From: James A. Donald <jamesd@echeque.com>
   On 2014-01-24 09:30, Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
   > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 09:16:58AM +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
   >> On 2014-01-24 02:56, Meredith L. Patterson wrote:
   >>> Anil Dash fancies himself an authority, and fancies his position to
   be
   >>> one from which enforcing his prejudices constitutes acceptable
   >>> behaviour. The only authority he actually holds is money
   >>> You are factually wrong:  The authority Anil holds is government
   >>> money and government permissions.  He is on the revolving door
   >>> between regulators and regulated.
   >> Are you referring to the fact that whatever currency he holds is
   fiat
   >> currency, or to his role as (e.g.) director of Expert Labs, or
   >> something else? (I know little about the man's history, just glanced
   >> at his LinkedIn.)
   >Expert labs is a "Government 2.0 initiative that aims to connect
   United
   >States government projects with citizens who want to become more
   >involved in the political discussion".
   >In other words, he is a political commissar.  Expert labs is an NGO.
   >NGO is code for GO, for when NGOs advertise jobs, they generally
   >advertise those jobs as government employment.
   Hmmm, I thought that _I_ invented the concept of "Government 2.0"
   when I wrote my "Assassination Politics" essay in 1995-96.  Or perhaps
   I should have called it, "Government Omega.Omega".
          Jim Bell