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Ask Slashdot: Will You Shop Local Like President Obama, Or Online?
theodp writes "President Obama and his daughters headed to an indie bookstore last Saturday to promote shopping local. The White House did not disclose which books were bought, but author Lauren Oliver tweeted her delight after a White House photo showed her books Delirium and Pandemonium were among the 15 children's books purchased by the Obama family for Christmas gift-giving. While it made for a nice Small Business Saturday photo op, do you suppose the President paid much more for the books at the small indie bookshop than he might have at an online retailer like Amazon, where the hardcopy edition of Pandemonium is $10.15 (44% off the $17.99 list price) and the hardcopy edition of Delirium can be had for $10.47 (42% off the $17.99 list price)? Kindle Editions of the books are also available for $7.99. And with both titles eligible for free Amazon Prime shipping, the President could've saved on gasoline and Secret Service costs, too! So, will you be following the President's lead and shop local this holiday season, or is the siren song of online shopping convenience and savings too hard to resist?"
No one outlawed any other network protocols. So, why are you still using TCP/IP for communications?
Can't your precious private corporations develop other protocols besides having to rely on government developed TCP/IP?
Also, did you thank government for making sure the air you breath is clean, the water you drink is safe, and everything else you take from government?
The worst people in this world are those that take things without thanking. You should become a better person and learn to thank government for the life you live. Without government babysitting you, because we socialists force government to babysit you, your life would be much worse.
You don't want to live like a Somalian, do you?
Ultimately you have to destroy your ego, which I'm happy to help you with. You have too much self esteem, which we socialists are exceedingly efficient at cutting down. But it's good, since socialism will make you stronger, since groups are stronger than individuals.
You're welcome.
(Libertarians never think their cunning plan all the way through..)