Thursday, September 3, 2015

On the #Iran Deal: The "Day After" & the Continued Challenge.....

The Obama Administration has secured enough votes to ensure that the deal with Iran will survive a Congressional No Vote.   4 more US Senators are needed to ensure that it does not even reach President Obama's desk.   

However, the struggle for change in Iran continues.   Professor Dabashi of Columbia University eloquently spoke for many when he reminded the World of the work ahead:  

The evident victory of President Obama in securing enough support to secure a congressional passage of his Iran nuclear...
Posted by Hamid Dabashi on Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Working Away For the Day......

It has been a busy morning around #outsiders.   It has been a pleasure as the team has been busy with the daily twitter updates and finished off the latest "updates" throughout the #outsider properties--including the latest on the #IranDeal.

I went out to   Huntington Beach yesterday and had the pleasure to meet with Congressman Rohrabacher.  He was gracious enough to spend almost 40 minutes with me on the Iran Deal.     We reflected upon the horrors of the Middle East today and he was gracious enough to share his reflections of his visit to Palmyra as the World is witness to the continued carnage of the Daesh Gang (referred to as IS/ISIL In the West)  in Syria and Iraq.          

Although he is opposed to the deal, I was ever so gratified as he underscored how an attack with Iran will be a profound mistake.      As a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, his voice matters and I was gratified to hear it.

I was awe struck as I left his office with this image of Ronald Reagan which I wanted to share here: 


It is also a strength of America that Ronald Reagan reminded the World of:


Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Working Away On this First Day of September....

It is September 1. 

It has been a rather distressing morning as I worked on supporting the daily curation of Outsiders on this first day and start thinking about the roadmap ahead as Q4 and the formal one year anniversary is upon us.     As the morning editorial run was done, I ran across this which stuck with me ever more which reminded me of the great Diane Nyad's admonition: Onward!!