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I heard this on a local Los Angeles talk radio a couple weeks ago. The lawyer inventor was debating with the talk radio guys. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal... has the article and video about it. I couldn't find the audio recording (don't think they have any?) except http://www.kfiam640.com/onair/... ...

The fact that he has spoken at length in multiple speeches against this film, without one word in support of the concept that even hateful speech is Free Speech and protected in America.

Are you sure about that? The below is a direct quote directly from Obama's speech at the UN:

"The amateur anti-Muslim film made in the U.S. that sparked anger was crude and disgusting, an insult to Muslims and America. It must be rejected. But the U.S. won’t ban it because the Constitution protects free speech. Taking that right away threatens the rights of all to express their own views and practice their own faith."

for newspapers and will always exist

it will be a lot smaller, yes. and some superstar reporters will spin off from newspapers and become their own internet reporting gateways (see nikki finke: http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/ )

in this way the internet will "atomize" some newspaper reporting where the departments/ individual reporters will report directly to readers, unrelated to any particular newspaper, much like musicians don't need distributors anymore

but despite all the doom and gloom about newspapers and their fate, nothing on the internet can ever or will ever replace the service, for example, the poughkeepsie journal delivers for the residents of poughkeepsie, new york ( http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/ ). newspapers are reduced in prominence, income, and scope, yes. they are however, still indispensable and will always be important, especially in niche geographic areas, like poughkeepsie new york, where no one else can compete with them

if i were the new york times, i'd think about spinning off my state, international, and national bureaus into content gateways commensurate with their current importance and prominence, then i would focus on my city room and go head to head with the new york daily news, the current king of local city content (fuck the new york post and murdoch). but new york city is such a huge market, 3 daily local content bureaus will still do ok business

meanwhile, newsday is long island new york. this is still important and will always be important as a geographic niche. newsday is diminished, but secure

apple->music industry: conquered

apple->movie industry: hostile natives, sending in missionaries and evangelists of the "future"

apple->print industry: conquest being launched, lift off seconds away

genuine future:

internet->music: free*

internet->movies: free**

internet->print: free***

*creators will make money from live gigs, promotions, advertising, personalized content, etc. no distributors needed. distributors will evolve into hype machines and portals/ gateways delivering mass audiences to content. creators will continue to sign contracts to them for a cut of revenue, for delivering audiences. but its not necessary to sign a contract at all to become successful, its voluntary and usually for the pop bands

**the movie industry has always, and will always, despite every new tech threatening to kill it, fill cinema houses and make money thataways

***ad revenue is real and genuine for newspapers and will always exist. it will be a lot smaller, yes. and some superstar reporters will spin off from newspapers and become their own internet reporting gateways (see nikki finke: http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/ ). in this way the internet will "atomize" some newspaper reporting where the departments/ individual reporters will report directly to readers, unrelated to any particular newspaper, much like musicians don't need distributors anymore. despite all the doom and gloom about newspapers, nothing on the internet can ever or will ever replace the service, for example, the poughkeepsie journal delivers for the residents of poughkeepsie, new york ( http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/ )

from marijuana, which is a no brainer it should be legal, to methamphetamine, which no one with a straight face could ever say should be legal

but lets pretend for a moment all drugs are legal

question: should you drive an automobile under the influence of drugs?

answer: obviously not

question: is everyone going to act responsibly with drugs?

answer: obviously not

question: is everyone going to refrain from operating an automobile while on drugs, regardless of whether they were all legal or all illegal?

answer: obviously not

question: should law enforcement officers just randomly guess if someone who is driving erratically is under the influence?

answer: obviously not

so what exactly is the problem you have with this testing device again?

because all i see in your words above is a giant red herring. i can hear battle hymn of the republic and ride of the valkyries while you go off on your holier-than-thou fire and brimstone speech about drugs and legality and absurdity, and you completely miss the whole fucking point of this testing device

this is the fucking point of the fucking testing device:

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20090804/NEWS/90804012/Wrong-way-Taconic-crash--Driver-Schuler-was-drunk&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

try to understand what is really at stake here next time you want to puff up your chest and wax poetic please

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20090804/NEWS/90804012/Wrong-way-Taconic-crash--Driver-Schuler-was-drunk&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

people don't act responsibly. your opinion about drugs and complete freedom to their access would be valid if everyone acted responsibly with drugs

but people don't act responsibly with drugs, and so they must be controlled, simply because it cuts down on pointless tragedies

you could counter that limiting people's freedoms is not a justifiable trade-off for making the world a safer place. and i agree with you, in general. but on a case-by-case basis, there are certain freedoms which aren't essential freedoms at all. freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of political opinion, etc: these are essential freedoms for the living of a complete life. but freedom to take drugs? not essential, and therefore completely valid for limitation and control

you could also counter that the tragedy i linked to wasn't prevented by drug laws. but i don't think the war on drugs will ever be won, and i don't think they will prevent every tragedy. they will just decimate the number of pointless tragedies we would see if access to certain drugs was unfettered. drug control is like taking the trash out every thursday at your house: a maintenance function of civilization, not a holy crusade that will ever achieve any victory. so to criticize the war on drugs in that fashion is to not understand the whole point of it in the first place. there is no war on drugs, really, bad description. there is just taking the trash out every week. and that never ends

and i also think marijuana should be completely legal, but do i want someone stoned driving? do YOU want someone stoned driving?

so give your law enforcement personnel the tools to combat this behavior, and get off your holier-than-thou rant that assumes ridiculous notions about human behavior. your ridiculous notion: that we all act responsibly with drug use

as a matter of unchanging ironclad fact of human nature, there will always be people who use drugs irresponsibly, like get behind the wheel stoned or drunk, and such people need to be monitored, controlled, and punished

do you honestly believe there is any other way?

As long as the laws are consistent I'm fine with it.

You say video games cause people to be stationary and fat or obese? They need to be taxed? Ok.

What about reading? Watching cable television? Going to the movies and sitting?

Why single out video games for making people immobile? Why not have a 'stationary tax' that taxes all activities that aren't physical fitness? Isn't that the point? To get people to exercise more?

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1897920,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
"Why Kids' Exercise Matters Less Than We Think"

A study showing how exercise in children is not understood very well by the public.

http://www.canada.com/Health/Overeating+blame+obesity+epidemic/1584819/story.html
"Overeating to blame for U.S. obesity epidemic"

Exercise has very little to do with the fact that Americans are so fat. It's all over-consumption of calorie rich foods.

http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=91611
Billionaire moves from NYS to Florida because of taxes.

The billionaires are moving because of the taxes...imagine how these taxes affect the working poor of NYC...it's awful.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090511/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_transit_woes_3
NY mass transit increases fees by 10 percent.

I swear if NYS could figure out how to tax breathing they would. Governor Patterson has such a low approval rating right now that more New Yorkers, including myself, would prefer Elliot Spitzer back.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20090505/NEWS/905050327/1006/RSS01

techniques to prevent fraud, like requiring IDs, purging voter rolls of people who've died or moved, or using ballots that can be actually recounted (like punch cards) are actually attempts by the Republicans to suppress Democratic voters.

-- purging the voter rolls of dead people or people who moved is the right thing to do. Else someone could say that they are Mr. Smith (who died or moved away)and vote. There have been numerous accounts of poeple voting who have died.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/206969_dead07. html
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a rticle?AID=/20061029/NEWS01/610290381/1006/NEWS01

But if you are dead, you don't get to vote anymore. And if you move, vote in the area you move to.

Because, just because you need ID to buy a booze or cigs doesn't mean it's reasonable to require ID to vote.

-- again people should have something to say where they live and that they are who they say they are. Every time I voted I have been asked to show proof of who I am. A voter register card is part of the proof. A drivers license or school ID, passport, military ID are others forms. The voter card to say that person ABC is supposed to vote at that place. And something to proove that you are person ABC. This goes back to 1988. I remember my mother being asked to show ID and her card back in 1976 so all of a sudden this is republicans suppressing Democratics?

Um, you don't need to run for President to make a difference. And you don't need to run in a minority party (ie. irrelevant outside a parliamentary system), either.

Cases in point:

Stephen Thibodeau (inspired by DailyKos)
(also inspired by DailyKos)

And I've seen more announce their campaigns for offices small and large on DailyKos.

Now, you may scoff, they'll just become corrupted. Perhaps eventually. But you have to get the power to do something before you can do it. All steps forward in America have come from some person or group grabbing some power and making the change, and sometimes those somebodies have been "fresh" politicians.

And if you say, "good for them, but I'm a conservative" - well, hey, surely with all the "traditional conservative" and "libertarian conservative" criticism of Bush and his administration lately, surely many such people will start running for offices large and small to exert power on the Republican Party and "take it back?" Surely all is not lost?

PKG had a good article about it too:

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a rticle?AID=/20051120/NEWS01/511200361

It was not that long ago IBM was laying people off...

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/ibm/bu 072701s1.shtml
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2002/05/ 31/ibm-layoffs.htm

But best to have a job for a year or two than not one at all.

(Karma Whoring at it's best)

Fromt page story in the Poughkeepsie Journal about the plant.

A virtual tour of the new plant.

A BUNCH of other local stories about the plant.

(Karma Whoring at it's best)

Fromt page story in the Poughkeepsie Journal about the plant.

A virtual tour of the new plant.

A BUNCH of other local stories about the plant.

(Karma Whoring at it's best)

Fromt page story in the Poughkeepsie Journal about the plant.

A virtual tour of the new plant.

A BUNCH of other local stories about the plant.