{"id":1859,"date":"2008-11-21T11:47:06","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T15:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2008-11-21T11:47:06","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T15:47:06","slug":"friday-notes-expectations-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/21\/friday-notes-expectations-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Notes: Expectations Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not entirely sure what to think of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at DHS, but knowing that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/06\/01\/opinion\/01napolitano.html\">she is generally smart on immigration<\/a> and was instrumental in <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/show\/130182.html\">the effort to knock down the REAL ID Act<\/a> is encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>Glad to know that even the President Elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/POLITICS\/11\/20\/obama.cell.breach\/index.html\">shouldn&#8217;t have a reasonable expectation of privacy<\/a> with Verizon.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>A money bet against <a href=\"http:\/\/dcist.com\/2008\/11\/20\/preview_of_special_obama_inaugratio.php\">this not being executed well<\/a> is probably a safe one.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>Iceland &#8211; a textbook case of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seeingtheforest.com\/archives\/2008\/11\/how_did_iceland.htm\">the benefits of massive deregulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>More on this later, but in case that turns out to be a lot later, I wanted to highlight <a href=\"http:\/\/mattsteinglass.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/17\/we-won-the-vietnam-war-fdr-caused-the-depression-and-other-useful-historical-fictions\/\">this good piece on managing current expectations by rewriting the past<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The site, in general, is worth spending some time on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not entirely sure what to think of Arizona Gov. 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