Chaordic Slime Mold –or– What I Love Best about the RonPaulLiberty Movement

I have been studying slime molds, the structure of AA , Chaos Theory, open source software and the structure of the world wide web itself trying to grasp the nature of the phenomenon demonstrated by the Ron Paul inspired movement. I found that the common elements of it exist universally and the principles create many of the most durable organizations. The concept is new to me but this “emergent intelligence” is as old as it gets. From single celled independent organisms to great networks of people worldwide, a common theme appears. I may have stumbled upon the term to describe the quality that makes the aesthetically unappealing example of the slime mold uniquely successful. Chaordic.

What is Chaordic organization?

Here it is in a nutshell; System of organization that exhibits characteristics of both chaos and order but is dominated by neither.

The term was coined by Dee Hock, founder and CEO of VISA USA and VISA international. He paired two seemingly polar terms, chaos and order, to describe a system that encompasses both but is dominated by neither. In his book Birth of the Chaotic Age, chaordic is defined in this manner:

1. The behavior of any self-governing organism, organization, or system which harmoniously blends characteristics of order and chaos.

2. Patterned in a way dominated by neither chaos nor order.

3. Characteristic of the fundamental organizing principles of evolution and nature

http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Chaordic-Age-Dee-Hock/dp/1576750744

The structure as well as the nature of this movement is as fascinating as its unifying principle. The individuals that comprise the liberty movement are, by far, the most noble group of people I have ever had the pleasure of mingling with and they have earned my faith in them. Every obstacle they have encountered has been surmounted in the most reasonable, ethical manner possible proving to me that the tenants of individual freedom are truly born of the natural order of existence. What I hope to gain by studying slime molds and the emergent organizational structure of self-help groups like AA is a solid understanding of this “unstructure” so that I can better maximize our strengths and avoid the pitfalls that inevitably lead to the destruction of artificially imposed hierarchies. Natural law is simply benign justice and nothing will survive for long that tries to operate apart from that principle.

If you are curious about slime molds, here is a link that gives a brief explanation of Steve Johnson’s concepts based on his book Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software.

http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/socialsciences/fr/emergence.htm

I have a copy of a paper that goes into more detail if you are interested. Just email me and I will gladly send you the file.

The Twelve Traditions of AA are a large part of that organizations longevity. I don’t think all of them are applicable to this movement but there are some operational tenants they espouse that are priceless.

http://silkworth.net/aa/12traditions.html

If form truly does follow structure then we will benefit from examining this subject immensely.

AxXiom

originally posted December 26, 2008

For the Record with Illuminattv

Molotov presents the first of a two-parter about Homeland Security’s criminalization of conservative free will. The second part is forthcoming. (posted May 16, 2009 / Youtube 11,913 views to date)

Molotov presents the second part of a two-parter about Homeland Security’s criminalization of conservative free will. Are Americans preparing for…1776? (posted May 25, 2009 / Youtube 6,775 views to date)

Molotov Mitchell tells the REAL story about Harvey Milk, the gay politician Sean Penn has falsely lionized as a gay martyr in the movie “MILK”. (posted March 27, 2009 / Youtube 5,614 views to date)

To celebrate Darwin’s 200th birthday, Molotov points out a few of the conundrums liberals face concerning natural selection.

Two quick notes: 1) As a “Christian Supremacist”, Molotov believes that there are only 2 types of people, those who believe the Bible and liberals. 2) “For The Record” is now a bi-weekly video column at Worldnet Daily (www.wnd.com). You can catch it every other Wednesday. (posted February 15, 2009 / Youtube 11,155 views to date)

“For The Record” is brought to you by the Domestic Emergency Network (DEN), the free market response to FEMA.

In researching who is behind these videos and the network involved, this is all I have been able to find out:

Wondering who the filmmaker is behind the 13-minute attack video A Video Portrait of Barack Hussein Obama? So were we. Though the narrator identifies himself as “Lorne Baxter,” and e-mails to the production company are answered by “Rodney Talmud,” it turns out the man behind the video is a 28-year-old Christian television producer from North Carolina named Jason “Molotov” Mitchell, who has priors for inflammatory YouTubing….

The video was made by Mitchell’s company, Illuminati Pictures. Mitchell is former wedding videographer who now produces and hosts a weekly Christian television show called Flamethrower, which began airing on the satellite network Faith TV last October.  source Daily Kos  – May 17, 2008

a google on contact info from website yields this entry:

Domestic Emergency Network

FOR ALL INQUIRIES: 4900 NC HWY 55 SUITE 160-117 DURHAM, NC 27713 CONTACT@JOINDEN.COM. DEN © 2008. ENTER. DEN. EVERY FARM A FORTRESS …
www.joinden.com/ – Cached – Similar –

Sitting in a tree and hacking at your roots . . .

I marvel at some people in leadership of all kinds that in order to attempt to retain power engage themselves in destroying the very base they are sitting on.  It is a lot like sitting in a tree and hacking at your roots . . .

Why would anyone do that you must be asking?  Yes why indeed, and yet we see it all around us.

Consider some prime examples:

• Bailout money being sent to the ones who created the mess in the first place to the destruction of the ones who send in the tax dollars.

• Republican groups who want to pick and choose which Republicans can attend meetings and participate.  Not like Republicans won big lately.  Looks to me like all are needed and then some.

• Corporate executives who take the money and run to the destruction of the company.

You add your bullet point by leaving a comment below!  I am sure I have only scratched the surface here . . .

Gotta run for now, but you can help me build this list by leaving a comment below and I’ll finish the post and add a graphic later.

To be continued with your input!

Blessings,

Sandie

better yet – send me a tweet @scrosnoe

[edited to remove ps reference to TCOT 052809/sc]

Happy New Year — Come Fly with me: a twitter invitation to all!

Here is your personal invitation to twitter: If you are not already on twitter, it is easy! Go to Twitter and sign up(free). Don’t know what it is? It is like the latest in quick communications with many made easy by tweeters everywhere!

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Social networking is valuable for people with a freedom loving message of truth — that would be all my friends!

Once you are signed up on twitter, link up with me there by ‘following’ @scrosnoe!

Drop me a note that you are online (specially if your name is not intuitive from your twitter id) and I’ll be sure to follow you back! easy easy easy

Now you are ready to impact the twitter world by joining some other social networks. One that I want us all to work on and make sure they are surrounded by real republicans (#r3s) is Top Conservatives on Twitter. Join that group (also free) and when you want to message the group use the hash mark #TCOT and that will allow people watching that group to see your comments. There is a parallel group on facebook, but it just points to the group online and it is the actual twitter network that is really hopping.

As you add people to your network then you are messaging to more and more people – so keep it clean and fun and insightful. And more and more people will want to hear from you and link up there. We need your wisdom and pearls of truth rippling out there – so have fun and email me if you need help getting started (or better yet – send me a tweet).

Blessings,
Sandie @scrosnoe

Here is the link to the list of RNC committee members with emails and twitter ids where available

Original Post Dec 14, 2008 updated slightly

RNC Chair Race Heats Up; Still looking for a real champion . . . from Freeople.com

There are two posts that I would like to call your attention to and I want to make sure you are on Twitter too. Please join Twitter today.

Once you are there if you want to see something on this matter do a search on #RNCChair and you will see the conversations hitting the airwaves today on the topic. There are groups there for #RonPaul, #R3S (R3publicans), #ENDtheFED, #OFTB (Operation Fight the Bailout) just to name a few. Link up with me (@scrosnoe) and we’ll have some fun!

Now on the matter of the RNC Chair race, one of my twitter buddies sent me this blog calling for Mike Duncan, the current RNC chair, to do the honorable thing and step aside. That blog referenced on an article written by Michael P Leahy, who is one of the leaders of Top Conservatives on Twitter.

Here is an excert, but I encourage you to read the whole thing:

“There are a few who defend Duncan’s leadership. They claim he is a good manager of resources. This argument sounds to me like recommending the captain of the Titanic, had he survived the tragedy, to captain the very next transatlantic passenger ship voyage on the grounds that the kitchen of the Titanic did not once run out of rolls during the entire voyage… at least, until the ship sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.”

This race will set the tone for all future elections in the GOP. It will decide in part whether we will be able to rebuild the party based on top down or bottom up (grassroots) politics. It will decide whether we operate fairly and by the rules or make the rules say whatever suits our/their current purpose. It is important that it not be someone like Ken Blackwell (Ohio) and Tina Benkiser (Texas) who both have a history of breaking the rules in their own states over and over and over again to retain power. It appears that they are teaming up to run as ‘co chairs’ whatever that means!

The only people that can vote on this matter of RNC Chair are your State Committee Man and Woman and your State Chair. You however can influence that decision because your State Chair will be up for reelection most likely this year and will want your vote! Come on folks let’s restore the republic in our party as well as our country.

Now get out there and have some fun and make a difference too!

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