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Investing in Superstars - http://emergentfool.com/2009...
"To be honest, anyone who’s a superstar wouldn’t know at the time of taking the deal. The risk for the investor to end up with a bunch of sub-par talent that can’t deliver would be far higher."
- Jon Gosier
Re: Creating a new generation of technology entrepreneurs Part 1: Changing the Value Proposition for Urban Youth - http://www.blackweb20.com/...
"@Mike Great comments. I agree that there need to be more examples, but I don't think that means 'making examples' out of people. I mean there are a lot of successful Asians (of all types but particularly Indians) in the tech industry and rarely do I see them being presented in a way that spotlights their race or ethnicity over their ideas. As the founder of my own tech startup, I don't particularly want to be introduce as 'the black guy'. IT should be more organic. This was something Corvida, Angela and some other people touched upon last year at SXSW. I think in the long term, truly successful black and minority entrepreneurs will need to remove race and culture from the picture, and let that take a backseat to the stuff they are doing. No offense to 'Black'Web2.0, of course. =)"
- Jon Gosier
Re: Black Media, Instead of Mimicking Blogs Why not just Acquire? - http://www.blackweb20.com/2009...
"@elbert, I agree to an extent. I do think a lot of these media companies undervalue what makes a good blog good. Sometimes there's just a certain 'it' factor of a personality or writer, sometimes they build credibility that's hard to recreate, and sometimes they just have more passion and tenacity than someone who's hired to do something similar. It's the person (or people), their ideas, and their passion that make a good product good, not just the technology or content alone and certainly not just a solid business plan alone. In my mind, all those are the things are worth paying for."
- Jon Gosier
Re: Black Media, Instead of Mimicking Blogs Why not just Acquire? - http://www.blackweb20.com/2009...
"Technology or IP Asset acquisitions in this arena are definitely lacking. Black or Urban corporates (or whatever) not only have trouble when it comes to M from upcoming bloggers and startups, but they also don't even bother attempting to acquire startups period. Why leave the Twitters and the Facebooks of the world to the usual suspects, there are a lot of interesting things that could be done with properties like that, if the right people make the right offers early enough. Not enough risk taking if you ask me. At the same time, I think most of the black tech startups that have been attempted (*cough*BlockSavvy*cough*) fail because they try so hard to authentically 'black', 'urban' or 'hip'. You know why people use web apps? Because they're useful, not because of the 'swagger' of whoever made them."
- Jon Gosier
White African - http://whiteafrican.com/2009...
"I agree with Miquel, the flip side of being a ‘trusted intermediary’ is that sometimes perhaps too much trust is placed on people who happen to be in the ‘limelight’. There’s a certain amount of pressure to always deliver, which is good, but sometimes people put TOO much faith in our various projects and efforts. Great expectations can often lead to great disappointments. To Miquels second point, there are plenty of other organizations who exist around us, sometimes attempting similar efforts. Some have been here for years, the question is why aren’t they trusted? Does it always have to be Westerners (or the western educated) who act as proxies? Are there examples of purely local trust being built locally? If not, what does that say about the global development community?"
- Jon Gosier
Roger Rabbit And Friends Get An Upgrade To Motion Capture? [Roger Rabbit] - http://io9.com/5396229...
I'd rather have a sequel to Cool World
- Jon Gosier
What’s Black And White And Red All Over? Top Newspaper Circulation Numbers. - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Ouch
- Jon Gosier
Does Tiana, Disney’s First Black Princess, Conquer Stereotypes? - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
I think it's a pretty big step, especially for Disney. Anyone complaining, should first consider the alternative -- no movie at all.
- Jon Gosier
Nom Nom Nom =D
Müjdat Korkmaz, shinoks, echostreamer and 9 other people liked this
If only my Apple Time Capsule were that tasty.
- Jon Gosier
It's not baked well but marketing makes it sell for $99 dollars. Just like all the Apple products
- Barış (beyn.org)
yummy
- Phil Essing
It's an iPie!
- Bill Sodeman
Threadsy might just make me miss Friendfeed less... https://www.threadsy.com/
Charles LePage, Phil G, Steven Perez and 39 other people liked this
Not loading for me at the time, so dunno what to think.
- Vlad Bobleanta
Neither the picture or the link are working for me.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
slashdot effect?
- Michael Turner
What can I say. Getting sick of people not anticipating success. I mean, you're at TC50, you're (apparently) launching a geek's wet dream, so, yeah, of course you don't need a lot of servers. So Twitter-like for now, I stopped caring.
- Vlad Bobleanta
And, anyway, where are the invites?
- Vlad Bobleanta
Worked fine for me. They say filling out their survey will expedite your invite. We'll see, I just submitted mine.
- Kenton
Watching their TC50 keynote http://bit.ly/CWKGv
- Mac64
Tough choice for my future communication service... Google Wave or Threadsy???
- Philippe
Signed up for it and filled the survey which is a nice way of extracting information from people that are eager to try it out.
- Usman Bashir
What's the deal in the survey where we promise not to blog about it?
- Vezquex: God of FF
Too early to tell what it's like Zee as it's just a request for an invite. Is the promise not to blog a clever marketing ploy I wonder? One thing - it always frustrates me that when I fill out my UK address on most sites it still insists on my filling out a state (or I can't register). We don't have 'states' in the UK so why try and appeal internationally and then limit it to US subscribers - unless we make up an address as I just have!
- PaulJohnson
I just put UK when it asks for my state, most forms dont seem to bother checking its really valid as long as you put something in :)
- Simon Wicks
Seems like Threadsy sits between FriendFeed & Google Wave. Frankly I'm not willing to invest in another product till after trying Wave with others.
- CannonGod
CannonGod: but how long will it be until Wave is accessible by the general public? I thought it was gonna be a while like a year or more.
- Bryan Lee
I'm with CannonGod on this one if it sits between FF and Wave - seems better to just invest in Wave
- Wang Yip
@Bryan: Google Wave is expected for release by the end of September. Threadsy might have known this and decided to release just before to get some coverage.
- CannonGod
@CannonGod: Good to know!
- Bryan Lee
I sent in email and survey some hours ago. Still nothing.
- Manuel Mas
Just got my invite and started playing with Threadsy. So far I like the AJAX-y inbound box. Can't test the unbound box too much because overall my friends are not into social sites. Bummer!
- Philippe
I'm still waiting for my invite.
- Manuel Mas
Got my invite now but will check it out in the morning.
- Usman Bashir
And it seems giving them information did help getting the invite faster.
- Usman Bashir
I love that it allows you to manage multiple email accounts, including Google apps accounts!
- Jon Gosier
from iPhone
Still no invite...
- Manuel Mas
Is there anyone out there with a better video demonstration of the product?
- Manuel Mas
Had my invite but suddenly lost access to the site. When I tried to log in one day after first successfully accessing the site, I got this error message: "couldn't log you in with that information". :(
- Philippe
I tried to reset my password and I get this message: "success! we just sent an email to you at". I did not leave my email address out of this message, this is exactly what I get on my screen and one day later I am still awaiting my password reset. I have a bad feeling about this one... :(
- Philippe
Trying it out now but cant seem to add facebook or any other services expect gmail & twitter.
- Usman Bashir
I'm getting jealous here.
- Manuel Mas
Whoa! This comment stream escaped my notice. We're trying to get threadsy invites out as quickly as possible to everyone who requests one. Thanks for your patience!
- scott
trying it, wish there was a way to filter the twitter stream
- Kim Landwehr
NO DAMN WAY!! FF is the best the greatest ever.. no real alternative
- FFTornado
Still no Threadsy invite...
- Manuel Mas
Got my invite on Friday night but I haven't tried it yet. The lack of OAuth etc for the various accounts makes me a little worried about putting in my details. For Gmail you just enter your username and password. There's no 'getting permission from Google' stage. It's a shame because I really want to try it...
- Martin Bryant
Invites please? :)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Martin Bryant: Thats the exact issue i have with it, i did try it out but giving it login details to so many important accounts is the wrong way forward they should look in to other methods of solving this issue like the OAuth, Facebook Connect & etc.
- Usman Bashir
And another day without an invite...
- Manuel Mas
It's great for Facebook and Twitter, but it lacks the features of a full email client. This is a good trend in computing, where people can choose apps independent of the protocol.
- Vezquex: God of FF
Carter: Racism plays major role in opposition to Obama - CNN.com - http://www.cnn.com/2009...
Arijit Das, Lester Greenberg, Daryl Hunt on FF and 51 other people liked this
"Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that racial politics played a role in South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's speech to Congress last week and in some of the opposition the president has faced since taking office."
- Atul Arora
from Bookmarklet
sadly, he tells it like it is.
- Tammy Cromer-Campbell
Sounds pretty convenient to me. Any time there's opposition, it's because a majority of people opposed must be racist, not because they have a difference of opinion.
- Garmon Estes
"Honest", funny.
- Carlos Ayala
Joe the Slander Wilson, Joe the Plumner. Who's the next Joe?
- Shane
It's one thing for someone like Sharpton to play the race card, but Carter is a fucking diplomat!
- dthree
What a stupid thing to say!
- Michael Kaiser
Right on, Garmon.
- Kurt Kringle
So typical of Carter. President Obama has some terrific ideas. He also has some that are just bad. I don't agree with a lot of what he has to say. Just because I don't agree with everything he says, does not make me a racist. I have nothing but respect for our President. That was true with the all of them. Even Carter. It's a job most of us are not cut out for and it's one that, no matter what you do, no one is going cut you any slack or give you a break. Former President Carter should know better.
- George Gray
My sentiments exactly, George.
- Kurt Kringle
I think a lot of you are reading what he said and applying it to any and all dissenting opinion when clearly that's not what he's implying. He saying some of the opposition maybe reacting so strongly because of their individual racial bias. It doesn't have to apply to you to be true.
- Jon Gosier
from iPhone
@Joe - I hear you. I guess one would have to define "major role (of racism)" regarding the opposition.
- Kurt Kringle
Yea, like it was racial when you were in office only one term. All colors wanted you out!
- JimmyDee
This is called hey look at the racist over there so we can distract everyone from the fact that we are not moving our issues through like we want. Lets tell everyone it is because of racism not because of the actual issues.
- gfurry
/endorse George Gray's comment
- Mattb4rd
What an embarrassment Carter is.
- You.
I'm confused. When Bush was president and the Libs were calling him a lier, and worse, and our brave soldiers murderers from the House and Senate floors, dissent was the "highest form of patriotism." Now, it seems dissent has become the highest form of racism. Which is it, Libs? Seems to me it's YOU who always play the race card when you start losing the argument. It's a mechanism to shut down debate. "You're a racist! Argument over!" Such a shame.
- Don Smith
@Don - show me the posters with Mr. Bush made up as Hitler, or a Monkey. The Liberals, as you stated, disagreed but did it in a respectful manner letting Mr. Bush state his side without interruption. The Conservative attitude seems to be I will yell as loud as I want to drown you out, as your point of view is "hogwash."
- Stephen Christian
@Stephen: http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty... It's not hard to find this sort of thing if you actually look for it. Just because you don't remember it doesn't mean that it didn't happen. Also see: http://semiskimmed.net/bushhit...
- Otto
Typical response. Play the race card whenever someone agrees with Obama.
- Spencer
@Otto - Thanks, you're right (Hitler comes up too often). As a non-American, looking at it from the outside your country has become VERY polarized and fightening to watch. It appears people don't respect other people's option any longer but go for the yelling over each other.
- Stephen Christian
@Stephen: Keep in mind that only those shouting the loudest get into the press. Especially outside the US; I've noticed that other countries media tends to be biased in this respect, only focusing on the extremists, and ignoring the rest. Those of us actually in the US find that sort of extremism amusing, at best. Also remember that most of those people doing the shouting are idiots, and often don't vote.
- Otto
A hit dog will holler, I guess. You guys act like Carter pointed a finger at you. Also, it's Obama's detractors playing the race card more than anyone else. None of you can deny that there are some who are racially motivated against Obama. It's obvious. How come any time anyone states this fact, you guys come running with your comments about the "race card"?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@Rasheen The only people playing race is the Obama side. How come anytime someone disagrees with Obama they are labeled a "racist"? Seriously, it's getting pretty old and sad.
- Spencer
Well, look.. Carter has a point, and no doubt some of the opposition is obviously racist. However, at the same time, when somebody *says* that sort of thing, then it creates a grouping in the minds of his supporters. The notion becomes "disagreeing with Obama = racist" which is, of course, not true in the slightest. This is why Carter should choose his words more carefully. If you want...
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- Otto
@Otto: Well, yes the North American Press (which is a part of an enteratinment company) is all about ratings and therefore shocking to get people to not flip channels / buy our paper / visit our web page. So how is Mrs. Jane Average suppose to get the facts and information to make an informed choice? My memory maybe failing me but the right has always seemed to want to out yell the left and I wonder if you cannot get an information - just yell does anyone even listen any more?
- Stephen Christian
@Stephen: Yes, the press sucks. We are aware of this. But I wouldn't say that the right is more vocal. Whoever is not in charge is the most vocal. The left was just as extreme and vocal when Dubya was in office. It's unfair to paint this as one side being more extreme, because that's simply not true.
- Otto
Oh please. The only ones that keep bringing up race are those against him. I have seen no Obama supporters disregarding all rational discussion against him, using race. Look at how this thread developed as an example. Some agreed with the obvious fact of what Carter said while others randomly lashed out against his sentiment as if it's false.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Someone disagrees with Obama, someone from their side comes out and labels them racist. That's coming from their side, not the people against Obama. Wilson called Obama a "liar", which is based more in truth than race. This started even before Obama was elected, and is just getting worse.
- Spencer
Are us folks who now question Carter racists via proxy?
- Kurt Kringle
The point is, just because some of his opponents are racist, does not mean all are, so threads like this just make no sense to me. You can't deny some of his opponents are racist. I think we can agree on that. No one is calling ALL of his opponents racist. That would be stupid. So I don't see why we keep having these fruitless discussions every time someone points out the race factor.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Here's what Carter said: "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American," Carter told NBC News.
- Kurt Kringle
Rahsheen - no doubt "some" of Obama's opponents are racist.
- Kurt Kringle
"demonstrated animosity" does not mean those who just don't agree with him. It means those who are being blatantly disrespectful and perpetuating blatant lies about him. I'm not sure that covers anyone here.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Heck, I had demonstrated animosity against Bush and Clinton (and I'm a white guy)! :->
- Kurt Kringle
@Otto: As I'm not in the U.S. - What was the Loud Left groups / people during the Bush era? I got the impression you're either support us or your a terrorist lover / american solder hater had pretty much killed the left outspoke groups / people.
- Stephen Christian
@Stephen: The problem with that view is that the right never explicitly stated anything along the lines of "us or them", sort of thing. Several off-the-cuff remarks by Bush were along those lines, and the left took it and ran with it to produce that sort of image. It wasn't true, because quite frankly the right was firmly in power at the time and had no need to make that sort of a fuss. All that impression you got came from the left, not the right.
- Otto
I love President Carter. Very smart! In fact Pres Carter did not name names. He just said that a lot the the criticism of President Obama looks like racism. He explained being an old man from the South he believes he's seen racism and reconizes it.
- MarK
Obviously, some of you never watch and read the "main stream" liberal media. The main topic has been that America is full of "racist" Obama haters ever since the TEA Parties and Town Hall Meetings. It's a lie, typically used by Liberals when they're losing the debate. Those of you who have your shorts in a knot about all the yelling, it's only because it seems to be the only way to get...
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- Don Smith
Bill Maher brought it up as well last night. Bill suggested that it's old southern racism bubbling up in subtle ways. No member of Congress would ever do that to a white president. Similar to why parents wouldn't want their kids listening to an Obama speech about something as simple as a message to stay in school; they're subconsciously afraid of a black man speaking to their kids (This is Bill's words, not mine).
- Fleagle
Oh please. Democrats boo'd Bush, did all kinds of things when he was speaking.
- Spencer
Maher should be reminded of the treatment Bush #2 received during a State of the Union address, IMO. Was it because he was white? 2¢ *Edit - Spencer beat me to it.
- Kurt Kringle
Oh please, Bill Maher? He's the biggest idiot on the planet for Pete's sake! Carter should just thank God for Obama. He finally has a chance not to be the worst President in history.
- Don Smith
+++++Rahsheen But I think you're talking into the wind. These people revel in their victimhood. It makes them feel special...or something.
- Admiral Anika
Don, pretty sure GW Bush has the worst president title locked up for the foreseeable future. A record of failure unblemished by success.
- Kevin Pedraja
Anika, I think you're right. This is actually one of like 3 threads I've been involved with on the same general topic and the result is the same.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
From now on, anyone that disagrees with anything I say is hereby labeled a racist. I'm married to a Mexican-American, and it's a well known fact that racists don't like 'mixed race marriages,' and would do anything to discredit my assertions based on their dislike for me and who I'm married to. I don't care what the topic is, I can recognize racism when I see it. I dare you to disagree with anything I say from here on out now. :)
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Anika, Rasheen - I think some here are making a reasonable case that dissent against Obama is sometimes labelled as racist. Sure, some of it is racist, but not to the extreme that Carter professes. All IMHO, of course.
- Kurt Kringle
It seems he's talking about the overt and ridiculous protests against Obama featuring various racist caricatures and statements on their signs. Not people who just disagree with his policies or whatever. Someone correct me if he said different and I didn't catch it.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
If that's what he's saying, then I have no problem with his statements.
- Kurt Kringle
Wow. There's a banquet of stupid on this thread. How did I end up on Digg?
- Fleagle
If that's what he said, I'd be ok with it. He's not alone in saying what he's saying, and what he says characterizes all dissent as racially motivated.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
He is Rahsheen and it's clear that most people participating in this thread didn't bother to read beyond the headline. And then there's the fact that they love to play the victim.
- Admiral Anika
I read the article and don't consider myself a victim.
- Kurt Kringle
Who's playing the victim here? Carter and many democrats are calling people racists, a term that means by definition that they've been victims of racist acts.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Anika: I did read the article, and he makes it very clear: "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African-American," Carter told "NBC Nightly News." ---- I fail to see how you could read that in any other way than the most straightforward one. While he is talking about "demonstrators" there, those are not the only people opposed to some of Obama's plans.
- Otto
I also agree with this statement of Carter: "The president is not only the head of government, he is the head of state. And no matter who he is or how much we disagree with his policies, the president should be treated with respect." This applies to all Presidents, IMO.
- Kurt Kringle
Now I'm confused. His statement is not absolute. He's not calling ALL of Obama's opponents racist. I don't even think most of you are included. What's the problem here? I don't even think "overwhelming portion of intensely demonstrated animosity" applies to any of you.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
"intensely demonstrated animosity" can refer to the passionate response to what many people see as an erosion of core American values that the democrats are trying to legislate right now, and the president is championing right now. Because I do have a guttural reaction to much of that by definition makes me a target of his statement.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
It's a broad set of terms that he put out there, like many others, as a stake in the ground so as to say "be careful how passionately you disagree with the president, because you could get the scarlet letter "R" knitted to your shirt." That's trying to intimidate me from disagreeing with the president and his policies, and I resent that.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Honestly, it isn't much different from what the Republicans did during Iraq, saying "be careful how passionately you disagree with the policies of the president, or you'll be branded 'unpatriotic.'" Except being labeled by consensus as a racist carries much more weight with activists than being unpatriotic. Witness Imus, Loren Feldman, that guy who drew the cartoon about the monkey...
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- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
It *can* refer to a passionate response, but I think his statement is more clear by including "demonstrated." Just because you openly disagree doesn't mean you're carrying around signs with the president dressed as a witch doctor. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it seems clear to me who he is talking about. A lot of people on FF disagree with Obama, but I've never thought them racist for doing so. The people I see protesting on TV, however...well, that's a different story.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I just don't like anybody's opinion being dismissed, and I absolutely hate when people classify other people into groups and then dismiss them as a class based on that. It's entirely too easy to label people into categories and then ignore what they say based on that category, and Carter is not helping by saying this sort of thing. Many of these "racists" as he's labeled them might have genuine and valid opinions that will not get heard. That's not the right way to run a democracy.
- Otto
Interesting, you're upset about people being grouped into a class and dismissed, what about a black class? What about the differentiators are race? Is that then fair?
- anna sauce
@anna: I'm not following you. Are you suggesting that black people's opinions don't count or something? Or what? I'm saying that labeling people is a bad thing, regardless of what the label is.
- Otto
Why is it that, despite recognizing that things like this are in fact racist, some people feel more solidarity with the guy holding up the sign of Obama dressed as a witch doctor than with people who think this is pretty disrespectful and not in anyway a rational argument? Because that's what it feels like when someone points out that things like this are racist, and someone else dismisses it as playing the race card, or accusing everyone who opposes Obama as being a racist.
- Victor Ganata
Kevin - I lived through the Carter years as a married man with three kids. Believe me, things were far, far worse during those four dark years than during Bush's eight years, and Carter didn't have to deal with the worst attack on American soil in history. Bush wasn't perfect, but no other president in history has been tested with such a tragedy so early in his term, and had to send our...
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- Don Smith
I remember reading an article a while back that said when it comes to dealing with issues in America, the majority of whites rarely see race as a factor whereas people of color almost always saw the implications of things being racial. I find that compelling. EDIT: And if that is indeed the case, how the hell are we ever going to deal with this huge chasm between people (throw class in there as well), if no one wants to drop the pretense and talk about this cultural plague?
- Derrick
@Victor: Not entirely sure what you mean by "solidarity" there, but you can agree with somebody's position without agreeing with, or even liking, their tactics.
- Otto
Otto, even if the position is "I hate Obama mostly because he's black?"
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: That's not a position, that's a reason for a position. A position must be on a subject that is in contention, like the health care plan. Somebody might hate the plan because they don't like blacks, I grant you. I don't like the plan because I think it's a bad plan.
- Otto
Sorry, I guess I elided too much there. The position I'm referring to is "I dislike Obama." There are lots of reasons to hold this position, many of which are quite rational. Is it right that people who have this position endorse other people who share the same position, even if they employ detestable and irrational tactics? Is pointing out that these specific tactics are detestable and irrational necessarily "playing the race card" or tarring everyone who opposes Obama with the same brush?
- Victor Ganata
Although I guess I can see the other side of the argument: it's possible to be racist AND still have rational arguments against Obama's policies. But it's really hard to separate that out. Especially when a lot of Obama's policies are continuations of Bush's policies, and these same people weren't very vocal last year.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor - good points. I also agree that many of Obama's policies are continuations of Bush's policies and wonder why there doesn't appear to more outrage from the left - extending warrantless wiretapping and bombings by drones which kill innocents are two such issues which come to mind. I think it's just simple cognitive dissonance on both sides - humans tend to overlook the...
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- Kurt Kringle
Kurt, I think there is a lot of disappointment on the left, but you don't hear about it for probably the same reasons: some people would rather defend the guy who is closer to their own beliefs, even if they find some of the things he does or allows are actually detestable and/or irrational. And it doesn't help that the mainstream media finds the incoherent shouting on the far right much more worthy of coverage than the grumblings of the left OR the intelligent discourse of the more moderate right.
- Victor Ganata
What a dumb shit..He needs to just stay out of the front of a camera.
- tony
Stay classy!
- Derrick
tony- nice way to add to the conversation.
- anna sauce
otto- way back you were saying that democracy supports racists as well as non-racists, and what I'm saying is that racism is undemocratic- it's saying that one kind of people's opinions are not worth merit.
- anna sauce
I am shocked, simply shocked, that someone would insinuate the presence of racism in the party that has opposed every advance of civil rights in recent history.
- Patrick
Racism and the suppression of civil rights goes hand in hand, and I can't see how the suppression of civil rights could possibly be democratic in any way.
- Victor Ganata
Patrick++
- Andrew C
Patrick, FWIW, before around 1960, the history of Democrats and race is not exceptionally favorable. Again, another case where neither Party has clean hands. *Edit - I just noted you said "recent history."
- Kurt Kringle
Oh for sure. I mean, they still let Byrd be a senator. That's crazy.
- Patrick
Name a few civil rights advances that the party has opposed in recent history Patrick. Please be specific.
- Mattb4rd
@Mattb4rd: Someone might need to define what a "civil right" is before anyone can answered? Maybe I think it should be a civil right to drink and drive.
- Stephen Christian
@Stephen Life, Liberty and the P U R S U I T of happiness.
- Mattb4rd
At least in California, the Republicans have spearheaded a lot of legislation that many racial and ethnic minorities have felt were specifically targeted against them: Proposition 187, 209, 227.
- Victor Ganata
The voters decided those issues, Victor.
- Mattb4rd
It doesn't change the fact that they've had deleterious effects on minorities.
- Victor Ganata
Wrong again Jimmy Carter!!
- Rod Cadenhead
Kanye West, What The Hell Is Wrong With You? - http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009...
"That is some goddamn bullshit, Kanye." lol That sums it all up for me. Great post.
- Jon Gosier
Star Trek Going To Guantanamo? Next Trek Will Be Topical, Say Creators [Star Trek] - http://io9.com/5360294...
Quinto sort of looks like an idiot as Spock.
- Jon Gosier
Africa's Mobile Phone Future: IP Based, Not SMS | ICTWorks - http://www.ictworks.org/news...
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The Future of Mobile is in the Cloud
- Jon Gosier
Scott Mendelson: Tyler Perry's newest film opens at number one (again) while new horror films flop. Weekend box office in review for 09/13/09 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-m...
my old boss pwns Hollywood
- Jon Gosier
How the Crowd Reads Crowd-Sourced News - http://lewisshepherd.wordpress.com/2009...
"Hey thanks for the appreciative nod. There are a lot of ways developers can improve information like this for citizen reporters trying to get out information in a crisis situation. These are some of the many things we’re working on Appfrica Labs here in Uganda to improve government transparency as well as generally improve the quality of social communication through technology. What’s the case with Microsoft’s own Vine which was developed for similar purposes?"
- Jon Gosier
I'm at Kerbey Lane Cafe - The Drag (2606 Guadalupe Street, W. 26th Street, Austin). http://foursquare.com/venue...
Yum!
- Jon Gosier
from iPhone
Is There A Clone of Jesus in Dan Brown's New Novel? [Rumors] - http://io9.com/5355956...
Not ashamed to say I'm looking forward to this.
- Jon Gosier
British Government Gives Official Apology to Alan Turing for Homophobia [Alan Turing Rules] - http://io9.com/5357059...
About time.
- Jon Gosier
Heroes Returns, More Rad Than Ever, Say Stars [Heroes] - http://io9.com/5357548...
You've got one more chance HEROES...!
- Jon Gosier
Marriage Matters - http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_dai...
Amen.
- Jon Gosier
China: School girl wants to be “corrupt official” - http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009...
Correction, they've got GREAT stuff!
- Jon Gosier
The People’s Republic of Google - http://www.cringely.com/2009...
This perhaps explains why things like the Reader iphone app take so long to get updated.
- Jon Gosier
Sprint CEO on Pre vs iPhone: "It's like comparing someone to Michael Jordan" (Jesus Diaz/Gizmodo) - http://www.techmeme.com/090912...
Good comparison. Now stop complaining and get back on your defense, Rodman.
- Jon Gosier
DevelopmentSeed.org - http://developmentseed.org/project...
Providing qualitative analytics to groups in developing countries.
- Jon Gosier
Yeah Ok, So Facebook Punk’d Us - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Hahaha. Facebook has some fun with Tech bloggers.
- Jon Gosier
What else I’ve been watching - http://ghanageek.wordpress.com/2009...
"Whether you like or hate Big Bang Theory, I suggest you try The IT Crowd which is British show essentially about the same thing (2 Geeks – 1 Girl). I assume that Big Bang theory may have been created to rival the American version of The IT Crowd which never made it past it’s pilot. The British original however is brilliant and far more funny than BBT. Here’s the link to it on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title..."
- Jon Gosier
Yahoo Investors not happy. CEO Bartz cashes out $2M worth of shares. - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
Boris and Andre P. Siregar liked this
If Yahoo were the military, she would be shot for treason.
- Jon Gosier
from iPhone
Finding and Funding African Innovators - http://whiteafrican.com/2009...
"There’s also a huge risk to ‘blind funding’ to someone who may be a brilliant developer but inexperienced in the area of finance. For instance I had a conversation with a woman from the investment authority here in Uganda recently. They have initiative that gives out $50,000 to would be entrepreneurs that win a business plan contest. According to here, almost all of those businesses have failed in the first year because there was no oversight. @HASH I totally agree with you. Not to mention that access to debt capital (loans) is virtually non-existent in most African countries. The Banks see it as a huge liability so interest rates remain high, making it impossible for young entrepreneurs to secure a loan in the first place."
- Jon Gosier
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