Posts tagged: Politics
- What I’m reading: Privacy, security, pervasive technology and society
- I’ve been thinking about pervasive technology, society, macroeconomics, the Internet, control, our environment, our mass delusions surrounding privacy, and the efficacy of voting this morning. They’re seemingly unconnected, and yet very connected. I like to think that I am an above-average user of technology by American standards. And yet, if I am overwhelmed by the [...] [1 Aug 2008]
- Mike Gravel vs. Obama: “Juneau What? Anchorage What?”
- I might just vote for him. He says he’s a Libertarian, but he’s also quite progressive and I agree with him on many issues. Anyone who doesn’t take himself so seriously that he will learn and do the Soulja Boy in a campaign video has to be at least a little bit cool, right? [8 May 2008]
- Who do you trust more: Corporations or Government?
- This post takes the long road. If you don’t want to take the long road, skip the train of thought and get to the point. In one of my moments of Random Thoughtitude, I was thinking about what my ideal country would look like. My first thought was infrastructure. I want a government that adequately funds [...] [28 Apr 2008]
- In defense (um, sort of) of Geraldine Ferraro
- I’ve been meaning to write a post about Geraldine Ferraro. But you know, SxSW got in the way. I did however come across and comment on Dave Winer’s post about Ferraro’s comments. My comment was pretty much what I would have said in a blog entry, so I’m posting it here as well. I think [...] [15 Mar 2008]
- Mike Huckabee, Christiofacist
- UPDATE: You may also be interested in The Boston Globe’s editorial Islamofascism’s ill political wind. From the piece: The pairing of “Islam” and “fascism” has no parallel in characterizations of extremisms tied to other religions, although the defining movements of fascism were linked to Catholicism - indirectly under Benito Mussolini in Italy, explicitly under Francisco Franco [...] [16 Jan 2008]
- Russian propaganda goes online
- Worth a listen: this CBC Search Engine podcast episode on the Kremlin’s use of bloggers as citizen propagandists, as well as government-paid hackers and saboteurs. The Kremlin piece starts about 6 minutes and 17 seconds into the show [MP3 download]. And you can find the T-shirt in the photo accompanying the post on CafePress.com. [10 Jan 2008]
- Recommended viewing: “Money as Debt”
- A 47-minute video about the United States’ and global banking systems. “Tin-foil hat” may come to mind during some portions of the movie, but raises some excellent questions about debt, money creation and how to create a stable, just, and sustainable economic system. View original. [1 Dec 2007]
