Privatized Software Is Bad For You

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Monday October 26, 2009 · 6:00 AM PDT

2009/10/26 · 06:00

(This diary was prompted by a recent front page comment about Windows 7 being "excellent".)

You want a public option to healthcare insurance. You want an transparent food system and government regulation of medicine. You haven't fallen for the privatization of the water supply known as "bottled water". Privatizing social security or the military make you shudder.

So why do you want privatized software?

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My experience with Linux

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My experience with Linux

Never heard of it

1 vote

Heard of it, but never tried it

29 votes

Tried it, but didn't like it

14 votes

Tried it and liked it but had to stop using it for some other reason

17 votes

Tried it, liked it and have been using it ever since

20 votes

NPR Still Supports Torture

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Friday November 02, 2007 · 5:33 PM PDT

2007/11/02 · 17:33

Recently NPR aired a story based on information obtained via torture. NPR did not perform the torture, nor did they witness it. But they knew that's where the information came from and aired the story anyway. In fact, the torture had been so recent that the victims were still bloody and one was sobbing, facts that were related in the original story.

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Wednesday November 01, 2006 · 9:26 AM PST

2006/11/01 · 09:26

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I Give Up

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 5:03 AM PST

2006/01/11 · 05:03

Almost in tears here. I am seriously dumbfounded. It is the late 1930s in Germany, if not later. Read More

My Boss Forced Me To Leave DailyKos [UPDATE 1]

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Thursday December 29, 2005 · 4:20 AM PST

2005/12/29 · 04:20

I've been pretty tolerant of whatever ads Kos wants to run, mainly arguing that whatever brings in the simoleons is fine if site owners OK it. HOWEVER Read More

How Is AirAmerica Doing: Summer 2005

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Monday October 31, 2005 · 5:23 AM PST

2005/10/31 · 05:23

In July I did a diary showing how AirAmerica had done up through Spring 2005. Today the last of the Summer 2005 ratings were made public, so I can once again, in the spirit of a reality-based community, present the most recent information. Read More

How Is AirAmerica Doing?

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Friday July 08, 2005 · 12:07 PM PDT

2005/07/08 · 12:07

(From the diaries. Interesting stuff -- kos)

I'm sure everyone is wondering if AirAmerica is succeeding or failing. Well, I've done the research and I can tell you the answer. Numbers and graphs inside. Read More

How To Win In 2006 and 2008...and every year beyond

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Wednesday June 08, 2005 · 12:00 PM PDT

2005/06/08 · 12:00

Connect these dots:

Why did the Reps want to destroy Social Security? Why was their second plan to just remove it from the middle class?

What's one of the biggest concerns in the mind of the public?

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Monday May 16, 2005 · 5:43 AM PDT

2005/05/16 · 05:43

Everybody wants the moderate voter. Without the huge mass of the middle, nobody can win elections. But Democrats and Republicans have been appealing to these voters in different ways and only one side is working well. Here's how to tip it back. Read More

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