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- What about the Rest of the First Amendment? (1)
david: "The power in shows like this is in the fact that they're shows: they're relatively easy to organize, the average IQ can be low, but the visual effect…"
- Attention Attraction for the Attention Deficient Generation (6)
Tom Smith: "I can see the appeal of "tuning out the world." But I can't say that I think it's a good thing. I really have no argument, convincing or otherwise,…"
Funky Dung: "I don't think your comment is off-topic at all. In fact, I think it addresses underlying societal issues and questions my post only begged. BTW, I…"
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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Everyone sees what you seem to be, few perceive what you are; and those few don’t dare oppose the general opinion, which has the majesty of the government backing it up. … The masses are always impressed by appearances and by the outcome of an event — and in the world there are only masses. The few have no place there when the many crowd together.
— Machievelli
privacy
Attention Attraction for the Attention Deficient Generation
Andy Warhol famously quipped, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." His appraisal of the fleeting nature of fame was mostly right. However, he said that before the advent of repeated episodes, re-run and syndicated series, reality TV, blogs, and social networking. Had he seen these, perhaps he'd have suggested "15 episodes", […]
Fight the REAL ID Act in PA
A new Meetup group dedicated to carrying out Ron Paul's principles apart from the presidential election (and there's plenty do on other levels and branches of gov't!) has organized a rally against the REAL ID Act in Pittsburgh:
Pregnancy and Minors' Right to Privacy
Pregnancy Notification Policy Alarms Some Health Experts"A revised regulation that directs Howard County school officials to notify parents when students reveal they are pregnant has drawn criticism from health experts who say it violates a young woman's right to privacy and jeopardizes health care."My two cents? Children are guaranteed no right to privacy with regard […]
Faux News Advertising Ron Paul?
If I weren't already a Ron Paul supporter, this article (at Faux News!) would likely have made me one. It reads like a greatest hits compilation of Dr. Paul's policy ideas.
Foreign Policy, Recession-Proofing the U.S. Dominate GOP Debate in South Carolina
"The Republican candidates returned to their respective outposts on the campaign trail Friday, hours after […]
REAL ID = Real Mistake
Stop REAL ID! Submit comments to the Dept. of Homeland Security by May 8th!
A broad coalition of organizations across the United States is urging the public to submit comments rejecting the illegal national identification system created under the Department of Homeland Security's REAL ID program.
Five states and several members of Congress have rejected the scheme, […]
