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Lessig and the Change Congress movement

shad — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:30:24 +0000

2nd video in a row featuring Lawrence Lessig. Looks like he may actually run for Congress on the “Change Congress” platform.

Change Congress
Lessig ’08

Some Ron Paul links

shad — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:58:14 +0000

Was just home for a little pre-Christmas goodness and it seems that many in my family have never even heard of Ron Paul. And after pulling in over $6 million in one day (the most by any candidate in history), I thought I would toss out a few links.

Note that this is not a full endorsement of Ron Paul. I have real with his stance on certain issues. What I love here is seeing the power that the internet is wielding in his favor. He’s getting support from tons of voters that traditionally simply do not vote, or have become disenfranchised.

While I may or may not vote for Ron Paul in the election, I do think it’s essential to have voices like his in the debate. The establishment needs to be sent the message that the people are watching and they’re not happy with what they’re seeing.

Stephen Colbert-Ann Coulter Challenge

shad — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:37:37 +0000

From an article in this month’s New York Times.

The Stephen Colbert-Ann Coulter Challenge: See if you can tell the difference between comments made by Colbert and Coulter.

1. “Even Islamic terrorists don’t hate America like liberals do. They don’t have the energy. If they had that much energy, they’d have indoor plumbing by now.”

2. “There’s nothing wrong with being gay. I have plenty of friends who are going to hell.”

3. “I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.”

4. “Being nice to people is, in fact, one of the incidental tenets of Christianity, as opposed to other religions whose tenets are more along the lines of ‘Kill everyone who doesn’t smell bad and answer to the name Muhammad.’”

5. “I believe that everyone has the right to their own religion, be you Hindu, Muslim, or Jewish. I believe there are infinite paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your personal savior.”

6. “[North Korea] is a major threat. I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to the rest of the world.”

7. “Isn’t an agnostic just an atheist without balls?”

(Answers: Coulter 1, 4,6; Colbert 2, 3, 5, 7)

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Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies

shad — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:41:46 +0000

An interesting article about recurring fallacies in US economic policy. Seems we’re still making all of the same old mistakes.

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Colbert: Wikiality

shad — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:45:10 +0000

Daily Show: Stem Cells & The War On Terror(ble) Diseases

shad — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:05:12 +0000

A nice comparison of the administration’s position on Stem Cell research vs. their opinion on deaths in Iraq.

American Bar Association: Bush is Destroying the Constitution

shad — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:08:19 +0000

President Bush’s penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice.

DJ Ted Stevens Techno Remix

shad — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:54:01 +0000

“The internet is a series of tubes…”

Bush Personally Blocked Spying Probe

shad — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:57:38 +0000

I blogged about this sometime back but I wanted to update….

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program.

Vanity Fair: The Story Behind “Loose Change”

shad — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:25:00 +0000

With $6,000 and a laptop computer, three kids from upstate New York made a documentary about 9/11 that spread across the Internet and threw millions for a loop.

Here’s a link to the actual video discussed in the article. It’s almost an hour long, but pretty interesting… link