This is an absurd and draconian measure that is overtly plutocratic. I am a Thomas Jefferson aficionado and I believe his sentiments on intellectual property to be accurate:
"It would be singular to admit a natural and even an hereditary right to inventors... It would be curious... if an idea, the fugitive fermentation of an individual brain, could, of natural right, be claimed in exclusive and stable property. If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation. Inventions then cannot, in nature, be a subject of property. Society may give an exclusive right to the profits arising from them, as an encouragement to men to pursue ideas which may produce utility, but this may or may not be done, according to the will and convenience of the society, without claim or complaint from anybody... The exclusive right to invention [is] given not of natural right, but for the benefit of society." --Thomas Jefferson
This has nothing to do with enhancing market competition or bettering society but is absolutely about ensuring profit for large corporations who are really the only entities that can afford the patenting process.
I wonder how the executive branch will attempt to sell this to Congress? "The Telcos performed illegal acts because we told them to"?
Also it is worth noting that the Bush administration started domestically spying before 9/11 and we all know how well the government used it's resources to prevent the "attacks".
Your article on the hidden history of the bush family dealings was revealing. It is a sad state of affairs when such information is only disseminated through the labors of caring virtuous citizens and is completely ignored by the corporately controlled media.
Given the administrations current track record on warrentless wiretapping one can only imagine what the executive branch would do with unfettered access to all internet access archives. Government surveillance was a key tool used to oppress dissidents in nazi germany and communist russia. Such unchecked power can only lead to abuse and corruption. Anonymity has it's place in a true Democracy.
I used to live in pete sessions district. Here is an excerpt from his wikipedia entry:
"Sessions is trying to pass the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005" (HR2726), which would ban towns and cities from wiring themselves for broadband. However, questions have been raised about Sessions's partiality toward the telecom industry: Sessions, a former SBC employee, holds half a million dollars in SBC (now AT&T) stock options, and his wife works for Cingular (jointly owned by the former SBC)."
Too bad I moved before I could vote against him.
Without competition innovation stagnates. By supporting the underdogs that have comparable products against near monopolies in the long run the consumer wins out. Look how Intel and Nvidia have had to play catch up to AMD and ATI due to market loss. Without these competitors they certainly would have taken the microsoft approach sat back on their next generation technologies and soaked in the profit off their current products on the market place.
If you ever get the chance watch the documentary "The Goebbels Experiment". It is the narration of excerpts from the diary kept by Paul Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister from the 20's until his death in 1945. It documents the rise of the Nazis first hand from an insider's experience. Cabals of driven individuals, fixed elections, censorship, propaganda, secret surveillance, intimidation of critic, and war for peace are not new concepts. When undermining a Republic use a proven formula that works!
"Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, although not the most wise depositary of the public interests. In every country these two parties exist, and in every one where they are free to think, speak, and write, they will declare themselves. Call them, therefore, Liberals and Serviles, Jacobins and Ultras, Whigs and Tories, Republicans and Federalists, Aristocrats and Democrats, or by whatever name you please, they are the same parties still and pursue the same object. The last one of Aristocrats and Democrats is the true one expressing the essence of all." -Thomas Jefferson
"The division into Whig and Tory is founded in the nature of man; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety and accessibility in a strong executive; the healthy, firm, and virtuous, feeling confidence in their physical and moral resources, and willing to part with only so much power as is necessary for their good government; and, therefore, to retain the rest in the hands of the many, the division will substantially be into Whig and Tory." -Thomas Jefferson
As Thomas Jefferson said in QUERY XVII: The different religions received into that state?
Besides, the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless. A single zealot may commence persecuter, and better men be his victims. It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in a convulsion.
A private employee's statements
He was a government employee, not a private employee's citzen. The people of LA paid his salary, not a stock holder or CEO. His ultimate responsibly was to uphold the laws of LA which he felt the DA was violating. It is ashame our country is enforcing the concept of "just following orders" that has wrought so much death and destruction throughout history.
When did standing up for truth and justice become "opposition of the office where he was employed"? He is a public servant who ultimately worked for the people of Los Angeles. They pay his salary. He thought there was an injustice occuring and since his boss, the DA, didn't care (maybe he was in on it) he exposed what was going on. Maybe he was right, maybe he was wrong. In any event, he exposed evidence that should have been disclosed to the defense.
Public servants should be obliged to uphold principles like truth, justice, and liberty and not be obliged to "play along" with supervisors. Too bad it seems all three branches are in support of the seperation of the people and state.
No, it is called libel. The downing street memos along with other government documents clearly shows the current administration knowingly deceived the public. Whistleblowers who wish to truthfully disclose government corruption are now at the mercy of corrupted.
Government workers are public servants who in the end work for the people. If they believe there is something wrong in the government and wish to report it to their ultimate boss, the people, they should feel free to do so. This ruling basically gives appointed officals total control of public servants to appointed officals and taking it away from the people whom they are suppose to serve.
First these leaks are about policy and not individual cases. Who is "hurt by the leaked data"? Lets turn the table around; If there is nothing wrong with what the government is doing then why do they care if it becomes public knowledge?
Our duty as citizens is to enforce that our government reflects our will. Without oversight who knows what insidious plans the government would come up with.
"The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless. A single zealot may commence persecutor, and better men be his victims. It can never be too often repeated that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest and ourselves united. From the conclusion of [their] war [for independence, a nation begins] going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of [that] war will remain on [them] long, will be made heavier and heavier, till [their] rights shall revive or expire in a convulsion." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XVII, 1782. (*) ME 2:225
You are perfectly correct, if those were indeed planted explosives they did not detonate as intended. Since they were only observed during the plane impact into WTC 2 and during the collapse a possible explanation was they were the cause by a volatile substance reacting to shockwaves in the building. Since I don't believe the hand of Allah protected the planes with stealth shields and dumbfounded NORAD, FEMA (on site the day before), and the CIA who all were running simulations of the terrorist attacks at the same time something must account for the explosions and white smoke. See Eyewitness 9/11 for more continuous video of the WTC collapses.
While with WTC 2 the collapse appeared to begin where the plane impacted see jones reason 9 with WTC 1 the collapse appeared to start at the top jones reason 6
Does the government's account of the 9/11 event fulfill the scientific method? How does it account for the observed phenomena witnessed in the videos? Does it eliminate plausible alternatives? Was government complicacy ever even investigated? As with any true scientific investigation it must focus on the facts. Since the 9/11 commission was formed over a year after the event due to pressure by the families and was originally to be headed by Henry Kissinger it would appear its purpose was more for political than scientific reasons.
As for the prize, who controls all the evidence? Why did they fiercly protect it? Five years after the event why won't they release all the photos,videos, and samples they have? Shouldn't we have a right to view the evidence for ourselves and make our own determination? Aren't we the people the in control of the government? Or, should we blindly trust the providential guidance of our government officials as the gospel truth to explain what occurred?
Clear video evidence shows explosions in the WTC tower during the plane impact well away from the impact point and during the collapse well below the demolition wave falling at the speed of gravity. Also clear video evidence shows white smoke from the bottom of WTC 2 start to rise minutes before the collapse. These phenomena were not mentioned in any government sponsored report nor was any scientific explanation provided. If you or the government wishes to offer a plausible explanation for the observed phenomena feel free to send your factual criticisms to Dr. Jones and he will update his paper or dismiss his hypothesis. His paper is an open peer-reviewed scientific analysis which is a far cry from the secret NIST investigation process. Why doesn't the NIST release the thousands of photo graphs they have in their possession? Surely they would validate the governments account?
There are several obvious reasons not to leak/sell the story.
Money. Everyone with direct knowledge of the attacks was probably paid handsomely
Belief. If someone came out and admitted publicly they were involved in the attacks, who would believe them?
Threat. Exposing a conspiracy that reached to the highest level of government would spell death or inprisonment for them or their family if the public didn't believe them or they were not fully protected
Certainly cell phones work in airplanes on the ground but do they work in airplanes at 10K + ft going over 300MPH lasting longer then thirteen minutes? 9/11 cell phone calls
Instead of conjecturing on how WTC 7 was constructed and if the collapse observed is feasible lets petition the government to release the blueprints. With the blueprints the cause of the collapse could be more apparent if favor of or against the government's account.
Slashdot Mirror
This has nothing to do with enhancing market competition or bettering society but is absolutely about ensuring profit for large corporations who are really the only entities that can afford the patenting process.
I wonder how the executive branch will attempt to sell this to Congress? "The Telcos performed illegal acts because we told them to"?
Also it is worth noting that the Bush administration started domestically spying before 9/11 and we all know how well the government used it's resources to prevent the "attacks".
Your article on the hidden history of the bush family dealings was revealing. It is a sad state of affairs when such information is only disseminated through the labors of caring virtuous citizens and is completely ignored by the corporately controlled media.
Given the administrations current track record on warrentless wiretapping one can only imagine what the executive branch would do with unfettered access to all internet access archives. Government surveillance was a key tool used to oppress dissidents in nazi germany and communist russia. Such unchecked power can only lead to abuse and corruption. Anonymity has it's place in a true Democracy.
I used to live in pete sessions district. Here is an excerpt from his wikipedia entry:
"Sessions is trying to pass the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005" (HR2726), which would ban towns and cities from wiring themselves for broadband. However, questions have been raised about Sessions's partiality toward the telecom industry: Sessions, a former SBC employee, holds half a million dollars in SBC (now AT&T) stock options, and his wife works for Cingular (jointly owned by the former SBC)."
Too bad I moved before I could vote against him.
Without competition innovation stagnates. By supporting the underdogs that have comparable products against near monopolies in the long run the consumer wins out. Look how Intel and Nvidia have had to play catch up to AMD and ATI due to market loss. Without these competitors they certainly would have taken the microsoft approach sat back on their next generation technologies and soaked in the profit off their current products on the market place.
I believe it was the rousing Ad campaign that has them sold them on Diebold voting machines
If you ever get the chance watch the documentary "The Goebbels Experiment". It is the narration of excerpts from the diary kept by Paul Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister from the 20's until his death in 1945. It documents the rise of the Nazis first hand from an insider's experience. Cabals of driven individuals, fixed elections, censorship, propaganda, secret surveillance, intimidation of critic, and war for peace are not new concepts. When undermining a Republic use a proven formula that works!
Distrust in the motives of ones government is a good thing. Read a world history book sometime and find out why.
"Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, although not the most wise depositary of the public interests. In every country these two parties exist, and in every one where they are free to think, speak, and write, they will declare themselves. Call them, therefore, Liberals and Serviles, Jacobins and Ultras, Whigs and Tories, Republicans and Federalists, Aristocrats and Democrats, or by whatever name you please, they are the same parties still and pursue the same object. The last one of Aristocrats and Democrats is the true one expressing the essence of all." -Thomas Jefferson
"The division into Whig and Tory is founded in the nature of man; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety and accessibility in a strong executive; the healthy, firm, and virtuous, feeling confidence in their physical and moral resources, and willing to part with only so much power as is necessary for their good government; and, therefore, to retain the rest in the hands of the many, the division will substantially be into Whig and Tory." -Thomas Jefferson
I believe the drivers words right before acceleration were "give me all you got K.I.T.T"
As Thomas Jefferson said in QUERY XVII: The different religions received into that state? Besides, the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless. A single zealot may commence persecuter, and better men be his victims. It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in a convulsion.
Maybe now they can find the missing 2.3 trillion dollars and maybe the Defense Department's Office of the Inspector General will finally be able to improve the pentagons accounting standards
A private employee's statements He was a government employee, not a private employee's citzen. The people of LA paid his salary, not a stock holder or CEO. His ultimate responsibly was to uphold the laws of LA which he felt the DA was violating. It is ashame our country is enforcing the concept of "just following orders" that has wrought so much death and destruction throughout history.
When did standing up for truth and justice become "opposition of the office where he was employed"? He is a public servant who ultimately worked for the people of Los Angeles. They pay his salary. He thought there was an injustice occuring and since his boss, the DA, didn't care (maybe he was in on it) he exposed what was going on. Maybe he was right, maybe he was wrong. In any event, he exposed evidence that should have been disclosed to the defense.
Public servants should be obliged to uphold principles like truth, justice, and liberty and not be obliged to "play along" with supervisors. Too bad it seems all three branches are in support of the seperation of the people and state.
No, it is called libel. The downing street memos along with other government documents clearly shows the current administration knowingly deceived the public. Whistleblowers who wish to truthfully disclose government corruption are now at the mercy of corrupted.
Government workers are public servants who in the end work for the people. If they believe there is something wrong in the government and wish to report it to their ultimate boss, the people, they should feel free to do so. This ruling basically gives appointed officals total control of public servants to appointed officals and taking it away from the people whom they are suppose to serve.
First these leaks are about policy and not individual cases. Who is "hurt by the leaked data"? Lets turn the table around; If there is nothing wrong with what the government is doing then why do they care if it becomes public knowledge? Our duty as citizens is to enforce that our government reflects our will. Without oversight who knows what insidious plans the government would come up with.
A right and a privilege - Learn the difference
"The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless. A single zealot may commence persecutor, and better men be his victims. It can never be too often repeated that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest and ourselves united. From the conclusion of [their] war [for independence, a nation begins] going down hill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten, therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of [that] war will remain on [them] long, will be made heavier and heavier, till [their] rights shall revive or expire in a convulsion." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XVII, 1782. (*) ME 2:225
You are perfectly correct, if those were indeed planted explosives they did not detonate as intended. Since they were only observed during the plane impact into WTC 2 and during the collapse a possible explanation was they were the cause by a volatile substance reacting to shockwaves in the building. Since I don't believe the hand of Allah protected the planes with stealth shields and dumbfounded NORAD, FEMA (on site the day before), and the CIA who all were running simulations of the terrorist attacks at the same time something must account for the explosions and white smoke. See Eyewitness 9/11 for more continuous video of the WTC collapses.
While with WTC 2 the collapse appeared to begin where the plane impacted see jones reason 9 with WTC 1 the collapse appeared to start at the top jones reason 6
Does the government's account of the 9/11 event fulfill the scientific method? How does it account for the observed phenomena witnessed in the videos? Does it eliminate plausible alternatives? Was government complicacy ever even investigated? As with any true scientific investigation it must focus on the facts. Since the 9/11 commission was formed over a year after the event due to pressure by the families and was originally to be headed by Henry Kissinger it would appear its purpose was more for political than scientific reasons.
As for the prize, who controls all the evidence? Why did they fiercly protect it? Five years after the event why won't they release all the photos,videos, and samples they have? Shouldn't we have a right to view the evidence for ourselves and make our own determination? Aren't we the people the in control of the government? Or, should we blindly trust the providential guidance of our government officials as the gospel truth to explain what occurred?
Clear video evidence shows explosions in the WTC tower during the plane impact well away from the impact point and during the collapse well below the demolition wave falling at the speed of gravity. Also clear video evidence shows white smoke from the bottom of WTC 2 start to rise minutes before the collapse. These phenomena were not mentioned in any government sponsored report nor was any scientific explanation provided. If you or the government wishes to offer a plausible explanation for the observed phenomena feel free to send your factual criticisms to Dr. Jones and he will update his paper or dismiss his hypothesis. His paper is an open peer-reviewed scientific analysis which is a far cry from the secret NIST investigation process. Why doesn't the NIST release the thousands of photo graphs they have in their possession? Surely they would validate the governments account?
Interesting... able danger investigation able danger testimony
Certainly cell phones work in airplanes on the ground but do they work in airplanes at 10K + ft going over 300MPH lasting longer then thirteen minutes? 9/11 cell phone calls
Instead of conjecturing on how WTC 7 was constructed and if the collapse observed is feasible lets petition the government to release the blueprints. With the blueprints the cause of the collapse could be more apparent if favor of or against the government's account.