I love it when my side is right!
An article that outlines how multiple indicators of economic health have improved with Democratic presidencies and declined with Republican presidencies since WWII. (Lots of good stats for you academic types.)
So this is basically the scariest thing i’ve ever seen relating to copyright laws and their abuse.
Happy Monday!
http://www.bestofartists.com/creative-sculpture/2008/7/7/you-could-lose-your-rights.html
This guy has it figured out. Great numbers, insightful commentary–great, great name. Dude is smart.
This is a former baseball stats guy who has moved to politics. And by baseball stats, I mean Baseball Prospectus, the guys who with the help of Lawrence’s own Bill James and Billy Beane (and by help I mean it was all James idea and Beane was the first to implement it.) have completely changed the way people think about baseball, at least those of us who think about baseball.
I doubt it. The Democrats are spineless POS. Thankfully, Dennis Kucinich is not spineless. Please, please Congress impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney. I don’t care if it happens the day before he leaves office. He has abused his power and deserves far worse than impeachment. Democrats don’t let our democracy fail us.
America’s largest brewery sold to a Belgium company, that is really controlled by Brazillians, the third world.
Gov’t bailing the largest lenders in the nation.
Markets in trouble today after an overnight correction in the Asian Markets.
The dollar the weakest it has ever been agains the Euro
The upcoming Olympics are in Beijing.
Ford and GM cutting more jobs.
And in case you missed it, there was a run on a bank. An honest-to-god line to get money out of IndyMac.
Strap in, it’s going to get interesting.
I am hoping the pen is mightier than the sword. As most of you know, I have a strong belief that the only way that our country will get back on track is a revolution. I see evidence nearly every day that the world’s beacon of hope for a truly democratic rule is becoming more of a bacon of hope. Our politicians serve more fat encrusted pork than they serve their people. I want democratic principles to rule our land and not the free-market.The capitalists are winning; democracy is taking a back seat to the dollar.
To that end, I believe that Senator Obama’s support for the FISA bill is a travesty that is designed to alleviate the markets of yet another industry (telco in this case) being put against the ropes. Our countries political and financial leaders have truly screwed we, the people. The FISA bill does nothing but erode our constitutional rights and provide immunity to the telco industry for their collusion with the Bush Administration.
I am hoping the power of words can help correct gratuitous attack of our constitutional rights. Here is what I wrote to the Obama Campaign.
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Dear Representative of Presumptive Democratic Party Presidential Nominee Barack Obama,
I am sorely disappointed in Senator Obama’s support for the FISA bill. I am worried that the Republican led erosion of our basic civil liberties is being embraced by the best hope of a our country continuing to be a rational democracy. Our right to privacy is of utmost importance in this time of war, recession, and internal attacks on our constitutional rights.
I implore Senator Obama to stand for liberty and justice for all - even in times of crisis or electoral pandering - and not to buy into GWB’s delusion effort of ridding the world of “evil-doers.”
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I am truly saddened by Obama supporting FISA. I must now go cry a tear into my red, white, and blue beer and support Nader - the only champion of the people.
I realize that this probably will miss the mark with some of you kids, but none-the-less, here’s a link to my latest creative ideology. Please note: the image at bottom of page is the philosophy, not the image at top.
http://tcritic.com/archives/design-wont-save-the-world-you-pretentious-fuck/
Can Mycologist Paul Stamets save the world with mycelium fungus? He thinks so. Pretty interesting stuff, but you have to make it past the first 9 minutes to get to the goods.
