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Friday September 28, 2012 · 12:34 PM PDT

2012/09/28 · 12:34

It’s not that I don’t like the running display of important issues that plays out across the various displays of New Media. The dialogues about war may save your life; the talk about economic injustice may stop a cave-in to an even deeper depression. But I do harbor a particular gripe—and have a proposal for how we might firm up the base that supports all of the really good work that gets done.

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Tuesday September 25, 2012 · 1:57 PM PDT

2012/09/25 · 13:57

Alright then, it’s FUN to throw pie at the faces we don’t like in the arena of Politics. We’re told ”people have been doing it” for a long time. If we show some seriousness about the issues it balances -off and leaves us not feeling too frivolous. Well I’d like to trade a bit of the frivolous action for more of the serious stuff. And that’s unlike Homer Simpson telling you he wants to see less donuts and more course cereal. So I’ve been working on something I’ve long envisioned—which in today’s climate of bumkinesque—I personally think we need desperately.

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Saturday June 30, 2012 · 3:29 PM PDT

2012/06/30 · 15:29

I think most people don’t really understand all of the pros and cons about Assange.

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Thursday April 26, 2012 · 11:10 AM PDT

2012/04/26 · 11:10

Reports of Murdoch’s questioning by the British government on Wednesday had the media boss asserting that while he disagreed with the phone hacking and e-mail hacks, he was in favor of their goals—he said that when people put themselves out in the public eye, they deserve to be scrutinized. This is true but the modifier is the degree of importance to society by those who are out front—that combined with the level of scrutiny itself.

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Friday January 27, 2012 · 12:58 PM PST

2012/01/27 · 12:58

I just watched a rather disturbing interview on the PBS Newshour website with author
THOMAS EDSALL about his book "The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics."
http://www.pbs.org/...

He talked about the basic difference in world views between conservative and progressive—that boils down to a more limited sense of “fairness” held by the conservatives. With resources becoming more scarce, the fear is that the “me and mine” values of the conservative, does and will continue to bring about a more desperate tone along with the willingness to do whatever one has to in order to get their “fair” share. The “will do anything” set of means often ascribed to people like Dick Chaney, Karl Rove and Rupert Murdock, comes to mind.

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Saturday January 07, 2012 · 9:50 AM PST

2012/01/07 · 09:50

I stopped into local Huntington Beach gas station/minimart yesterday and what did I see? It was a new print Publication that had never even crossed my mind. The Jail Report. It sat on the counter with the booking photos of about six Orange County citizens. I laughed because one of the mug shots featured a skinny guy with a big wide smile on his face. He looked like he had just arrived home or was eagerly anticipating his first trip to the shower room…or something. And there was a somber looking middle-aged woman from Newport Beach. Did she get picked up for drunk driving or what?

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Thursday January 05, 2012 · 9:47 AM PST

2012/01/05 · 09:47

Shouldn’t it should be mandatory for web companies such as Google and Facebook to provide an easy-to-use index for their user-side switches that allow one to do various things such as regulate how people interact with their service? I know Facebook has recently moved in this direction. The Internet was once likened to “the wild west”—where lawlessness had ample reign. While I’m all for net-neutrality, I’d also like to see more of certain types of controls placed on the major companies.

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Saturday October 22, 2011 · 2:54 PM PDT

2011/10/22 · 14:54

What Jesus Said In Red

I thought this link was an excellent way to understand just what Jesus said. It puts the “Jesus Words” in red and is easily downloaded.

I think it’s good for believers and non-believers alike as an excellent reference (for those who might want to try to get a handle on “the alleged founder of Christianity” (I ad this for purely scientific purposes although I believe in the historical Jesus). It’s probably even a good tool for Jesus Haters as well!

Here's The Link
http://www.ccel.org/...

(with something of a wicked grin) I also sent Satan the link and he e-mailed me back and said that all of the world’s publishing goes through him and he already has a copy of it somewhere…

Could We All Be As Rich As The One Percent?

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Sunday October 16, 2011 · 4:35 PM PDT

2011/10/16 · 16:35

I saw this photo of one of the OWS people and it got me thinking about the very old question of whether we could all live as well as the wealthiest people. The short answer is no because in the larger view of “wealthy”, the ideal model would be smart, soulful, heartful, healthy, good looking and very capable of providing material wealth…and presumably stay that way day in and day out. But just how far could a society go in achieving this high ideal? Many understand that greed and war-like competition could be traded in for “the best the world has to offer” for people.

I want to discuss how this can happen and what the world might look like a generation or so from now.

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Wednesday July 13, 2011 · 7:06 PM PDT

2011/07/13 · 19:06

Here’s some encouraging news from Reuters even if it is more of a fantasy for those of us who tend to blame old Rupert for the continuing decline of western civilization.

The Story is about whether News Corp's U.S. broadcast license could be revoked, given that federal communications law requires owners of TV stations to be "of good character."

It’s hard to imagine the FCC actually getting involved in any real discipline of News Corp but it’s nice to think about.

One thing’s for sure however: Murdoch won’t last forever and those who joined him will go down with him in the end. And that makes a lot of people jolly, Roger.

LA Crackdown on Protesters—A Year in County Jail for Organizers

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Friday February 11, 2011 · 10:45 AM PST

2011/02/11 · 10:45

Not to be too much of an alarmist, the story that appears in this morning’s LA Times actually falls under the headline of Political Protesters May Face Jail Time in L.A.

The City Atty. Carmen Trutanich makes his point:

"You have the right to protest: you don’t have the right to break the law....My whole deal is...In order for us to have a civilized society, there has to be a predictable result when you break the law. I want to make sure they don’t do it again".

That’s where throwing the book at those who organize rallies comes in. It’s worked in Egypt forever, so why not go a little more "Suleiman" in The City of Angels? I can think of several good reasons.

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Thursday September 30, 2010 · 2:05 PM PDT

2010/09/30 · 14:05

I happened to be watching the Rick Sancho show today on CNN and heard about the college student that committed suicide by jumping off the GW bridge between New York and New Jersey (mentioned in the rec list). He had a gay sex encounter streamed out live into a video chat zone by two other students without his knowledge. That’s a tragedy in itself for all of those involved. Sancho and the CNN broadcast was sanctimonious about "the invasion of privacy" as you might expect.

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