doing more with less is actually a BRILLIANT idea. My own suggestion is in the projected troop draw-down to maintain special forces presence and numbers and then consolidate the major bases into more easily defensible zones thereby easing the burden placed on the troops who will be deployed there to replace the troops who are coming home.

Politically, whomever can out-think their opponents has also won. Barack Obama, although a dashing young African American leader would have been a horrible President because he is not able to out-think Hillary Clinton. Every move Obama makes, Hillary quietly has Obama's number and already has functionally eliminated him from the race. Check-mate Obama, Hillary is a better chess-player than you are.

So, if you wish to win at the game of life, NEVER allow yourself to be defined by your adversaries. Sure, they may label you something that you are not, but never allow such a label to stick. In College Football I quickly learned that the enemy could easily look at his depth chart and see "Rob King, Offensive Center, 6'O" 212 pounds" and then he would label me a lightweight. Of course, after having shattered the knee of one 300 pound nose-guard, such statistics soon came to be regarded as much more irrelevant than "Rob King, 340 pound bench press, 605 pound squat and 275 pound power clean" (in other words, although only 212 pounds, I had an "Arnold Swartzeneggar-type physical body" and could even hang with our own Davidson College nose guard, a 300 pound Behemoth who was even looked at by the NFL (at 300 pounds, we would always "battle to a draw . . .").

So, if you want a Candidate who will not crumble under pressure, if you want a Candidate who can actually outsmart Hillary, go for Davidson College, Duke University and University of Notre Dame, not just some guy who may look nice in a suit and tie. Otherwise, there will be a whole new Clinton enterprise in 2008. Even Karl Rove seems to think that it is Hillary vs. the G.O.P. Candidate . . .

Blessings in Jesus,
Rob J. King, Jock for Jesus :-)