http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 24 May 2013 12:44:52 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:44:52 It's getting colder in the northern climes in this nation. The OWS protesters need our support more than ever.

It's going to be a very hard winter for many of them.

If our support and their stalwart dedication make it through this winter, I suspect what blossoms in the spring will be like no... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/414 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:51:00 as the song goes, "everybody wants to rule the world".

in that never ending quest, materials and people get burned up.

all the wars that have ever been fought have been over resources.Oh sure, they can be dressed up as grudge matched between royal families or "saving the world": from this or... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/412 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:51:36 I'm just about finished with a book on the reign of terror in France. It took place directly after the revolution. The time period in the book is roughly from 1792 to 1794.

during which time a group known as the Jacobian's headed up by Robespierre, set in motion whole sale killing of anyone asso... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/411 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:05:21 I don't know if these still exist, but does anyone remember the old "Iowa" tests?

While in elementary school, these tests were given every year to determine the educational growth of students.

I have always thought these types of tests would be a better indication of a students capability.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/410 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:59:07 We have entered into the corporate feedback loop.

Over the last 30 years, the middle class and the poor of this nation have had their rights as workers and as citizens so eroded that, it's just about impossible for anyone of the new generation to understand what life was like before the republic... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/375 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:54:38 I was living in L.A. when the verdict came down. I was working on a commercial shoot in Antelope Valley. We had to cut shooting short due to a curfew that that was imposed due to the rioting.

I remember, before we wrapped everything, looking toward L.A. and seeing a plume of smoke. "That's not g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/374 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:14:37 when george w. moron* spoke, I would turn off his whiny drone. I couldn't stomach his* overt stupidity.

now, when Obama speaks, I just get sick to my stomach over being had.

I haven't listened to him speak since the SoTU.

I just read his many many many speeches. It gets so down right depr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/373 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:43:01 funny how all the candidates suddenly remember it's all about jobs when they run for reelection.

once upon a time, various candidates would take trips through the poorest parts of the nation, proclaiming this and that in regards to how the candidate was going to help those same people when he or ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/372 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:52:45 but given the set of circumstances that have erupted in England, it appears as if a leaderless response has occurred.

Could that happen here? sure. Will it happen here? Maybe.

I read an awful lot of history, probably too much. I look at Russia around the time of Ivan the Terrible. Ivan got t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/371 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:51:21 The door is then open. The concept of the "3rd rail of politics" will be revealed as a myth.

They will go after Medicare and Medicaid.

Chip, chip, chip; the pieces fall away.

Those paying attention won't be fooled by the slight of hand, but we will be shouted down as negative nellies for ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/369 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:26:16 It's the now tired reported statement of "why is it that the President is always puzzled as to why the repukes suddenly say no to things they first supported"

The question that should be asked, why is a Democratic president proposing republican ideas in the first place?

Is the Democratic part... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/370 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:08:57 I look toward the sea. I ponder an angry current swelling on the horizon.

My feet sink into the sand of time.

I feel the tide rushing away from me like a breath sucked from my lungs.

Exposed before me are the millions without, the millions with nothing.

As the ocean yawns before me, ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/368 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:45:07 when I was young and stupid: as long as they were breathing I was just fine with that.

when I was merely young and moderately stupid: they had to be breathing and pay attention to what was being said.

when I was technically still young and was experiencing the dawning of a glimpse of a clue: ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/367 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:22:39 After reading Paul Krugman's latest piece regarding the debt ceiling, the over arching plan of the repukes becomes painfully obvious.

here's the piece...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/opinion/01krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

here's what jumped out at me:
"Failure to raise the debt limi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/366 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:39:40 The explosion then refining of the "reality TV" phenom is truly amazing.

But how was it born?

My theory: as we become more disconnected from those immediately around us via electronic means, we resort to tv for our fix of "human contact/gossip".

In the dark ages before "Survivor" hit the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/365 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:51:18 She posed the question of: If Weiner resigns, what does that solve or improve?

My answer and I think the same one she was alluding to: Nothing. The outrage is nothing more then venting of shiny objects crowd spleen.

As if Weiner's quitting will "suddenly" make everyone in congress moral parag... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/364 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:08:12 What we are now experiencing is the "fast fooding" of retail.

I know, my GF works in retail.

They hire less people and those whom they keep have more tasks piled on top of them. Saves money and puts more in the CEO's pocket.

But then there is the reverse. Corps fire the most experienced ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/362 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:23:23 It's as if society has blinders on and the only images they see or remember are the ones that pass right in front of their eyes.

The litany of crimes, near crimes and non-crimes is quite long. Yet, because the general publics attentions span, which as been reduced to somewhere around 3 1/2 minut... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/361 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:00:42 Some protests are more equal than others.

Saudi Arabia is shitting a brick because this is happening in their own backyard. They have to make a strong showing of support for the monarchy in Bahrain. If they don't, they know full well that their own citizens, will see what can be done with protest... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/360 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:33:56 has been "things will get better".

It's the political knee jerk meme.

It has to become viral for the politicians to survive. Without that, what do they have? Reality? Pfft! When did reality ever play a roll in the national discourse?

There is no recovery. In the traditional sense and the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/359 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:08:05 Frankly, I love many things about DU, but the one thing I really love is when a topic of outrage goes viral.

All sorts of posts either defensing or attacking said topic are posted in rapid fire succession.

Usually, but not always, the topic is something that is extremely transitory.

Whet... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/358 Thu, 26 May 2011 10:56:12 but until that day arrives, it will be interesting hard times.

While I do believe we are on the wind down, due to a great many issues, mostly to do with colossal ignorance, it will take a long time for it to come to a complete stop.

I don't believe it will be a Soviet Union type collapse, as... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/357 Tue, 10 May 2011 13:11:40 Neither royals, gods, or politicians.

I pray not to the wealthy, the corporations or the corporate glad handers.

I pray not to the lobbyists, the financial backers or the well connected.

I side with the people, be they stupid, smart, insightful, ignorant or disinterested.

I side with... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/356 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:10:35 So here we are gas topping $4 bucks, by and large, throughout the nation. (It's still under 4 here in Austin for the most part) And in some very few select areas in the nation it just hit 5.

Just like any price rise, it effects the poorest of this nation first and the hardest.

Due to how we ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/355 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:03:50 we now live in a "crisis" oriented society.

Unless there is a "crisis" nothing "gets done". And what I mean by "gets done" I mean that there would be no drama. And when I mean "drama", I mean there would be no justifiable reason to elect many of the halfwits into office.

If we had a governm... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Javaman/354 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:21:13