Once in a while, I need somebody like Julianna Forlano to remind me - it's not about delivering content to consumers. It's about delivering consumers to advertisers.
Apr 11, 2013
Apr 10, 2013
Music
Stephen Stills
Manassas (1972)
Track: 9
And so begins the task
I have dreaded the coming of
For so long
I wait for the sun
To remind my body
It needs restin'
And I must learn to live without you now
I must learn to give only part some how
Camping on the edge
Of your city I wait
Hoping someday
You might
See
Beyond yourself
The shadows on the ceiling
Hard
But not real
Like the bars that cage
You within yourself
And I must learn to live without you now
I must learn to give only part some how
And I must learn to live without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how
All of these cages
Must
And shall be set aside
They will only
Keep
Us from the knowing
Actors
And stages
Now fall before the truth
As the love
Shared
Between us
Remains
...Growing
And I must learn to live without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how
Apr 9, 2013
Another One Bites The Dust
Gun Nuts are always like, "Well, c'mon man - people get killed with baseball bats and knives and frying pans - ya wanna ban all those things too, just cuz people kill people with odd weapons?"
In Texas today, some butthead went ballistic and started stabbing people with some kind of edged weapon. As of about 8pm Tuesday, none of them is dead.
If he'd had a gun, everybody fucking knows the story would be a whole lot different. So take that argument and stuff it right back in your ditty bag.
We gotta do something about the guns NOW.
In Texas today, some butthead went ballistic and started stabbing people with some kind of edged weapon. As of about 8pm Tuesday, none of them is dead.
If he'd had a gun, everybody fucking knows the story would be a whole lot different. So take that argument and stuff it right back in your ditty bag.
We gotta do something about the guns NOW.
Today's Number
30
Keeping "suspected terrorists" at Gitmo costs us 30 times what it would cost for us to put all of those guys in SuperMax in Florence Colorado.
Close that shit down now.
Keeping "suspected terrorists" at Gitmo costs us 30 times what it would cost for us to put all of those guys in SuperMax in Florence Colorado.
Close that shit down now.
Fun With Sousaphones
It took us years to understand that the 'Band Geeks' were actually pretty amazing.
Today's Irony
I use the word 'Irony' because I'm feeling a little more charitable than usual towards some of my reality-challenged friends, so I'm not absolutely sure today's example rises to 'Hypocrisy'.
"Conservatives" complain a lot about the PC Culture of Self Esteem and how if you don't let kids suffer the humiliation of never getting picked for playground games, then they'll never learn something they're supposed to learn - some of which I don't disagree with BTW; but that ain't my point and I'll save that one for another rant on another day.
What triggered my wondering today is a short piece on AGW/Climate Change from Addicting Info:
If you're gonna bitch about every kid getting a fair shot in grade school, then don't turn around and start demanding that your (almost-completely-misinformed) opinion counts as much as anybody else's and so the facts mean nothing just because those facts indicate we should do something you think conflicts with your ideology - cuz hey, Freedom.
Paraphrasing: The planet is round. And in spite of your opinion to the contrary, the fact that the planet is round is not in dispute.
So don't bring your schoolyard shit to a national debate - you're embarrassing yourselves in public.
"Conservatives" complain a lot about the PC Culture of Self Esteem and how if you don't let kids suffer the humiliation of never getting picked for playground games, then they'll never learn something they're supposed to learn - some of which I don't disagree with BTW; but that ain't my point and I'll save that one for another rant on another day.
What triggered my wondering today is a short piece on AGW/Climate Change from Addicting Info:
...Conservative ideology has resulted in an inherent mistrust/dislike of science and the scientific community, leading conservative constituents honestly believing that the validity of a theory, whether scientific or otherwise (meaning both definitions of “theory”), depends on whether or not you believe it. That’s not just a conservative problem; we have this idea as Americans, perhaps as people, that we need to “respect” someone else’s opinion no matter what the facts say.
Sorry, but I don’t buy into that. Not everyone’s opinion carries the same value or weight.That last bit is what hung me up in the context of "everybody gets to play".
If you're gonna bitch about every kid getting a fair shot in grade school, then don't turn around and start demanding that your (almost-completely-misinformed) opinion counts as much as anybody else's and so the facts mean nothing just because those facts indicate we should do something you think conflicts with your ideology - cuz hey, Freedom.
Paraphrasing: The planet is round. And in spite of your opinion to the contrary, the fact that the planet is round is not in dispute.
So don't bring your schoolyard shit to a national debate - you're embarrassing yourselves in public.
Apr 7, 2013
Today's Outlook - Bleak
This piece is a bit less hopeful than I usually like myself to jump into, but sometimes ya gotta say straight out that it looks pretty shitty from where you're standing. (UnrepentantLiberal at Democratic Underground):
They figured it out.
Who's gonna stop us? Most Americans don't read political websites and blogs. Their kids want milk, they buy milk at the supermarket. A two minute report on CNN is easily forgotten when the latest celebrity scandal breaks.
What are you gonna do if the politician we own puts this law in the books? You ain't gonna do shit.
What are you gonna do if you're making less money now than you were 30 years ago? You ain't gonna do shit.
What are you gonna do if we bust your union? You ain't gonna do shit.
What are you gonna do if we close down the factory that provided your grand father, father and you a means to provide for your families? You ain't gonna do shit.
What are you gonna do if we privatize your rotting town and part out what's left? You ain't gonna do shit.
What are you gonna do if we cut off the social services you now need to survive? You ain't gonna do shit.
What are you gonna do when we steal the Social Security account that you paid into for 50 years? You ain't gonna do shit.
What are you gonna do if you protest and we beat you, arrest you on trumped-up charges and then have Erin Burnett make fun of you? You ain't gonna shit.
And when it's all gone and we're living a life of luxury with the money we took from you? Well, you know the drill.
Suckers.
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