‘Blogs’ shake the political discourse
By Joanna Weiss
"Oliver Willis, 25, doesn’t match the old-school profile of political influence. He’s not a rich man or a player in Democratic circles; in the 2000 presidential campaign, the most he did was purchase a Gore/Lieberman hat."
Taxing internet service would be like taxing TV or telephone.
Pols: Ban Net-Access Tax Forever
By Joanna Glasner
If a coalition of congressmen has its way, the government’s temporary moratorium on Internet-access taxes could soon become permanent.
This week, a House of Representatives committee is expected to consider a proposal that would bar states from imposing levies on Internet service, but would not affect their ability to collect sales taxes.
This is a really neat way assess blog quality or at least popularity. I don’t think I’ll be doing it though – wouldn’t want to be disappointed. 😉
If the Darwin Awards recognize people kind enough to remove themselves from the gene pool, should there be Smith Awards to recognize people who remove themselves from the workforce?
These people seem to have overlooked one of the key advantages of griping via the internet – anonymity.
‘Bitch Boss’ Remark No Way to Win a Job
“LONDON (Reuters) – One called her boss a ‘bitch from hell’ while another admitted ‘lying through his teeth’ at interview. Both the British job candidates were — not surprisingly — turned down after prospective employers discovered their candid comments on a public Web site.”
“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance”
I’m happy to say that the amount of spam actually reaching my inbox has dramatically dropped since I started using Spamcop a year or so ago. The irony thing is that I still need to take time every couple of days to clear out spam. If I don’t report held spam within three days of receiving it, complaints won’t be sent to the offending ISPs. I also have to check for the occasional piece of non-spam that gets quarantined. The point is, spam can be dealt with sanely, but at the price of some time and patience.
More on the “Eternal Vigilence” Quote
This popular phrase has been attributed to both Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, but it appears to have been adapted from a statement made by John Philpot Curran, Lord Mayor of Dublin
“The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.” Speech before the Privy Council, 10 July 1790; in The Speeches of the Right Honorable John Philpot Curran, ed. Thomas Davis (1847), pp. 94-95.