February 2012
11 posts
Robert Reich: The Sad Spectacle of Obama's Super... →
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It has been said there is no high ground in American politics since any politician who claims it is likely to be gunned down by those firing from the trenches. That’s how the Obama team justifies its decision to endorse a super PAC that can raise and spend unlimited sums for his campaign.
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How do we know Franklin Graham is a Christian?
Franklin Graham said this week that you cannot really know whether or not President Obama is a Christian but he is sure that Rick Santorum and even Mitt Romney is a Christian.
And its not like he was caught off guard with the question. Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC) asked him whether Obama was a Christian last year. He weasel worded then and he hasn’t worked on his delivery since.
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Where's the separation?
Last year, Franklin Graham lent his private jet, which I’m sure is sanctified for charity work with Samaritan’s Purse, to Sarah Palin for her exploratory travels last year. I’m just now hearing about this but it bears repeating.
Now this doesn’t per se violate the separation of church and state but it points to a typical example that convinced the Founders that theology...
The 99% Declaration
July 4, 2012. Philadelphia, PA.
http://www.the99declaration.org/
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Obama's faith
President Obama is a born-again Church of Christ christian. How do we know? Because he said so. Can we please move on? #morningjoe Santorum’s comments are hateful and untrue.
And what is born again? People have different meanings but the outcome is that you are deliberately and persistently trying to emulate the mind of Christ.
Ask yourself, of all the candidates, which one looks the...
Google's Dirty Little Secret
What’s up with Google exploiting the Safari browser? Graduate Student Jonathan Mayer uncovered Google’s secret practice of planting information in the form of browser cookies without your knowledge or permission.
Third-party ad agencies, such as ClickThrough, have for years set cookies on your computer so that they can follow customer behavior. As you surf from site to site, this...
None of them
They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. In the case of the Republican contenders, I’m not so sure. One by one, each has had his turn in the pit and has come out bloodied and malled. As this contest dragged on and on, Mitt, Rick and Newt look worse. The better we know them, the less we like them. They have failed on the two criteria that matter: 1) I wouldn’t want any...
Big ToDo
Life hack thinks that ToDo lists don’t work. I am interested in this belief because I have several todo list that are unfulfilled and abandoned.
One of the reasons they say is that todo list have a list of large projects that can’t get done right away. So most people do the small unimportant tasks just to be able to check something off.
Of course, the way to get around this is to...
Internet Insecurity Myths
Network World has a nice article on what IT SHOULD NOT do to make your web presence safer.
It is a list of 13 commonly held myths that many, including IT staff, believe will improve internet safety. One of them, change passwords every 90 days, is an old saw that I personally would like to see retired.
Some are obvious. Some have been ingrained into policy. All need to be scrutinized to see if...
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Why We All Just Can't Get Along
Yesterday on Bill Moyers and Company, Jonathan Haidt finally explained why we all just can’t get along.
Moyers and Haidt had a fascinating discussion about why it is so difficult for us to be able to “agree to disagree” with those who think differently than we do. Haidt said that it is because we have sacralized, that is, made sacred, our politics and our faith, so much so that...
Romney Misunderstands My America
The problem with what Mitt Romney said — “I’m not worried about the very poor.” — is that it misses the point of upward mobility. He said that they have their safety net so they are covered. What a calloused view! Like they are happy with their food stamps and public housing. He’s not concerned with them. They are not going anywhere. Let’s just warehouse...