Politics archives
Waiting
In 1931, a shinning beacon of hope rose above the city when the city needed it most. After eight years, WE are still waiting for ours.
Cloud Wars – A New Hope
Consumers strike back against corporate overreach in the cloud-based economy.
Tags: Apple, Community, Copyright, amazon, behavior, cloud, iPhone, kindle
A Dark Cloud
If an external party can control when or how you can use a device or decide on what you can or cannot see, or select what programs you can install on it, are you still owning it?
Tags: Content, Copyright, Intellectual property, censorship, killswitch, ownership, rent
Federal Budget 2010
On a new site designed as part of the transition into office, president-elect Barack Obama asks for some ideas, effectively trying to use the internet created a government run "for the people, by the people, and of the people." Here are some I had around the budget...
Tags: Electricity, Energy, Finance
Culture Crash
As the financial landscape is being reshaped in one of the largest crisis of confidence ever encountered by the American form of capitalism, I cannot help but wonder whether what we are witnessing is the beginning not just of an economic crash but also of a cultural crash. A few months ago, I started getting the [...]
Tags: Bank, United States, Wall Street
Paying for the bailout
With a $700 billion bailout planned by the government, I go looking for sources where we can find the money to pay for this.
Tags: Idea, Iraq, United States
