"I want a government as good and as honest and as decent and as competent and as compassionate as are the American people." – Jimmy Carter
It's too bad we're unlikely to find it in either major party.
Dr. Philip Blosser has an excellent post on Jimmy Carter's fall from admirable idealist to lapdog. It's a shame that a good man can't be a good president. It's a greater shame that the same good man lowers himself to supporting those whose beliefs directly contradict his faith.
In time for the DNC convention, here’s a fascinating
article about the fruitlessness of dividing the country into red and blue states.
According to the author, I’m in the Great
Lakes region. (Thanks, Dappled
Things)
I’m sure by now most have heard that the hilarious JibJab parody of “This Land”
by Woody Guthrie is under
attack from the copyright owners of the latter.
BoingBoing has added an interesting twist to the debate. ‘Twould seem good ol’ Guthrie
wasn’t
particularly anal about copyrights himself.
I’m not a fan of government-imposed censorship and I believe that parents should
take a more active role in what their children watch on TV and movies.
Hollywood is trying on multiple
fronts
to eradicate customers’ fair
use rights. One of their targets is parent’s right to control what his children
watch.
Several months ago, a new
DVD player debuted which would permit the user to “automatically
skip sexual
content, graphically violent scenes and language deemed offensive”.
Directors are furious and Hollywood wants these machines off the market. If you’d
like to see ClearPlay-enabled
players, like RCA’s DRC232N back
on the market and protected in the future, please sign the Grassfire
Family Movie Act petition.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Pacifists have just as much right to protest as anybody. In fact, sometimes I even join them. However, last I checked, protesters didn’t have the right to demand no barriers/pens, free water, free transportation, and monetary compensation.