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   WRITINGS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OVER THE YEARS

   

   LET’S NOT DO GOD’S JOB FOR HIM

   

   Ignorance breeds hatred and conflict. if we are unwilling to understand that people are different, that they come from all walks of life and still, by God’s grace, walk this planet, then we can not know better than God. If they are here they deserve dignity, respect and not the… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on July 11, 2009 at 4:33pm — No Comments

   QUOTE OF THE DAY

   “When suffering exists, we all must stop to listen to the cries. When we hear the cry of a child, we hear the universal language of pain and suffering. We do not ask if the child is Christian or Jew or Muslim. For at that moment, our ideologies, our political affiliations and our religious stations in life become less important than the cry we hear. We can walk away and go about our business or we can step out from our own little corner of the world and do something to comfort the cries. We can… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on May 17, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

   FACEBOOK QUOTE OF THE DAY

   Justice is not determined by the letter of the law alone. It requires a collective set of principles guided by conscience, compassion for the individual and faith that people can be better. Laws are born from those principles, and therefore should not oppose them. When they do, the law must be challenged, debated and subsequently altered. That is when justice is realized. -Will Griffith

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on May 15, 2009 at 4:01pm — No Comments

   FIGHTING TERROR AND PIRACY WITH BROADCAST, SPACE-AGE TECHNOLOGIES

   With the recent stand-off between American sailors and pirates from Somalia, not to mention the daily threats of terror coming out of the ranks of the Taliban, Al Qaeda and other extremist groups, we have also heard about the lack of available security in an age when our satellite technology allows us to read a license plate from space.
   
   The fact is that these threats pose opportunities for private security companies to develop new, effective and innovative ways of combating these… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on April 12, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

   MEXICAN CARTEL CRISIS PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR OUR COUNTRY

   When I awoke this morning I poured a cup of coffee and received my morning security briefings. Report after report had to do with the Mexican Drug Cartels and the unrest at the U.S.-Mexican border.
   
   My security advisor brought a report to my attention, entitled: CALIFORNIA UNDER SEIGE BY MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS. This caught my attention and I instructed our staff to network the information immediately. One part of that report was a video interview on FULL DISCLOSURE with former L.A.… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on March 26, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

   COUNTER-TERRORISM & INTELLIGENCE CAN BE BETTER

   Presidents of the United States have made the error of trying to size-up global situations and matters of national security on their gut feelings. They often think they can do it better than the CIA or the intelligence services of the government.
   
   President Bill Clinton thought he understood Yasir Arafat and tossed away the prestige of the United States on a Palestinian agreement with Israel. President Kennedy made the mistake with Vietnam, and even George W. Bush missed the mark in… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on March 8, 2009 at 8:10pm — 1 Comment

   THE ECONOMICS OF AMERICA’S NATIONAL SECURITY

   As we follow the news of the potential of credit markets freezing, the loss of more jobs and the potential turn from recession to depression, it is nearly enough to make us flip the news channel to America’s Next Top Model.
   
   President Barack Obama, as we’ve learned, is now being briefed every morning by the CIA on the global economy. The need for sound economic intelligence has become as important as terror-analysis and a National Security briefing.
   
   And it is a good… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on March 3, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

   BEAM US UP SCOTTY…NO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN WASHINGTON

   When we talk of party politics we think of Republican and Democrat. Lately, the word “party” has taken on the meaning of the Beverly Hills crowd. Everyone is invited to the party Washington has decided to throw themselves, and Wall Street is the guest of honor.
   
   The party is in full swing…paid for by you, the American taxpayer.
   
   The current rhetoric in Washington„ where big government and big spending reflects the mindset of a frustrated population,
   has been… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on March 2, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

   TALK OF NATIONALIZATION CAUSE FOR REFLECTION

   The talk today of the nationalization of U.S. banks is a major cause for concern among business and entrepreneurs. It should cause us to take a look at history, not only our own, but the histories of other nations who have gone down that dark, filthy path of allowing the government to control that which we know the private sector can do better.
   
   Space exploration and technology is a great example. Space entrepreneurs have made progress in a short period of time, compared with… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on February 20, 2009 at 4:03pm — No Comments

   A TIME FOR CHOOSING

   In an era of economic uncertainty and political challenges, it is also a time for choosing.
   
   The choice before us is whether or not to bow to the picture the media has painted of doom and gloom, or to rise up in a fashion that allows us to become acquainted with our creativity and capacity for innovation.
   
   In times of challenge and struggle, the capacity to adapt and find ways to rise above the fray is always at its best. Entrepreneurs are often born of necessity and… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on February 16, 2009 at 7:11pm — No Comments

   THE EVOLUTION OF SUCCESS

   The question has been asked time and time again. “What is success”? The answers to that question can be as varied and diverse as the business world itself.
   
   If one is talking about financial success alone, this question is, of course, measured by profits and numbers. If the question is asked about one’s personal life, for many of us success is measured by our families, our partners and our children.
   
   Success in any form is an evolutionary process. It requires more than… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 28, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

   MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR DREAMS

   As we witness the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, we also witness the hopes and dreams of those who paved the way for his journey to The White House.
   
   Whether we look back to the soiled pages of our history with regard to slavery or the horrors which ignited the civil rights movement, we can not do otherwise than see that those men and women of yesteryear had only the hopes and dreams of a better tomorrow.
   
   Hopes and dreams are the… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 20, 2009 at 8:37pm — No Comments

   COOPERATION AND COMPETITION GO HAND-IN-HAND

   Entrepreneurs of all arenas are competitive by their very nature. They reach beyond the scope of simply managing and they bring their dreams into the domain of their entrepreneurial journey. In essence, their dreams become their business and while men like Steve Jobs is often accused of obsession with regard to their ventures and their dreams, this is not a bad thing for the entrepreneur.
   
   We entrepreneurs do, however, often forget that while competition is the driving force in… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 16, 2009 at 2:27pm — No Comments

   BUILDING A BRIDGE OF SECURITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

   As we are nearing the close of the first decade of the 21st century, it is our awesome responsibility, indeed the responsibility of all Americans, to build a “Bridge of Security” for the generations who will one day follow in our footsteps.
   
   In this task, there can be no short-cuts. The suggestions of those, like Michael Moore, that there is no terrorist threat are mistaken. Part of the responsibility we have is to create dialogue between business and consumer, between entrepreneur… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 14, 2009 at 7:31pm — No Comments

   SPACE SECURITY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

   When Orville and Wilbur Wright launched their first flight at Kitty Hawk, they believed that their invention for air travel would actually make war obsolete. Little did these great men know that Islamic fundamentalist extremists would utilize their invention to fly planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
   
   In our own age, as we prepare for the era of commercial flights to space, we could learn well from the lessons of history and utilize the past to prepare for a more… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 9, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

   BRINGING SPACE AND BROADCASTING TOGETHER…

   The challenges of space exploration, technology and the ever growing community of space entrepreneurs are being met by the response of new ideas and vision. The challenges of online broadcasting technology is meeting those new challenges for the 21st century eye-to-eye.
   
   As a media revolution continues to evolve, changing the way people get their news, information and images, The Griffith Corporation recognizes that more must be done. Bringing space and broadcast media together has… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 8, 2009 at 1:49pm — 1 Comment

   A BEACON FOR SPACE ENTREPRENEURS

   The International Association of Space Entrepreneurs is more than just another organization. It is a beacon of hope, inspiration,and encouragement for the efforts and ideas of space-oriented entrepreneurs globally. The IASE has brought together social networking, Internet technology and the best and brightest minds to encourage us to move forward with our dreams and our ventures.
   
   With men and leaders among us like Dave Hook, Richard Dell,Jr. and the IASE leadership, we are encouraged… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 7, 2009 at 4:59pm — No Comments

   A NEW YEAR WITH NEW CHALLENGES

   Well friends, we made it. We weren’t just marking time on a calendar. We set out to move forward into the future with resolve and with the confidence in our respective ideas. Now it is 2009 and we are compelled to ask ourselves how we will face the new challenges of a new year.
   
   The little guy with the revolutionary idea is often consumed by bureaucratic red-tape and the unfortunate perception that the government knows best when it comes to the funding of technological and scientific… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on January 1, 2009 at 2:07am — No Comments

   A NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

   Dear Friends and Members of the IASE:
   
   As we prepare to enter a new year we do so with the satisfaction of knowing that through personal, professional or national and global struggles, we overcome these elements of challenge and do so together.
   
   If we have learned any lesson from 2008 here at The Griffith Corporation, it is, indeed, that when people come together with the goal of working together , lifting one another up and doing our part to protect and help one another in… Continue

   Added by W. Edward Griffith on December 30, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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