Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought — JFK

In a great statement my Elijah Cummings (via BBC) he explains exactly what the recent “bailouts” feel like to the general public. It’s funny. He is expressing the outrage the Senators feel over AIG’s treatment of the “free” money they received. The government, the very people who put this lame program in place, are getting a taste of their own medicine. In a way I’m glad AIG did this to them. Cause it’s exactly what the government did to us.

Democrat Elijah Cummings was equally incensed: “It’s like, OK, you got to help me screw you. And by the way I’m going to take your money and I’m going to slap you with it.”

In case you haven’t noticed, the economy is really slowing down. The BBC says that in January of 2009 there were only 477,000 new homes built in the US, the fewest in 50 years! At least February was better.

In January, the annual rate to fell to 477,000 homes, the fewest in 50 years…The January rate was the lowest since the US Commerce Department started keeping records in 1959.

1. It’s too inexpensive. In fact, paying is only an option & I don’t feel compelled to pay for it. It’s just not as fun owning an operating system I don’t have to pay for.
2. It’s too pretty. The ability to apply any theme, or build my own, ruins my sense of camaraderie with my fellow OS users. Where’s the sense in complete personalization?
3. It’s too fun. Computers were never meant to be fun. When they become fun they become dangerous.
4. It’s updated too frequently. All those updates are just pesky. Do we really need the bleeding edge all the time?
5. The community is too active. They’re just too helpful. I miss that sweet, subtle music while I’m on hold with tech support in India.
6. There’s too much software to choose from. Who needs choices when I can just by the stuff recommended and pre-installed by the OEM?
7. The hardware it supports is too modern. It creates that uncontrollable urge to upgrade my hardware!
8. It does too much. If only my operating system allowed me to do less, I’d feel less inclined to be productive with it.
9. It’s too friendly with other operating systems. I want my operating system to play in its own sandbox with like minded kids. None of this sharing and mingling.
10. It’s too productive. Can’t I just have an excuse to play games?

A friend of mine wrote this awesome post asking the question “Why focus on space travel when we have so many concerns to address within our Earth Community?” Check out her post to see why :)

Publicity is the act of getting ink. Publicity is getting unpaid media to pay attention, write you up, point to you, run a picture, make a commotion. Sometimes publicity is helpful, and good publicity is always good for your ego.

But it’s not PR.

PR is the strategic crafting of your story. It’s the focused examination of your interactions and tactics and products and pricing that, when combined, determine what and how people talk about you.

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The current global cooling “is nothing like anything we’ve seen since 1950,” Swanson told Discovery News. Yes, global cooling: 2008 was the coolest year of the past decade — global temperatures have not exceeded the record high measured in 1998, notwithstanding the carbon-dioxide that human beings continue to pump into the atmosphere.

Original source.

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