WATERGATE'S "DEEP THROAT" REVEALED
Former number two FBI man, Mark Felt, finally comes clean about being Woodward and Bernstein's "Deep Throat" source that provided information about the Nixon Administration's role in the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to Richard Nixon's resignation.
It was a denial he maintained for three decades, until yesterday. Throughout that period, he lived with one of the greatest secrets in journalism history and with his own sense of conflict and tension over the role he had played in bringing down a president in the Watergate scandal: Was he a hero for helping the truth come out, or a turncoat who betrayed his government, his president and the FBI he revered by leaking to the press? (full article)
UPDATE: "Nixon aides say Felt is no hero." Good interview by Chuck Colson and Pat Buchanan:
Former senior Nixon adviser Charles Colson and former Nixon speechwriter and MSNBC Political Analyst Patrick Buchanan appeared on MSNBC Live Wednesday morning and gave anchor Amy Robach a their thoughts on Felt's actions.
Amy Robach: Chuck, I'm going to begin with you. You say you were shocked at yesterday's announcement, but as early as late '72 and early '73, Nixon did suspect Felt as a potential leaker. What do you think Nixon would say to this revelation?
Charles Colson: I think he would be horrified because the FBI is in a unique position in government. They have everybody's dossier. Every file on every American sits there. If the guy who runs the FBI or the number two guy in the FBI feels free to give these out to people, you'd have absolute chaos in this country. You'd have tyranny run by the FBI. I just can't imagine somebody who was a consummate professional, as Felt was, somebody who had worked their way up through the ranks, who was implicated in the FBI culture, sneaking around dark alleys, cloak and dagger style handing out stuff to a couple of young reporters. It never computed with me, I never thought it made sense, because I thought Felt took his responsibility with a great more care than that.
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Robach: Well, Pat, in taking a look at Felt's situation, he felt compelled to get this information to somebody. He was put in a position in which the FBI director was extremely loyal to Nixon in an atmosphere of wiretaps and break-ins. What could, or should, have Mark Felt should have done?
Buchanan: Mark Felt himself was doing black-bag jobs during the previous era. What he should have done, was if he felt the investigation was corrupted, stand up and say, 'I'm going to resign from the FBI because I don't want to be a party to what's going on. This is not correct, I think things are going on in the White House that are wrong. I don't believe they're investigated. I don't believe they're being investigated properly.' Instead, he sneaks around during a political campaign and leaks the results of an investigation to the Washington Post. I think he did it, Amy, for the same reason Woodward said, he was passed over for Director and he was bitter and full of resentment, and this was payback. (full interview)
Junto Boyz
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
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MORE HONEYMOON BLUES... AND THANKS TO CHRIS FOR GUEST BLOGGING
A couple more pictures from our honeymoon. Also I used Flickr a few times and never shared my pictures with the readers here, but you can check out several more pictures I posted on my public Flickr page here.
View from Blue Palace Hotel
Church tops in Santorini
Also thanks to Chris for guest blogging while I was away from Junto Boyz for the past three weeks!
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A couple more pictures from our honeymoon. Also I used Flickr a few times and never shared my pictures with the readers here, but you can check out several more pictures I posted on my public Flickr page here.
View from Blue Palace Hotel
Church tops in Santorini
Also thanks to Chris for guest blogging while I was away from Junto Boyz for the past three weeks!
BACK TO REALITY! HONEYMOON BLUES
After three weeks away from blogging and a couple weeks from work, I'm back to the realities of life. Christine and I got in Sunday and quickly settled back into life in San Francisco with a rush of house cleaning, gift unpacking, and running errands for 15 hours nonstop yesterday (she's a slave driver:).
Our months of wedding planning and honeymoon are now a flash in the past. For our honeymoon, we went to Sardinia, Italy and Crete, Greece with a day trip to Santorini, the most beautiful of the Greek isles. We made a two-day stop in Milan for a shopping break, which was really needed in hindsight for a break back into "civilization."
Between our two primary stays, Sardinia and the Greek islands, I would have to say Sardinia was more beautiful but the islands more enjoyable. I heard from friends and travel guides that Santorini was the most beautiful island in Greece, but Sardinia with its majestic mountains and incredible ocean views was far better. Crete and Santorini was more lived in and populated in the areas we traveled, so the food, amenities, and atmosphere was better.
View from Hotel Cala di Volpe
Road down to Cala Gonone
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After three weeks away from blogging and a couple weeks from work, I'm back to the realities of life. Christine and I got in Sunday and quickly settled back into life in San Francisco with a rush of house cleaning, gift unpacking, and running errands for 15 hours nonstop yesterday (she's a slave driver:).
Our months of wedding planning and honeymoon are now a flash in the past. For our honeymoon, we went to Sardinia, Italy and Crete, Greece with a day trip to Santorini, the most beautiful of the Greek isles. We made a two-day stop in Milan for a shopping break, which was really needed in hindsight for a break back into "civilization."
Between our two primary stays, Sardinia and the Greek islands, I would have to say Sardinia was more beautiful but the islands more enjoyable. I heard from friends and travel guides that Santorini was the most beautiful island in Greece, but Sardinia with its majestic mountains and incredible ocean views was far better. Crete and Santorini was more lived in and populated in the areas we traveled, so the food, amenities, and atmosphere was better.
View from Hotel Cala di Volpe
Road down to Cala Gonone
Monday, May 30, 2005
SUSIE SUH
Korean-American singer/songwriter
Hattip to Annie
I'm not usually a big fan of plugging things, but I got to say, I'm very impressed with her. And although I give off this "anti-Korean" or "anti-Asian" guy vibe, I'm really happy to see an Asian make some major waves in the "biz" that pretty much uses Asians as "token" or an "accessory". She's has a very mature vocal style, with lyrics that do come close to heart. She's been featured not only on "asiany" publications (i.e. KoreAm Journal) but on NPR and Blender Magazine, NY Times all give her very high remarks. So this isn't just some shameless plug where just because someone is Asian, I'm trying further their cause. I'm a Captialist all the way, you only get my seal of approval if your worthy of it, not from any "affirmative action" style pity.
So check her out, HERE and you can hear three full length songs on the NPR site.
From "Your Battlefield":
Someday I will ask you if I was a dissappointment,
I will ask you if you put hard earned money into a bad investment
You will tell there are no guarantees, but you got solutions for security
and I will ask you, I will ask you...how about my dreams...
But you say life is a battlefield, and you have given me arms
you say I have to fight... I have to keep moving on....
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Korean-American singer/songwriter
Hattip to Annie
I'm not usually a big fan of plugging things, but I got to say, I'm very impressed with her. And although I give off this "anti-Korean" or "anti-Asian" guy vibe, I'm really happy to see an Asian make some major waves in the "biz" that pretty much uses Asians as "token" or an "accessory". She's has a very mature vocal style, with lyrics that do come close to heart. She's been featured not only on "asiany" publications (i.e. KoreAm Journal) but on NPR and Blender Magazine, NY Times all give her very high remarks. So this isn't just some shameless plug where just because someone is Asian, I'm trying further their cause. I'm a Captialist all the way, you only get my seal of approval if your worthy of it, not from any "affirmative action" style pity.
So check her out, HERE and you can hear three full length songs on the NPR site.
From "Your Battlefield":
Someday I will ask you if I was a dissappointment,
I will ask you if you put hard earned money into a bad investment
You will tell there are no guarantees, but you got solutions for security
and I will ask you, I will ask you...how about my dreams...
But you say life is a battlefield, and you have given me arms
you say I have to fight... I have to keep moving on....
Sunday, May 29, 2005
MILOSEVIC VS. HUSSEIN
The puzzling dichotomy of the left
Not the most terrific article in the world, but raises some valid questions. Why is it that when we went to war on trumped up charges against Milosevic, with no UN backing, it was okay, but when we went to war for suspected WMDs, over a decade of defiance, and real genocidal tendancies, did democratic underground and the moores go crazy? Oh wait... I forgot, Bush is Hitler.... that's right.
Why Dems Supported War In Bosnia But Not Iraq"
"...Milosevic had never had – much less ever used – weapons of mass destruction, he was not aiding or abetting global terrorist organizations, nor did he have rape and torture chambers throughout his nation as did Saddam Hussein. In fact, even the “ethnic cleansing” he was accused of – ginned up and exaggerated in the way that Newsweek, CNN and the New York Times routinely do – was minor in comparison to the then-ongoing genocide of the Marsh Arabs and the massacre of the Kurds, the murder of Shiites, and even the horrific execution of his fellow Sunnis by the Iraqi dictator." (more)
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The puzzling dichotomy of the left
Not the most terrific article in the world, but raises some valid questions. Why is it that when we went to war on trumped up charges against Milosevic, with no UN backing, it was okay, but when we went to war for suspected WMDs, over a decade of defiance, and real genocidal tendancies, did democratic underground and the moores go crazy? Oh wait... I forgot, Bush is Hitler.... that's right.
Why Dems Supported War In Bosnia But Not Iraq"
"...Milosevic had never had – much less ever used – weapons of mass destruction, he was not aiding or abetting global terrorist organizations, nor did he have rape and torture chambers throughout his nation as did Saddam Hussein. In fact, even the “ethnic cleansing” he was accused of – ginned up and exaggerated in the way that Newsweek, CNN and the New York Times routinely do – was minor in comparison to the then-ongoing genocide of the Marsh Arabs and the massacre of the Kurds, the murder of Shiites, and even the horrific execution of his fellow Sunnis by the Iraqi dictator." (more)
Thursday, May 26, 2005
THE "RED" MIDDLE EAST?
Profound article by Fouad Ajami about Bush's impact in the Middle East
I gotta say, its pretty refreshing to read something like this. We're making a difference, and whether the news reports it or not, lives are changing for the better.
Bush Country
The Middle East embraces democracy--and the American president.
"By a twist of fate, the one Arab country that had seemed ever marked for brutality and sorrow now stands poised on the frontier of a new political world. No Iraqis I met look to neighboring Arab lands for political inspiration: They are scorched by the terror and the insurgency, but a better political culture is tantalizingly close." (more)
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Profound article by Fouad Ajami about Bush's impact in the Middle East
I gotta say, its pretty refreshing to read something like this. We're making a difference, and whether the news reports it or not, lives are changing for the better.
Bush Country
The Middle East embraces democracy--and the American president.
"By a twist of fate, the one Arab country that had seemed ever marked for brutality and sorrow now stands poised on the frontier of a new political world. No Iraqis I met look to neighboring Arab lands for political inspiration: They are scorched by the terror and the insurgency, but a better political culture is tantalizingly close." (more)
"FAITH OF MY FATHERS"
A&E to air a movie version of John McCain's memoir
I apologize I haven't been posting, my job here in Austin is a lot tougher than I'd imagined. Not in terms of time, but in terms of stress. So I'm just trudging along, and I came across John McCain's memoir for a little inspiration. Life's hard for me, but it can't be as hard as Hanoi Hilton.
Now, I'm not a huge fan of "The Deal" that McCain and a bunch of others put together, but I'm a bigger detractor of changing rules that were there for a reason. Now don't get me wrong, I think the Democrats are in a much much more of a fault then their Republican counter-parts, however, the idea of changing the rules is something that seems very wrong to me. Besides, I know you've heard it before, but seriously, Republicans aren't gonna be in power forever, and what if President Hillary tries to put some crazy liberal on the Supreme Court? I mean with the poll ratings the way they are now, Republicans aren't exactly in favor of Americans. So, I'm happy the rules weren't changed, still a little pissed that it had to go all the way to a friggin "Deal" to make others happy.
Regardless, McCain is a great man, and he deserves his due respect. Check out the movie. It airs on A&E on Memorial Day. God Bless the men who have fallen for our freedoms, and our country.
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A&E to air a movie version of John McCain's memoir
I apologize I haven't been posting, my job here in Austin is a lot tougher than I'd imagined. Not in terms of time, but in terms of stress. So I'm just trudging along, and I came across John McCain's memoir for a little inspiration. Life's hard for me, but it can't be as hard as Hanoi Hilton.
Now, I'm not a huge fan of "The Deal" that McCain and a bunch of others put together, but I'm a bigger detractor of changing rules that were there for a reason. Now don't get me wrong, I think the Democrats are in a much much more of a fault then their Republican counter-parts, however, the idea of changing the rules is something that seems very wrong to me. Besides, I know you've heard it before, but seriously, Republicans aren't gonna be in power forever, and what if President Hillary tries to put some crazy liberal on the Supreme Court? I mean with the poll ratings the way they are now, Republicans aren't exactly in favor of Americans. So, I'm happy the rules weren't changed, still a little pissed that it had to go all the way to a friggin "Deal" to make others happy.
Regardless, McCain is a great man, and he deserves his due respect. Check out the movie. It airs on A&E on Memorial Day. God Bless the men who have fallen for our freedoms, and our country.
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Friday, May 20, 2005
"EAT SH!T YOU ELITIST MORONS"
Maddox the online Pirate, tackles self-righteous liberal hollywood celebrities
One of the reason I believe that actors in Hollywood are so liberal is that they make their living "feeling" things and imagining that they are who they're embodying. They have to imagine actually being the person who they are portraying, feeling their feelings and emotions, saddened by their hurt and anxieties. But the problem is, they're only assuming these feelings and never really fully understand the complexities of each person. They only see the person through these intense feelings, and it ultimately boils down to feeling pity for them, not empathy. There's a huge difference.
Now, when you feel pity, it goes hand in hand with feeling better than someone. Essentially, "too bad they're not as good as I am". But since they do genuinely feel "bad", they try to reach out and "help" people, but too me it always comes off as not an expression of servitude, but a way to relieve themselves of their own guilt. And apparently, I'm not the only one:
I hate Cameron Diaz
...Every time [Cameron Diaz] opens her gaping mouth, she spews more self-righteous bullsh!t all over the place. One of my favorite lines is when she says "it's kind of gotten out of hand how much of a convenience we think we need." Diaz, who makes around $20 million per picture and drives a Lexus, was able to say this with a straight face. What the hell is that supposed to mean, "convenience we think we need"? We don't need it asshole, we want it. I like being able to get hot water, hot food, and hot porn whenever I want. Just as soon as you give up your mansion and live in a sh!t hut with your multi-millionaire boyfriend, we might give a sh!t about your criticism of the modern conveniences. (more)
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Maddox the online Pirate, tackles self-righteous liberal hollywood celebrities
One of the reason I believe that actors in Hollywood are so liberal is that they make their living "feeling" things and imagining that they are who they're embodying. They have to imagine actually being the person who they are portraying, feeling their feelings and emotions, saddened by their hurt and anxieties. But the problem is, they're only assuming these feelings and never really fully understand the complexities of each person. They only see the person through these intense feelings, and it ultimately boils down to feeling pity for them, not empathy. There's a huge difference.
Now, when you feel pity, it goes hand in hand with feeling better than someone. Essentially, "too bad they're not as good as I am". But since they do genuinely feel "bad", they try to reach out and "help" people, but too me it always comes off as not an expression of servitude, but a way to relieve themselves of their own guilt. And apparently, I'm not the only one:
I hate Cameron Diaz
...Every time [Cameron Diaz] opens her gaping mouth, she spews more self-righteous bullsh!t all over the place. One of my favorite lines is when she says "it's kind of gotten out of hand how much of a convenience we think we need." Diaz, who makes around $20 million per picture and drives a Lexus, was able to say this with a straight face. What the hell is that supposed to mean, "convenience we think we need"? We don't need it asshole, we want it. I like being able to get hot water, hot food, and hot porn whenever I want. Just as soon as you give up your mansion and live in a sh!t hut with your multi-millionaire boyfriend, we might give a sh!t about your criticism of the modern conveniences. (more)
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
THE FRENCH SUCK - EUROPEANS AGREE
Looks like we aren't the only ones that hate the french... those bastards
In a published survey, Europeans express why and how much they hate the french. Just to keep the record straight. I loathe the french. Seriously. All this oil-for-food (watch the video reports) scandal confirms it. However, I lurve a good bottle of red Burgundy or Bordeaux. But, my hatred for the french overwhelms my love for a good bottle of wine. And now that I live in Texas, I can't even get good California wines for a decent price. Damn me and my exquisite tastes....
Here's what some of those crazy Europeans say about the french:
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Britons described them as "chauvinists, stubborn, nannied and humourless". However, the French may be more shocked by the views of other nations...
For the Germans, the French are "pretentious, offhand and frivolous". The Dutch describe them as "agitated, talkative and shallow." The Spanish see them as "cold, distant, vain and impolite" and the Portuguese as "preaching". In Italy they comes across as "snobs, arrogant, flesh-loving, righteous and self-obsessed" and the Greeks find them "not very with it, egocentric bons vivants".
Interestingly, the Swedes consider them "disobedient, immoral, disorganised, neo-colonialist and dirty".
But the knockout punch to French pride came in the way the poll was conducted. People were not asked what they hated in the French, just what they thought of them. (more)
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Looks like we aren't the only ones that hate the french... those bastards
In a published survey, Europeans express why and how much they hate the french. Just to keep the record straight. I loathe the french. Seriously. All this oil-for-food (watch the video reports) scandal confirms it. However, I lurve a good bottle of red Burgundy or Bordeaux. But, my hatred for the french overwhelms my love for a good bottle of wine. And now that I live in Texas, I can't even get good California wines for a decent price. Damn me and my exquisite tastes....
Here's what some of those crazy Europeans say about the french:
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Britons described them as "chauvinists, stubborn, nannied and humourless". However, the French may be more shocked by the views of other nations...
For the Germans, the French are "pretentious, offhand and frivolous". The Dutch describe them as "agitated, talkative and shallow." The Spanish see them as "cold, distant, vain and impolite" and the Portuguese as "preaching". In Italy they comes across as "snobs, arrogant, flesh-loving, righteous and self-obsessed" and the Greeks find them "not very with it, egocentric bons vivants".
Interestingly, the Swedes consider them "disobedient, immoral, disorganised, neo-colonialist and dirty".
But the knockout punch to French pride came in the way the poll was conducted. People were not asked what they hated in the French, just what they thought of them. (more)
MALONEY ASKS "HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY TRIED FLUSHING A BOOK DOWN THE TOILET? IT ISN'T EASY!"
Brain-terminal.com raises valid questions about the Newsweek's story and its aftermath
My posting about Afghanistan and the protests were written out of anger and weren't politically correct. I understand that but I would rather express how I feel than to hide behind some kind of facade of tolerance. I believe its more benefitial to society as a whole if were open and had a free dialogue of how we truly feel, not how we should feel. If I'm pissed, I'll tell you I'm pissed. If that's unfounded, tell me why and don't accuse me of being racists because I feel a certain way. Respect for opinions, not surpression, is how we breed tolerance.
Anyway, Evan Coyne Maloney raises some good points and questions about the Newsweek fiasco. Here's a sample:
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Brain-terminal.com raises valid questions about the Newsweek's story and its aftermath
My posting about Afghanistan and the protests were written out of anger and weren't politically correct. I understand that but I would rather express how I feel than to hide behind some kind of facade of tolerance. I believe its more benefitial to society as a whole if were open and had a free dialogue of how we truly feel, not how we should feel. If I'm pissed, I'll tell you I'm pissed. If that's unfounded, tell me why and don't accuse me of being racists because I feel a certain way. Respect for opinions, not surpression, is how we breed tolerance.
Anyway, Evan Coyne Maloney raises some good points and questions about the Newsweek fiasco. Here's a sample:
- Newsweek's original report referred to "sources" corroborating the Koran-flushing story. The "s" at the end of "sources" indicates more than one source. But, as we now know, Newsweek had only one source for the story. So why lie to readers that way? Was Newsweek trying to make us think the story was more legitimate than it turned out to be? Or is this standard journalistic practice? Inquiring minds want to know!
- For years, our media has reported unsubstantiated allegations from military detainees. The mere reporting of these charges serves to legitimize them, whether or not they were backed up by any evidence. In fact, al Qaeda training manual advises captured operatives to "complain of mistreatment while in prison." Making unfounded charges is part of the playbook of our enemy! So, it would be nice if the media, which prides itself on skepticism, would treat the statements of al Qaeda prisoners at least as skeptically as they treat those of our leaders. (more)
Sunday, May 15, 2005
YOUR WELCOME...
Afghanis and others take to the street, protesting false story by Newsweek.
I love the fact that my boys went over to Afghanistan, freed them from tyranny, then they read a false story, and take to the streets, burning effigices, flags, chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Bush", killing and injuring people, blowing up car bombs and call it "protests". That's just awesome.
I'm glad we went their for our personal interests, cause right now, I don't give a damn about their human rights.
Newsweek Apologizes For Quran Story
Newsweek magazine Sunday apologized for a May 9 report alleging U.S. interrogators flushed the Quran down the toilet at Guantanamo Bay, a claim that had prompted attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Gaza Strip that left 15 dead and scores more injured. (full story)
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Afghanis and others take to the street, protesting false story by Newsweek.
I love the fact that my boys went over to Afghanistan, freed them from tyranny, then they read a false story, and take to the streets, burning effigices, flags, chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Bush", killing and injuring people, blowing up car bombs and call it "protests". That's just awesome.
I'm glad we went their for our personal interests, cause right now, I don't give a damn about their human rights.
Newsweek Apologizes For Quran Story
Newsweek magazine Sunday apologized for a May 9 report alleging U.S. interrogators flushed the Quran down the toilet at Guantanamo Bay, a claim that had prompted attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Gaza Strip that left 15 dead and scores more injured. (full story)
PRAISE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR?
Daniel Okrent, editor of NYT, receiving good reviews from the right.
Evan Coyne Maloney of brain-terminal.com and AcademicBias.com, refers to NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen's review of Okrent and how his tenure and admitting liberal bias, has been nothing short of refreshing.
...By being the first to speak the unspeakable truth about the paper, Okrent made it that much easier for similar honesty to prevail in the future. As a business, that would be very healthy for the Times. Conservatives will read liberal papers. But fewer conservatives will read liberal papers that insult our intelligence by pretending not to have the perspective that they do. If Okrent's legacy lives on, the Times might be able to lure back some readers who find the newfound candor refreshing. (more)
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Daniel Okrent, editor of NYT, receiving good reviews from the right.
Evan Coyne Maloney of brain-terminal.com and AcademicBias.com, refers to NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen's review of Okrent and how his tenure and admitting liberal bias, has been nothing short of refreshing.
...By being the first to speak the unspeakable truth about the paper, Okrent made it that much easier for similar honesty to prevail in the future. As a business, that would be very healthy for the Times. Conservatives will read liberal papers. But fewer conservatives will read liberal papers that insult our intelligence by pretending not to have the perspective that they do. If Okrent's legacy lives on, the Times might be able to lure back some readers who find the newfound candor refreshing. (more)
WAL-MART MEETS ATLAS SHRUGGED
Thomas Sowell confronts demands for Wal-Mart to pay based on "Need" rather than "Worth".
One of my favorite books of all time is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. True, it's way long-winded, and is too preachy, but its theme and message perhaps reflects many of views (and fears) within a society that, among other things, constantly panders to the "needs" of individuals instead of empowering them to earn their "wants". You should read it if you haven't. It's a monster of a book, and I'll admit, I didn't read it either, but heard it on tape (cd if you want to be technical) during a 24 hour drive from California to Texas.
THE LATEST LIBERAL CRUSADE
...The fashionable notion of "a living wage" is a wage that will support a family of four. And, sure enough, the New York Times finds a Wal-Mart employee who complains that he is not making "a living wage."
How is he living, if he is not making a living wage?
Should people be paid according to what they "need" instead of according to what their work is worth? Should they decide how big a family they want and then put the cost of paying to support that family on somebody else?
If their work is not worth enough to pay for what they want, is it up to others to make up the difference, rather than up to them to upgrade their skills in order to earn what they want?... (full article)
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Thomas Sowell confronts demands for Wal-Mart to pay based on "Need" rather than "Worth".
One of my favorite books of all time is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. True, it's way long-winded, and is too preachy, but its theme and message perhaps reflects many of views (and fears) within a society that, among other things, constantly panders to the "needs" of individuals instead of empowering them to earn their "wants". You should read it if you haven't. It's a monster of a book, and I'll admit, I didn't read it either, but heard it on tape (cd if you want to be technical) during a 24 hour drive from California to Texas.
THE LATEST LIBERAL CRUSADE
...The fashionable notion of "a living wage" is a wage that will support a family of four. And, sure enough, the New York Times finds a Wal-Mart employee who complains that he is not making "a living wage."
How is he living, if he is not making a living wage?
Should people be paid according to what they "need" instead of according to what their work is worth? Should they decide how big a family they want and then put the cost of paying to support that family on somebody else?
If their work is not worth enough to pay for what they want, is it up to others to make up the difference, rather than up to them to upgrade their skills in order to earn what they want?... (full article)
Saturday, May 14, 2005
GARY SCHROEN ON "MEET THE PRESS"
Former CIA agent, was on the ground in Afghanistan during initial war
This guy was in the mix during initial aftermath of September 11th and the push for war into Afghanistan. He was on "Meet The Press" on May 8th. Here's some highlights.
On Bin Laden's Head:
Russert: Mr. Black gave you specific instructions on what he wanted you to bring home.
Mr. Schroen: That's true. He did ask that once we got bin Laden and killed him, that we send his head back in a cardboard box on dry ice so that he could take it down and show the president.
Russert: Where would you find the dry ice in Afghanistan?
Mr. Schroen: That's what I mentioned to him. I said, "Cofer, I think that I can come up with pikes to put the heads of the lieutenants on," which is the second part of what he wanted done. "Dry ice, we'll have to improvise." (more)
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Former CIA agent, was on the ground in Afghanistan during initial war
This guy was in the mix during initial aftermath of September 11th and the push for war into Afghanistan. He was on "Meet The Press" on May 8th. Here's some highlights.
On Bin Laden's Head:
Russert: Mr. Black gave you specific instructions on what he wanted you to bring home.
Mr. Schroen: That's true. He did ask that once we got bin Laden and killed him, that we send his head back in a cardboard box on dry ice so that he could take it down and show the president.
Russert: Where would you find the dry ice in Afghanistan?
Mr. Schroen: That's what I mentioned to him. I said, "Cofer, I think that I can come up with pikes to put the heads of the lieutenants on," which is the second part of what he wanted done. "Dry ice, we'll have to improvise." (more)
OPERATION MATADOR A SUCCESS
Marine Led Operation Finishes Up, 9 KIA
Associated Press's story on Operation Matador. Reports that "Pentagon officials conceded, however, that the insurgents were better trained and equipped than previously thought." But don't fret, my boys will find Zarqawi soon. Remember, it's not about if we can beat Zarqawi, its about when we can. About "winning the hearts and minds", with stories such as Zarwawi led insurgents attacking American military with children present, causing more children deaths than Americans, its just matter of time.
U.S.: Operation Matador in Iraq a Success
OBEIDI, Iraq — The U.S. military wrapped up a major offensive in a remote desert region near the Syrian border Saturday, saying it had cleaned out the insurgent haven and killed more than 125 militants during the weeklong campaign against followers of Iraq's most wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (more)
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Marine Led Operation Finishes Up, 9 KIA
Associated Press's story on Operation Matador. Reports that "Pentagon officials conceded, however, that the insurgents were better trained and equipped than previously thought." But don't fret, my boys will find Zarqawi soon. Remember, it's not about if we can beat Zarqawi, its about when we can. About "winning the hearts and minds", with stories such as Zarwawi led insurgents attacking American military with children present, causing more children deaths than Americans, its just matter of time.
U.S.: Operation Matador in Iraq a Success
OBEIDI, Iraq — The U.S. military wrapped up a major offensive in a remote desert region near the Syrian border Saturday, saying it had cleaned out the insurgent haven and killed more than 125 militants during the weeklong campaign against followers of Iraq's most wanted terrorist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (more)
Thursday, May 12, 2005
4.29 TRUTH COMMISSION
It's a little late, but when Bernard went to KASCON this year, they had what was known as the 4.29 Truth Commission. I'm sure he knows more about this than I do, but part of it involves a list of questions about the LA Riots that still have yet to be answered.
Our store wasn't burned down or damaged because it wasn't located in Koreatown, but business was never the same after. I mean if I was afraid to go to LA, and I grew up there, what tourists or visitors would go to LA to shop? I remember my mom crying and my father just staring at the TV screen. Paul Moyer, a local news anchor (shmuck), commented how the Korean shop owners who were protecting their stores made the whole place look like Saigon, and questioned why they took such drastic measures; almost chiding them that they were prepetuating the problem. My dad was pissed. I still hate him today.
Later, they both participated in the march led by Angelo Oh. Everyone has disguishing moments in there life time; a marker they can place to say that from that point on, their view of the world had changed. The L.A. Riots was one of mine.
Partial List:
Both LA County Sheriff Black and the local FBI chief publicly avowed to prosecute alleged massive civil rights violations against the Korean victims. Nothing happened. Why?...
LAPD refused to respond to desperate pleas for help from Koreatown merchants and residents under attack for the first crucial two days. Instead they chose to draw the line of defense in the back of Koreatown, along the affluent West LA. How and Why?...
LAPD knew through its extensive anti-gang task force sources -- and it was open street talk -- that gangs, especially Crips, Bloods, Mexican Mafia, 18th Street Gangs - were plotting to wreck havoc on Korean stores in South Central and Koreatown to get revenge for the shooting of Harlins two years before the Rodney King beatings...Why LAPD didn't pursue these intelligence reports (more=click on 4.29 Truth Commission)
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It's a little late, but when Bernard went to KASCON this year, they had what was known as the 4.29 Truth Commission. I'm sure he knows more about this than I do, but part of it involves a list of questions about the LA Riots that still have yet to be answered.
Our store wasn't burned down or damaged because it wasn't located in Koreatown, but business was never the same after. I mean if I was afraid to go to LA, and I grew up there, what tourists or visitors would go to LA to shop? I remember my mom crying and my father just staring at the TV screen. Paul Moyer, a local news anchor (shmuck), commented how the Korean shop owners who were protecting their stores made the whole place look like Saigon, and questioned why they took such drastic measures; almost chiding them that they were prepetuating the problem. My dad was pissed. I still hate him today.
Later, they both participated in the march led by Angelo Oh. Everyone has disguishing moments in there life time; a marker they can place to say that from that point on, their view of the world had changed. The L.A. Riots was one of mine.
Partial List:
Both LA County Sheriff Black and the local FBI chief publicly avowed to prosecute alleged massive civil rights violations against the Korean victims. Nothing happened. Why?...
LAPD refused to respond to desperate pleas for help from Koreatown merchants and residents under attack for the first crucial two days. Instead they chose to draw the line of defense in the back of Koreatown, along the affluent West LA. How and Why?...
LAPD knew through its extensive anti-gang task force sources -- and it was open street talk -- that gangs, especially Crips, Bloods, Mexican Mafia, 18th Street Gangs - were plotting to wreck havoc on Korean stores in South Central and Koreatown to get revenge for the shooting of Harlins two years before the Rodney King beatings...Why LAPD didn't pursue these intelligence reports (more=click on 4.29 Truth Commission)
"RECKLESS FIRE"?
RIDICULOUS story about a man who attacks a group of cops with his vehicle, gets shot FOUR times, survives, and somehow, the police are to blame for everything.
Compton Residents Outraged Over shooting
So a man runs from the cops into Compton, then attacks them with his truck. The police try to stop him but keep him alive, and now the police are to blame. Please explain this logic to me.
Yes, there were a 120 rounds that were fired, but that's from 10 different officers with pistols that carry 15 rounds per magazine. It's not as if it was 2 guys shooting-reloading-shooting again-reloading again and later went to the back of their squad car, got some more ammo, and continued. The writer quotes a resident who laments why situations like this keep happing in her community. She then continues by acusing the police officers of wrongdoing. The only "wrong". if anything, is those cops should hit the range a bit and work on their accuracy. If someone was attacking me with his SUV, I'd expend all my rounds too, and he would've gotten hit more than 4 times, I guarantee that.
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RIDICULOUS story about a man who attacks a group of cops with his vehicle, gets shot FOUR times, survives, and somehow, the police are to blame for everything.
Compton Residents Outraged Over shooting
So a man runs from the cops into Compton, then attacks them with his truck. The police try to stop him but keep him alive, and now the police are to blame. Please explain this logic to me.
Yes, there were a 120 rounds that were fired, but that's from 10 different officers with pistols that carry 15 rounds per magazine. It's not as if it was 2 guys shooting-reloading-shooting again-reloading again and later went to the back of their squad car, got some more ammo, and continued. The writer quotes a resident who laments why situations like this keep happing in her community. She then continues by acusing the police officers of wrongdoing. The only "wrong". if anything, is those cops should hit the range a bit and work on their accuracy. If someone was attacking me with his SUV, I'd expend all my rounds too, and he would've gotten hit more than 4 times, I guarantee that.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
CHRISTOPHER AHN... GUEST BLOGGER
Bernard has been gracious enough to allow me to be the guest blogger for the next few weeks while he is on hiatus for his marriage. I wish him and his fiance a long and happy marriage. May God bless him and his new wife with many years of bliss.
On to me:
Age: 24
Gender: male Astrological Sign: Orca Zodiac Year:: Cockatoo
Industry: Business Consulting Location: Austin : Texas : United States
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Bernard has been gracious enough to allow me to be the guest blogger for the next few weeks while he is on hiatus for his marriage. I wish him and his fiance a long and happy marriage. May God bless him and his new wife with many years of bliss.
On to me:
I AM a young entrepenueur who doesn't know how to spell entrepreneur. I am a former US Marine, Forward Observer Scout. I am a fiscal conservative: social liberal. I grew up Southern Baptist, now following the Presbyterian Church of America theology, and have not been baptized. I am for the Iraq War, Privatization of Social Security, and legally smoking doobies at home. I am against the death penalty, abortion, and marriage involving two ding dongs (a.k.a. who whos', tally wackers, mandingos, etc.). I smoke cigars, drink fine scotch, walk and talk like an aristocrat, and love Miller High Life... Light. I am a huge Dodgers fan. Favorite foods include, Good Pizza, Good Sushi, and Bad Burritos. During my younger, whipper snapper days, I played football, baseball, and Lacrosse at the collegiate level.
I originated from the Los Angeles area, went to school in Orange County, and now reside in Austin, Texas as a business consultant. I have owned a small business and supported my family for seven years, and am now, living the extremely scary life period called, alone and on my own.
I appreciate your comments and I thank you for tolerating my Dumas inspired stories, links, and rants. God Bless.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
FLAWS IN FIREFOX
Not good. Especially as Microsoft churns the engine in their browser group again:
The Mozilla Foundation has said it is "working aggressively" to fix two flaws in its open source Firefox browser.
The vulnerabilities, reported on Saturday, were identified as "very critical", but no cases had been reported of them being exploited.
Several security firms identified the flaws which could let websites run malicious code on a person's computer.
Mozilla has responded by changing its update service and says people should temporarily turn off JavaScript code. (full article)
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Not good. Especially as Microsoft churns the engine in their browser group again:
The Mozilla Foundation has said it is "working aggressively" to fix two flaws in its open source Firefox browser.
The vulnerabilities, reported on Saturday, were identified as "very critical", but no cases had been reported of them being exploited.
Several security firms identified the flaws which could let websites run malicious code on a person's computer.
Mozilla has responded by changing its update service and says people should temporarily turn off JavaScript code. (full article)
"ARE BLOGS BUSTING LOOSE?"... INSTAPUNDIT CHIMES IN FROM BLOGNASHVILLE
Prof. Reynolds reflects on the changing awareness and landscape of the blogosphere during a blogger conference he attended in Nashville:
Last weekend I attended the BlogNashville blogger conference, held at Belmont University in Nashville. It was the third conference of that sort I had attended, and it underscored the way blogs, and blogging, are changing.
In 2002, I went to Yale's Revenge of the Blog conference. In 2003, I attended Harvard's Bloggercon I. The atmosphere at this one was different.
At those earlier conferences, everyone was still focused on the newness of blogs, and on the amateur spirit, and political emphasis, that marked blogging at that point. Now blogs aren't quite as new, and though there's still plenty of politics and amateurism, people are now talking about making money.
In fact, the two recurring themes of this latest conference were making money, and video. (full article)
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Prof. Reynolds reflects on the changing awareness and landscape of the blogosphere during a blogger conference he attended in Nashville:
Last weekend I attended the BlogNashville blogger conference, held at Belmont University in Nashville. It was the third conference of that sort I had attended, and it underscored the way blogs, and blogging, are changing.
In 2002, I went to Yale's Revenge of the Blog conference. In 2003, I attended Harvard's Bloggercon I. The atmosphere at this one was different.
At those earlier conferences, everyone was still focused on the newness of blogs, and on the amateur spirit, and political emphasis, that marked blogging at that point. Now blogs aren't quite as new, and though there's still plenty of politics and amateurism, people are now talking about making money.
In fact, the two recurring themes of this latest conference were making money, and video. (full article)
Monday, May 09, 2005
HUFFINGTON'S "SUPERBLOG" LAUNCED TODAY... SUPERBLOG?
This just cracks me up for some reason. Take a look at Arianna's new project.
Old post by Rafat Ali, which I didn't have time to post earlier:
Well, I suppose this won't qualify in our "nanopublishing" category...Arianna Huffington's celebrity blog venture is going to launch on May 5...it is going to be called the Huffington Post.
Besides other details, Kenneth Lerer, a former executive VP of AOL Time Warner, is helping her in forming and developing this new venture. Lerer and Huffington will manage the Post, with Lerer overseeing a staff of half a dozen people in a loft in lower Manhattan. She has also hired away Matt Drudge's right-hand Web whiz, Andrew Breitbart, who used to be her researcher.
Huffington has signed a contract with Tribune Media Services, which syndicates her newspaper column, to syndicate parts of her blog to newspapers and their sites.
Another take from Rafat's earlier post:
Arianna Huffington's Heavy-Hitter Blog Media Venture: Out of five years of covering the blog movement (since 1999), this has to be the craziest story to come out of the whole thing (is it a parody?): Arianna Huffington, the conservative-turned-liberal author, pundit, California gubernatorial candidate, and bona fide blogger, is adding "media entrepreneur" to her list of titles with a new online publishing venture, the Huffington Report. The site will be in the mold of Slate and Salon, with, get this, guest bloggers ranging from Sen. Jon Corzine, Larry David, Barry Diller, Tom Freston, David Geffen, Vernon Jordan, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Harry Evans and his wife, Tina Brown.
Her business partner is Ken Lerer, the head of AOL-TW's corporate communications in the Bob Pittman era.
Along with the celebrity cred, these super-busy bloggers may not actually blog, but e-mail or phone in their posts: "We're setting up a system wherein you'll be able to e-mail or phone in your latest take, which our editorial team will fact-check and turn into a blog post."
The site's soft launch is apparently set for April.
My own little investigation: HuffingtonReport.com is registered by Jonah Peretti, the director of R&D at Eyebeam, an experimental art and technology non-profit based in NYC (and Eyebeam recently granted a fellowship to uber-blogger Jason Kottke). Is Eyebeam funding it, and is Kottke involved in this? More later...
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This just cracks me up for some reason. Take a look at Arianna's new project.
Old post by Rafat Ali, which I didn't have time to post earlier:
Well, I suppose this won't qualify in our "nanopublishing" category...Arianna Huffington's celebrity blog venture is going to launch on May 5...it is going to be called the Huffington Post.
Besides other details, Kenneth Lerer, a former executive VP of AOL Time Warner, is helping her in forming and developing this new venture. Lerer and Huffington will manage the Post, with Lerer overseeing a staff of half a dozen people in a loft in lower Manhattan. She has also hired away Matt Drudge's right-hand Web whiz, Andrew Breitbart, who used to be her researcher.
Huffington has signed a contract with Tribune Media Services, which syndicates her newspaper column, to syndicate parts of her blog to newspapers and their sites.
Another take from Rafat's earlier post:
Arianna Huffington's Heavy-Hitter Blog Media Venture: Out of five years of covering the blog movement (since 1999), this has to be the craziest story to come out of the whole thing (is it a parody?): Arianna Huffington, the conservative-turned-liberal author, pundit, California gubernatorial candidate, and bona fide blogger, is adding "media entrepreneur" to her list of titles with a new online publishing venture, the Huffington Report. The site will be in the mold of Slate and Salon, with, get this, guest bloggers ranging from Sen. Jon Corzine, Larry David, Barry Diller, Tom Freston, David Geffen, Vernon Jordan, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Harry Evans and his wife, Tina Brown.
Her business partner is Ken Lerer, the head of AOL-TW's corporate communications in the Bob Pittman era.
Along with the celebrity cred, these super-busy bloggers may not actually blog, but e-mail or phone in their posts: "We're setting up a system wherein you'll be able to e-mail or phone in your latest take, which our editorial team will fact-check and turn into a blog post."
The site's soft launch is apparently set for April.
My own little investigation: HuffingtonReport.com is registered by Jonah Peretti, the director of R&D at Eyebeam, an experimental art and technology non-profit based in NYC (and Eyebeam recently granted a fellowship to uber-blogger Jason Kottke). Is Eyebeam funding it, and is Kottke involved in this? More later...
Saturday, May 07, 2005
AO2005 INNOVATION SUMMIT PROGRAM UPDATE
The Alwayson Innovation Summit at Stanford (July 19th-21st) is looking pretty good:
Is the Whole World Going Open Source?
Moderator: Ray Lane, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Jonathan Schwartz, president & COO, Sun Microsystem
Kim Polese, CEO, SpikeSource
Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL
John Chen, CEO, Sybase
SmartPhone 2010
Moderator: Pip Coburn, managing director of research, UBS
Trip Hawkins, founder and CEO, Digital Chocolate
David Nagel, CEO, PalmSource
Ed Colligan, CEO, Palm One
Bill Watkins, CEO, Seagate
Bill Nguyen, founder & president, SEVEN
Dislocation of Media and Entertainment
Roger McNamee, founder, managing partner, Elevation Partners
Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks
Michael Weiss, CEO, Streamcast Networks
Anthony Noto, managing director, Goldman Sachs
The Money's Back
Moderator: Eric janszen, EIC, Trident Capital
Tim Draper, managing partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Mark Heesen, president, NVCA
Janice Roberts, managing partner, Mayfield
Aneel Busri, managing partner, Greylock
Are your ready for the Chinese revolt?
Scott Kronick, President, Olgilvy PR / China
Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations
Min Xin Pei, Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Chai Ling, student leader, Tiananmen Square 1989
Howard Chou, partner, O Malveney
Lili Zheng, partner, China Services Group Deloitte
John Wadsworth, honorary chairman, Morgan Stanley, Asia
Yadong Liu, Medley Global Advisors
Dan Burstein, managing director, Millenium Partners
Joe Schoendorf, partner, Accel Partners
Open or Closed Web
Moderator: Marc Canter, founder and CEO, Broadband Mechanics
Steve Berkowitz, CEO, Ask Jeeves
Joe Kraus, founder and CEO, JotSpot
Doc Searls, Senior Editor, Linux Journal.
Scott Rafer, CEO, Feedster
Is Technology Making Us Safer?
Moderator: Paul Saffo, Research Director, Institute for the Future
George Gilder, CEO, Gilder Technology
Bill Joy, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Eric Drexler, Chairman, Foresight Institute
Silicon Eye With George Gilder
Moderator: Andy Kessler, Velocity Media
George Gilder, CEO, Gilder Technology
Carver Mead, Chairman and Founder, Foveon Corporation
Future Disruptive Technologies: The Perspectives of MIT and Stanford
Moderator: Tom Byers, professor, Stanford University
Jim Plummer, Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University
Alice Gast, VP, Research, MIT
Tapping into the Power of the Blogosphere
Moderator: Tony Perkins, founder & editor, AlwaysOn
Rich Karlgaard, Editor-In-Chief Forbes
Dave Sifry, CEO, Technorati
Allen Morgan, partner, Mayfield
Michael Moe, CEO, Think Equity
Robert Scoble, blogger/author, Microsoft - Scobelizer
Fireside Chats:
Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks
Norm Pearlstein, Editor in Chief, Time Life
Shimon Peres, Vice Premiere, State of Israel
Barry Diller, CEO, InterActive Corp
Mark Hurd, CEO, H-P
Howard Stringer, CEO, Sony
Bob Sutton, professor, Stanford University
Jonathan Schwartz, president & COO, Sun Microsystems
Bill Joy, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Eric Drexler, Chairman, Foresight Institute
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The Alwayson Innovation Summit at Stanford (July 19th-21st) is looking pretty good:
Is the Whole World Going Open Source?
Moderator: Ray Lane, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Jonathan Schwartz, president & COO, Sun Microsystem
Kim Polese, CEO, SpikeSource
Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL
John Chen, CEO, Sybase
SmartPhone 2010
Moderator: Pip Coburn, managing director of research, UBS
Trip Hawkins, founder and CEO, Digital Chocolate
David Nagel, CEO, PalmSource
Ed Colligan, CEO, Palm One
Bill Watkins, CEO, Seagate
Bill Nguyen, founder & president, SEVEN
Dislocation of Media and Entertainment
Roger McNamee, founder, managing partner, Elevation Partners
Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks
Michael Weiss, CEO, Streamcast Networks
Anthony Noto, managing director, Goldman Sachs
The Money's Back
Moderator: Eric janszen, EIC, Trident Capital
Tim Draper, managing partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Mark Heesen, president, NVCA
Janice Roberts, managing partner, Mayfield
Aneel Busri, managing partner, Greylock
Are your ready for the Chinese revolt?
Scott Kronick, President, Olgilvy PR / China
Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations
Min Xin Pei, Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Chai Ling, student leader, Tiananmen Square 1989
Howard Chou, partner, O Malveney
Lili Zheng, partner, China Services Group Deloitte
John Wadsworth, honorary chairman, Morgan Stanley, Asia
Yadong Liu, Medley Global Advisors
Dan Burstein, managing director, Millenium Partners
Joe Schoendorf, partner, Accel Partners
Open or Closed Web
Moderator: Marc Canter, founder and CEO, Broadband Mechanics
Steve Berkowitz, CEO, Ask Jeeves
Joe Kraus, founder and CEO, JotSpot
Doc Searls, Senior Editor, Linux Journal.
Scott Rafer, CEO, Feedster
Is Technology Making Us Safer?
Moderator: Paul Saffo, Research Director, Institute for the Future
George Gilder, CEO, Gilder Technology
Bill Joy, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Eric Drexler, Chairman, Foresight Institute
Silicon Eye With George Gilder
Moderator: Andy Kessler, Velocity Media
George Gilder, CEO, Gilder Technology
Carver Mead, Chairman and Founder, Foveon Corporation
Future Disruptive Technologies: The Perspectives of MIT and Stanford
Moderator: Tom Byers, professor, Stanford University
Jim Plummer, Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University
Alice Gast, VP, Research, MIT
Tapping into the Power of the Blogosphere
Moderator: Tony Perkins, founder & editor, AlwaysOn
Rich Karlgaard, Editor-In-Chief Forbes
Dave Sifry, CEO, Technorati
Allen Morgan, partner, Mayfield
Michael Moe, CEO, Think Equity
Robert Scoble, blogger/author, Microsoft - Scobelizer
Fireside Chats:
Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks
Norm Pearlstein, Editor in Chief, Time Life
Shimon Peres, Vice Premiere, State of Israel
Barry Diller, CEO, InterActive Corp
Mark Hurd, CEO, H-P
Howard Stringer, CEO, Sony
Bob Sutton, professor, Stanford University
Jonathan Schwartz, president & COO, Sun Microsystems
Bill Joy, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Eric Drexler, Chairman, Foresight Institute
Friday, May 06, 2005
CALL FOR NOMINEES... AO TECHNORATI OPEN MEDIA 100!
AlwaysOn and Technorati are doing the first recognition of those in the Open Media space. David Sifry, Technorati's CEO, posted the call today at the AO site and on his personal blog. Check it out the AOTechnorati 100 and voice your nominations!
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AlwaysOn and Technorati are doing the first recognition of those in the Open Media space. David Sifry, Technorati's CEO, posted the call today at the AO site and on his personal blog. Check it out the AOTechnorati 100 and voice your nominations!
Thursday, May 05, 2005
CALLS AGAINST THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT!
Funny coincidence today. George Will in The Washington Post and Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens, in today's The Wall Street Journal, both state warnings in op-ed pieces for Republicans against the power of the religious right and its affect on the party. Typically, these aligned stars happen at least once a year between movie studios, such as when "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" both came out during the same summer or "Absolute Power" and "Murder at 1600". Obviously, you can assume script ideas are stolen or general ideas passed around so much this commonly happens in Hollywood, but between media outlets is just odd timing.
The Christian Complex
The Washington Post
By George F. Will
Thursday, May 5, 2005
The state of America's political discourse is such that the president has felt it necessary to declare that unbelievers can be good Americans. In last week's prime-time news conference, he said: "If you choose not to worship, you're equally as patriotic as somebody who does worship."
So Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes and a long, luminous list of other skeptics can be spared the posthumous ignominy of being stricken from the rolls of exemplary Americans. And almost 30 million living Americans welcomed that presidential benediction.
According to the American Religious Identification Survey, Americans who answer "none" when asked to identify their religion numbered 29.4 million in 2001, more than double the 14.3 million in 1990. (full article)
Why I'm Rooting Against the Religious Right
Save the Republic from shallow, demagogic sectarians.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Thursday, May 5, 2005
I hope and believe that, by identifying itself with "faith" in general and the Ten Commandments in particular, a runaway element in the Republican leadership has made a career-ending mistake. In support of this, let me quote two authorities:
* The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100%. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. . . . Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some god-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism." (full article)
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Funny coincidence today. George Will in The Washington Post and Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens, in today's The Wall Street Journal, both state warnings in op-ed pieces for Republicans against the power of the religious right and its affect on the party. Typically, these aligned stars happen at least once a year between movie studios, such as when "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" both came out during the same summer or "Absolute Power" and "Murder at 1600". Obviously, you can assume script ideas are stolen or general ideas passed around so much this commonly happens in Hollywood, but between media outlets is just odd timing.
The Christian Complex
The Washington Post
By George F. Will
Thursday, May 5, 2005
The state of America's political discourse is such that the president has felt it necessary to declare that unbelievers can be good Americans. In last week's prime-time news conference, he said: "If you choose not to worship, you're equally as patriotic as somebody who does worship."
So Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes and a long, luminous list of other skeptics can be spared the posthumous ignominy of being stricken from the rolls of exemplary Americans. And almost 30 million living Americans welcomed that presidential benediction.
According to the American Religious Identification Survey, Americans who answer "none" when asked to identify their religion numbered 29.4 million in 2001, more than double the 14.3 million in 1990. (full article)
Why I'm Rooting Against the Religious Right
Save the Republic from shallow, demagogic sectarians.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Thursday, May 5, 2005
I hope and believe that, by identifying itself with "faith" in general and the Ten Commandments in particular, a runaway element in the Republican leadership has made a career-ending mistake. In support of this, let me quote two authorities:
* The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100%. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. . . . Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some god-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism." (full article)
GOOGLE BASHING AMONG ADVERTISERS
Some people can't handle being on top because it gets to their heads and cockiness sets in, which eventually leads to their downfall. I hope Google isn't going through this and these criticisms are more a reflection of a rapidly growing company's lack of established protocol and infrastructure to respond and communicate effectively.
Google: biting the hand that feeds it?
Everybody loves Google, right? Not so fast.
In honor of National Teacher Day, Google featured on its home page Tuesday a graphic of a chalkboard with an apple at its base. Quirky tributes like this are meant to engender goodwill among the Google masses.
Not everyone, however, is feeling warm and fuzzy toward Google.
A new study of national advertisers and interviews with a handful of marketing agencies indicate that the Internet giant could have a customer service problem.
"Google has always been bad -- worse than bad even," said Dana Todd, the president of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), a 300-member trade group founded in 2002.
Independent media analyst Jack Myers, in his fourth annual "customer satisfaction" survey of online sales groups, also found that advertisers aren't entirely happy with Google's service.
Google's core issue appears to be one of customer interaction. Google developed the world's most popular Internet search engine. But it makes most of its money selling what's known as paid-search advertising, or ads that are based on search results or the content that appears on another site that has partnered with Google. (full article)
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Some people can't handle being on top because it gets to their heads and cockiness sets in, which eventually leads to their downfall. I hope Google isn't going through this and these criticisms are more a reflection of a rapidly growing company's lack of established protocol and infrastructure to respond and communicate effectively.
Google: biting the hand that feeds it?
Everybody loves Google, right? Not so fast.
In honor of National Teacher Day, Google featured on its home page Tuesday a graphic of a chalkboard with an apple at its base. Quirky tributes like this are meant to engender goodwill among the Google masses.
Not everyone, however, is feeling warm and fuzzy toward Google.
A new study of national advertisers and interviews with a handful of marketing agencies indicate that the Internet giant could have a customer service problem.
"Google has always been bad -- worse than bad even," said Dana Todd, the president of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), a 300-member trade group founded in 2002.
Independent media analyst Jack Myers, in his fourth annual "customer satisfaction" survey of online sales groups, also found that advertisers aren't entirely happy with Google's service.
Google's core issue appears to be one of customer interaction. Google developed the world's most popular Internet search engine. But it makes most of its money selling what's known as paid-search advertising, or ads that are based on search results or the content that appears on another site that has partnered with Google. (full article)
BLOGS HELPING SMALL COMPANIES GROW
Good article by Ilana DeBare at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Dennis Woo had doubts at first when an employee asked to start a blog for GreenCine, his online DVD rental company. It seemed like a big and risky commitment for the small San Francisco firm, which at the time had a staff of about 10.
But Woo took the plunge and allowed employee David Hudson to start writing full time about film festivals and other news from the world of independent and alternative cinema. Now, two and a half years later, the GreenCine Daily blog (daily.greencine.com) draws about 80,000 visitors each month with its dispatches from film festivals around the world.
Woo credits the blog with helping double his company's sales in 2004. "When we started off, I was skeptical about whether it would be successful, but it is core to our strategy," he said. (full article)
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Good article by Ilana DeBare at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Dennis Woo had doubts at first when an employee asked to start a blog for GreenCine, his online DVD rental company. It seemed like a big and risky commitment for the small San Francisco firm, which at the time had a staff of about 10.
But Woo took the plunge and allowed employee David Hudson to start writing full time about film festivals and other news from the world of independent and alternative cinema. Now, two and a half years later, the GreenCine Daily blog (daily.greencine.com) draws about 80,000 visitors each month with its dispatches from film festivals around the world.
Woo credits the blog with helping double his company's sales in 2004. "When we started off, I was skeptical about whether it would be successful, but it is core to our strategy," he said. (full article)
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
"POLITICAL CONNECTIONS"... BROADBAND WAR IN U.S. CITIES
Pretty good special report by CNET. Great supplementary pages and related reports you can download:
Across the country, acrimonious conflicts have erupted as local governments attempt to create publicly funded broadband services with faster connections and cheaper rates for all citizens, narrowing the so-called digital divide. The Bells and cable companies, for their part, argue that government intervention in their business is not justified and say they are far better equipped to operate complex and far-flung data networks.
As part of this special report, CNET News.com has created an interactive municipal broadband legislative map that details the major battlegrounds on the issue. At stake is the fate of high-speed Internet access for millions of Americans, hinging on a fundamental question of civics and economics--whether the government or private industries should take the leading role in building out what's considered this generation's critical infrastructure challenge.
"Is broadband fast food, or is it power?" said Doug Lichtman, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. "The answer might be: 'We don't know. Let's experiment with it.' It might give us great information about what risks the government assumes, once it gets into it." (full article)
I have to think about this some more, but right now I'm leaning towards the notion that it is great that these local governments are initiating the build of broadband infrastructure. Broadband service will eventually become as common as mail and phone services, and the question of profitable services to the isolated portions of the U.S. come to question and might invite such government interference. If broadband providers are so slow in building out to areas were infrastructure is too costly to build or not potentially profitable at this time, how long will it take and how much greater will the digital divide grow in our nation? More later. Gotta run.
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Pretty good special report by CNET. Great supplementary pages and related reports you can download:
Across the country, acrimonious conflicts have erupted as local governments attempt to create publicly funded broadband services with faster connections and cheaper rates for all citizens, narrowing the so-called digital divide. The Bells and cable companies, for their part, argue that government intervention in their business is not justified and say they are far better equipped to operate complex and far-flung data networks.
As part of this special report, CNET News.com has created an interactive municipal broadband legislative map that details the major battlegrounds on the issue. At stake is the fate of high-speed Internet access for millions of Americans, hinging on a fundamental question of civics and economics--whether the government or private industries should take the leading role in building out what's considered this generation's critical infrastructure challenge.
"Is broadband fast food, or is it power?" said Doug Lichtman, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. "The answer might be: 'We don't know. Let's experiment with it.' It might give us great information about what risks the government assumes, once it gets into it." (full article)
I have to think about this some more, but right now I'm leaning towards the notion that it is great that these local governments are initiating the build of broadband infrastructure. Broadband service will eventually become as common as mail and phone services, and the question of profitable services to the isolated portions of the U.S. come to question and might invite such government interference. If broadband providers are so slow in building out to areas were infrastructure is too costly to build or not potentially profitable at this time, how long will it take and how much greater will the digital divide grow in our nation? More later. Gotta run.
"NORTH KOREA'S URBAN POOR AT BOTTOM OF THE PILE"... SURPRISED?
Decent article by Martin Nesirky on the condition of the majority of North Korea's citizens. I remember about a decade ago watching videos of North Korea by a food aid activist that is a friend of my parents. Much of the people were starving at the time and eating bark and grass to sustain themselves. I don't think the conditions are that much better now.
Trapped between vicious inflation and uncertain paydays, the 60 percent of North Korea's 22.5 million people that aid workers estimate live in urban settings are a new underclass in a country where the daily food ration is equal to about two bowls of rice.
"New vulnerable groups are emerging because of economic changes," wrote Kathi Zellweger of the Catholic charity Caritas in a report outlining a $2.5 million appeal.
The outside perception might be that those groups most at risk were largely in the countryside. The reverse is true; urban poverty is a growing concern for aid workers. Yet despite the trend, few believe the poverty gap will cause social unrest. (full article)
Of course the poverty gap won't cause social unrest since the vast majority of the population is brainwashed. I posted about this earlier after listening to a seminar by Philip Yun. Also did you see the footage of the North Korean soccer "cheerleaders" (fan dancing on the sidelines really isn't cheerleading for me) hysterically crying during a rainout of a match last year? The rain was smearing a painted billboard of Kim Jong Il and they were on their knees sobbing. Freaky. Definitely brainwashed.
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Decent article by Martin Nesirky on the condition of the majority of North Korea's citizens. I remember about a decade ago watching videos of North Korea by a food aid activist that is a friend of my parents. Much of the people were starving at the time and eating bark and grass to sustain themselves. I don't think the conditions are that much better now.
Trapped between vicious inflation and uncertain paydays, the 60 percent of North Korea's 22.5 million people that aid workers estimate live in urban settings are a new underclass in a country where the daily food ration is equal to about two bowls of rice.
"New vulnerable groups are emerging because of economic changes," wrote Kathi Zellweger of the Catholic charity Caritas in a report outlining a $2.5 million appeal.
The outside perception might be that those groups most at risk were largely in the countryside. The reverse is true; urban poverty is a growing concern for aid workers. Yet despite the trend, few believe the poverty gap will cause social unrest. (full article)
Of course the poverty gap won't cause social unrest since the vast majority of the population is brainwashed. I posted about this earlier after listening to a seminar by Philip Yun. Also did you see the footage of the North Korean soccer "cheerleaders" (fan dancing on the sidelines really isn't cheerleading for me) hysterically crying during a rainout of a match last year? The rain was smearing a painted billboard of Kim Jong Il and they were on their knees sobbing. Freaky. Definitely brainwashed.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
"TRADITIONAL MEDIA EAGERLY EYING BLOGS TO BOOST REVENUES"
Yeah, they need help. Decent article with mentions of OhMyNews and Six Apart:
Traditional media such as newspapers and radios are casting an increasingly covetous eye over the growing number of Internet blogs, hoping to cash in on a slice of the action.
With daily newspaper circulation in decline, the highly critical and at-times irreverent world of the personal online journal with its potential to attract millions of readers is looking more and more attractive.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch even warned the American Society of Newspaper Editors last month that the owners of traditional media cannot afford to be complacent.
Young people "want their news on demand, when it works for them. They want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it. They want to question, to probe, to offer a different angle," Murdoch said.
"Where four out of every five Americans in 1964 read a paper every day, today, only half do. Among just younger readers, the numbers are even worse.
"So unless we awaken to these changes, and adapt quickly, we will as an industry, be relegated to the status of also-rans, or worse, many of us will disappear altogether."
According to the US web consultants Perseus, blogs are increasing at an incredible rate. In 1999, just 23 blogs were thought to exist.
Now there are more than 31 million, and the figure is set to reach 53 million by the end of the year. (full article)
Hmmm... I think there were more than 23 blogs in 1999 though. Pretty cool article by the Chicago Tribune's Julia Keller in 1999, "SHE HAS SEEN THE FUTURE AND IT IS -- WEBLOGS." I forgot where I came across this and I wanted to "HatTip" someone but I can't remember right now. Anyway, I wonder if Julia took hold of her foresight got involved in the blogosphere somehow?
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Yeah, they need help. Decent article with mentions of OhMyNews and Six Apart:
Traditional media such as newspapers and radios are casting an increasingly covetous eye over the growing number of Internet blogs, hoping to cash in on a slice of the action.
With daily newspaper circulation in decline, the highly critical and at-times irreverent world of the personal online journal with its potential to attract millions of readers is looking more and more attractive.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch even warned the American Society of Newspaper Editors last month that the owners of traditional media cannot afford to be complacent.
Young people "want their news on demand, when it works for them. They want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it. They want to question, to probe, to offer a different angle," Murdoch said.
"Where four out of every five Americans in 1964 read a paper every day, today, only half do. Among just younger readers, the numbers are even worse.
"So unless we awaken to these changes, and adapt quickly, we will as an industry, be relegated to the status of also-rans, or worse, many of us will disappear altogether."
According to the US web consultants Perseus, blogs are increasing at an incredible rate. In 1999, just 23 blogs were thought to exist.
Now there are more than 31 million, and the figure is set to reach 53 million by the end of the year. (full article)
Hmmm... I think there were more than 23 blogs in 1999 though. Pretty cool article by the Chicago Tribune's Julia Keller in 1999, "SHE HAS SEEN THE FUTURE AND IT IS -- WEBLOGS." I forgot where I came across this and I wanted to "HatTip" someone but I can't remember right now. Anyway, I wonder if Julia took hold of her foresight got involved in the blogosphere somehow?
MIRACLE IN BUFFALO... BRAIN-DAMAGED FIREFIGHTER RECOVERS AFTER 10 YEARS
Pretty amazing and cool...
Ten years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute during a 1995 roof collapse, he did something that shocked his family and doctors: He perked up.
"I want to talk to my wife," Donald Herbert said out of the blue Saturday. Staff members of the nursing home where he has lived for more than seven years raced to get Linda Herbert on the telephone.
It was the first of many conversations the 44-year-old patient had with his wife, four sons and other family and friends during a 14-hour stretch, said Herbert's uncle, Simon Manka.
"How long have I been away?" Herbert asked.
"We told him almost 10 years," the uncle said. "He thought it was only three months."
Herbert was fighting a house fire Dec. 29, 1995, when the roof collapsed, burying him under debris. After going without air for several minutes, Herbert was comatose for 2 1/2 months and has undergone therapy ever since.
News accounts in the days and years after his injury describe Herbert as blind and with little, if any, memory. Video shows him receiving physical therapy but apparently unable to communicate and with little awareness of his surroundings. (full article)
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Pretty amazing and cool...
Ten years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute during a 1995 roof collapse, he did something that shocked his family and doctors: He perked up.
"I want to talk to my wife," Donald Herbert said out of the blue Saturday. Staff members of the nursing home where he has lived for more than seven years raced to get Linda Herbert on the telephone.
It was the first of many conversations the 44-year-old patient had with his wife, four sons and other family and friends during a 14-hour stretch, said Herbert's uncle, Simon Manka.
"How long have I been away?" Herbert asked.
"We told him almost 10 years," the uncle said. "He thought it was only three months."
Herbert was fighting a house fire Dec. 29, 1995, when the roof collapsed, burying him under debris. After going without air for several minutes, Herbert was comatose for 2 1/2 months and has undergone therapy ever since.
News accounts in the days and years after his injury describe Herbert as blind and with little, if any, memory. Video shows him receiving physical therapy but apparently unable to communicate and with little awareness of his surroundings. (full article)
MYSTERY OF IN-Q-TEL OR JUST VENTURE CAPITAL?
Had this NY Post article (sign-in required now) about In-Q-Tel in the queue for a day, but came across alarm:clock's viewpoint which I agree with and they put it in a more amusing way than what I was going to write:
The New York Post's Chris Byron has been in a lather the past two weeks about the VC firm In-Q-Tel, which is funded by the CIA. From the a:c's perspective, we get the feeling that Byron doesn't understand how venture capital operates. The gotcha's that he purports to expose seem to be standard VC operating principles. Bryon insinuates that there is something off-base about the CIA investing in a VC firm. He must not realize that many of the biggest investors in VC firms are government pensions and not-for-profit educational foundations who often get great returns from their VC investments. Byron also thinks there is something unseemly about In-Q-Tel calling on members of congress to pitch their portfolio companies. Hmmm? Doesn't everyone try to get Congress to spend money on their projects? (full post)
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Had this NY Post article (sign-in required now) about In-Q-Tel in the queue for a day, but came across alarm:clock's viewpoint which I agree with and they put it in a more amusing way than what I was going to write:
The New York Post's Chris Byron has been in a lather the past two weeks about the VC firm In-Q-Tel, which is funded by the CIA. From the a:c's perspective, we get the feeling that Byron doesn't understand how venture capital operates. The gotcha's that he purports to expose seem to be standard VC operating principles. Bryon insinuates that there is something off-base about the CIA investing in a VC firm. He must not realize that many of the biggest investors in VC firms are government pensions and not-for-profit educational foundations who often get great returns from their VC investments. Byron also thinks there is something unseemly about In-Q-Tel calling on members of congress to pitch their portfolio companies. Hmmm? Doesn't everyone try to get Congress to spend money on their projects? (full post)
Monday, May 02, 2005
"JERSEY GUYS" CRAIG CARTON AND RAY ROSSI MAKE RACIST REMARKS ABOUT JUN CHOI
Sometimes I still don't believe there are morons like the "Jersey Guys," Craig Carton and Ray Rossi, still on the radio. They have their right to free speech, but in a seemingly competitive landscape their low-class, unintelligent talk radio survives. Maybe it's the "bridge and tunnel" crowd that allows them to float or the value of their shock-jock routine? Whatever the reason, it is unfortunate that they are part of the public discussion in America. The following is some of their comments on my acquaintance, Jun Choi, who is running for Mayor of Edison, NJ:
"I don't care if the Chinese population in Edison has quadrupled in the last year, Chinese should never dictate the outcome of an election, Americans should," Carton said.
"Would you really vote for someone named Jun Choi?" Carton said, announcing the candidate's name in a sped-up, high-pitched voice. Carton also criticized Edison Mayor George Spadoro for pandering to the Asian population.
More on this, "Asian-American leaders want DJs fired for insults" and "Asian-American groups call for boycott over 'bigoted' remarks"
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Sometimes I still don't believe there are morons like the "Jersey Guys," Craig Carton and Ray Rossi, still on the radio. They have their right to free speech, but in a seemingly competitive landscape their low-class, unintelligent talk radio survives. Maybe it's the "bridge and tunnel" crowd that allows them to float or the value of their shock-jock routine? Whatever the reason, it is unfortunate that they are part of the public discussion in America. The following is some of their comments on my acquaintance, Jun Choi, who is running for Mayor of Edison, NJ:
"I don't care if the Chinese population in Edison has quadrupled in the last year, Chinese should never dictate the outcome of an election, Americans should," Carton said.
"Would you really vote for someone named Jun Choi?" Carton said, announcing the candidate's name in a sped-up, high-pitched voice. Carton also criticized Edison Mayor George Spadoro for pandering to the Asian population.
More on this, "Asian-American leaders want DJs fired for insults" and "Asian-American groups call for boycott over 'bigoted' remarks"
JERRY BROWN... PIONEER OF POLITICAL BLOGGING?
HatTip to Tony. I guess this is a follow on of my prior post. Didn't know that Mayor Jerry Brown was a pioneer of political blogging, but check out his blog. Pretty active.
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HatTip to Tony. I guess this is a follow on of my prior post. Didn't know that Mayor Jerry Brown was a pioneer of political blogging, but check out his blog. Pretty active.
Sunday, May 01, 2005
CORO LUNCHEON, YALE GALA, INTEGRATION INTO THE BAY AREA
Friday I attended Coro Northern California's 10th Annual Leadership Luncheon to support a program a definitely benefited from and to start exploring the world outside of tech in the Bay Area. Over 700 people attended Coro's annual fundraising event where Cokie Roberts, political analyst for ABC News, spoke and several current Coro program participants gave insights into their experience with the training they received. Coro's presence and power is definitely the strongest in the Bay Area since this is where the foundation and flagship program, the Coro Fellows Program, was created. Roberts gave a decent speech on leadership, but I think she plugged too much for her new book, "Founding Mothers," by integrating content from it into the speech. At least one example was a stretch which is not worth boring you with.
Christine and I attended her Yale California Alumni Gala, where she went for her graduate studies, on Saturday. Sometimes these events are a good way to meet people outside your normal daily walk and network if the opportunity comes up. The guest speaker was Mayor Jerry Brown, mayor of Oakland and former Governor of California. I have say that he was entertaining and somewhat insightful. Great speech on his experiences on how to get things done. One example is a charter school he started in Oakland that is set up as a military academy and is very successful... at least from his perspective. I remember Brown when he was seeking the 1992 Democratic Presidential nomination because he visited my college campus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I didn't agree with his general policy approach back then or now since he's a bit too left leaning for me, but on the surface level of his education policy I'm interested in learning more about his current efforts in Oakland.
After our wedding and honeymoon this month, Christine and I plan to get more involved in the Bay Area through volunteer work and our church. We've already targeted a couple organizations to help out, and I definitely look forward to our time after the wedding and getting more integrated into the Bay Area community.
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Friday I attended Coro Northern California's 10th Annual Leadership Luncheon to support a program a definitely benefited from and to start exploring the world outside of tech in the Bay Area. Over 700 people attended Coro's annual fundraising event where Cokie Roberts, political analyst for ABC News, spoke and several current Coro program participants gave insights into their experience with the training they received. Coro's presence and power is definitely the strongest in the Bay Area since this is where the foundation and flagship program, the Coro Fellows Program, was created. Roberts gave a decent speech on leadership, but I think she plugged too much for her new book, "Founding Mothers," by integrating content from it into the speech. At least one example was a stretch which is not worth boring you with.
Christine and I attended her Yale California Alumni Gala, where she went for her graduate studies, on Saturday. Sometimes these events are a good way to meet people outside your normal daily walk and network if the opportunity comes up. The guest speaker was Mayor Jerry Brown, mayor of Oakland and former Governor of California. I have say that he was entertaining and somewhat insightful. Great speech on his experiences on how to get things done. One example is a charter school he started in Oakland that is set up as a military academy and is very successful... at least from his perspective. I remember Brown when he was seeking the 1992 Democratic Presidential nomination because he visited my college campus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I didn't agree with his general policy approach back then or now since he's a bit too left leaning for me, but on the surface level of his education policy I'm interested in learning more about his current efforts in Oakland.
After our wedding and honeymoon this month, Christine and I plan to get more involved in the Bay Area through volunteer work and our church. We've already targeted a couple organizations to help out, and I definitely look forward to our time after the wedding and getting more integrated into the Bay Area community.
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