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Drudge At It Again

Posted 10/27/08 at 12:38pm by jamie

Here's his latest headline and all the wingnuts are following suit.

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Makes you think that Obama wants to steal the millions and billions of the rich and give it to the poor in some modern day Robin Hood sense - doesn't it? Well if you check out what Obama was actually talking about, you would soon find out that isn't the case. In essence what he was saying is the tragedy was the people made millions off of slavery and that wealth was never shared with the victims of that time - the slaves. It also talks about the inequality that was benefited by numerous whites over the years from blacks receiving far less than normal wages.

In other words - it is a tragedy. It's a tragedy still going on today. A strong middle class makes America's economy that much stronger. Currently our middle class is struggling and you see how our economy is doing. Think about it for a minute. A lot of it is from the housing market. If people could afford to pay their mortgages then we might not be in this economic disaster now, so we have proof of this philosophy occupying our headlines today.

Likewise, Palin, Bush and McCain all support policies that further widen the gap between the middle and upper classes. This has been a very dangerous path for American economics, and something we are seeing the ill-effects of today. The "American dream" has become next to impossible to obtain. With all the focus on Joe the Plumber, perhaps people should be asked if they see a clear path to become a successful business owner in this climate.

Could This Be The End Of YouTube?

Posted 5/27/08 at 9:56am by jamie

I certainly hope not, but this lawsuit doesn't look good:

A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google.

Google's claim follows Viacom's move to sue the video sharing service for its inability to keep copyrighted material off its site.

Viacom says it has identified 150,000 unauthorised clips on YouTube.

In court documents Google's lawyers say the action "threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information" over the web.

The copyright battle has become insane. We really need better laws protecting the rights of the people making the material, but also laying out a clear path when that information can be shared.

For example. This year we have seen numerous times that debates have been aired and the network airing it has said "no distributing clips of it". Something involving our political process and the direction of our country should be considered public service and not fall under any restrictions. All but 2 debates aired only on cable networks, so what about the people without cable? It's not fair that they miss out on political discussion that could affect their future.

News items should also be the same. The public has a right to know what's going on, and not everyone can be in front of a television 24/7 or watch all the different networks. Public knowledge is a bedrock of democracy, and if we don't have it then our democracy suffers.

Here's another example of this from the article:

The company says the infringement also included the documentary An Inconvenient Truth which had been viewed "an astounding 1.5 billion times".

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