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Crime: Girl Refuses to Stop Texting in Class, School Calls Cops, Cops Arrest Girl - http://i.gizmodo.com/5155483...
Anne Bouey, Warren, Louis Gray and 5 other people liked this
"In an incident that wasn't at all excessive (nope), a 14-year-old girl in Wisconsin was arrested for refusing to stop sending text messages during class, where she proceeded to hide the phone in her ASS CRACK."
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
from Bookmarklet
You couldn't have done that with a cell phone 20 years ago...
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
I wonder if the police were really "called in" - most High Schools have at least one law officer on campus, the cops might have been "called in" from the next room.
- Soup in a TARDIS
What awesomesoup said. (btw thats your new nick soup)
- Geoff Schultz {TF}
@Geoff, D'awww! Thanks :)
- Soup in a TARDIS
Thinking about doing boot camps for laid off employees, would-be entrepreneurs who need help. How to do it. What to use if no money? yes no
Jill Howard Allen, Warren, Sameer and 2 other people liked this
We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.
Life is brief, and then you die, you know?
And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.
Michelle Jones, John W Lewis, Steven Perez and 5 other people liked this
YES.
- Derrick
The future is yours to create, if you choose so. The moments to come are yours. Let no one steal them from you. Guard them with your life, because that is exactly what they are.
- Ian May
Ian, that rocks. Woo! :-)
- vijay
I have that on my personal blog http://wildcabbage.net
- Ian May
"We're going to the future. Do you want to come along?" Dave Freeman (1961-2008), co-author of "100 Things To Do Before You Die"
- John W Lewis
fun games for baby
Mitchell Tsai, sandhal, edythe and 24 other people liked this
So I should stop playing scrabble with my 10 month old? Check. (btw, she beats me easily)
- Penny
Nah, baby's just in training!
- FFing Enigma
Penny, m'dear...it's time to step up your game!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
L4S, I know, I know. Meanwhile I kick her ass at long distance running (or any running for that matter)
- Penny
I thought chess is good for baby; like the violin is.
- Robert Miller
well that's not fair, penny...she has no motor skills to compete despite her dominance in the mental sports! ;-P
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Why isn't chess good? Should we start with checkers?
- Morton Fox
So I should get Stephen Colbert to take off his glasses and play peekaboo with our 3 month old? got it! :-p
- Warren
hahaha at the baby's face!
- *Tiffany Diamond*
If you are laid off, here’s how to socially network - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
Carlos Lorenzo, Amani, David Feng and 88 other people liked this
I've found a good rule of thumb to be that unless you are absolutely sure you will never need the Internet to help get you a job, act as though you may be laid off next week. What would you want attached to your name? Like I said on your tweet, probably the biggest faux pas I see is people bitching about their job. It's unprofessional.
- Mark Trapp
Robert I think this advice is for even when you have a job. I can't recall where but I remember reading that it's essential to network when you _have_ a job. Not only will it help you get a job when you don't have one, it'll help you move upward and diagonally across the proverbial ladder.
- Bhavishya Kanjhan
These are some very sound and actually wise principles to adhere to. Thanks, I'm definitely marking this as a favorite, and will refer to it many more times in the future!
- Carlton Hackett
This is one of my favorite Scoble posts so far. Great social networking and networking tips whether or not you've been laid off.
- Bill Romanos
@scobleizer This is a terrific post that just oozes common sense. Key though is, do this 2 years before you are laid off.
- Vernonkell
Great post. And I finally realized I was subscribed to a partial feed of scobleizer.com this entire time (which I thought was the only feed available); that has been rectified.
- Tamar Weinberg
@bankwatch - how so very true, but there are ways of speeding up the process.
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
Awesome post. Seriously. Thanks!
- Phil Glockner
Really appreciate this timely post. Just had a very talented friend in publishing who was laid off and am hoping your post can make a difference for her.
- Kirsten Hamstra
Great stuff you are really helping people
- Thomas Power
Love it! I'm embarrassed to say I've been freelancing and wanting work in the social media space and have completely neglected my blog. I have incorporated links to the various social media tools/sites in my email signature (thanks AK for pointing this out!) and have received questions and comments about them. Thanks for the very timely post and opportunity for a very helpful discussion.
- Jill Howard Allen
If one follows all of the advice in this post, they might not need a job...they could become self employed.
- April
Great advice. Thanks for posting it.
- Kenneth Chu
That's a great post, Robert! An aside: I had to look up LOLCats, just to make sure I knew what those were. I guess I'm not looking for a job in entertainment or in working with children, eh? :-) I think my inner Capricorn ages me!
- Yule Heibel
when i started contributing info to the online world, i realized that i was no longer anonymous. i try to follow these simple rules: 1) be professional with everything posted (images, text, vids, etc), 2) dont associate with unprofessional folks (i.e. those who post with disregard), 3) add value. The sooner you start networking and building a quality online presence the sooner it can be utilized for career gain.
- TJ Trapp
Some good advice, some complete yawn-able BS. Be yourself, build enough social capital that your boss is scared of what YOU can do when you talk shit. Thats why I did :)
- sean percival
also i doubled my salary twice last year :) #whatrecession
- sean percival
So who should I be taking to lunch so I can get my story in the right ears in order to get the right next job?
- Iphigenie
Joelle: what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
- Robert Scoble
Enjoyed this post a lot, Robert. You've made a good point for me that I need to "marry" a couple of my blogs into one that states how I bring technology to ministry. I tend to keep these separate. And I also tend to do less blogging while I'm in school. I'll try and make more effort on the blogging. I'm in math courses right now as I'm finishing my degrees and I tend to get my head buried with those.;)
- Melanie Reed
Hmm... do LOLTads count? http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Lindsay
Very nice post. I like the helping others part especially. What is your feeling about virtual business cards? Networking is still crucial.
- Amani
Will Smith solves Rubik's Cube in 55 seconds - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Warren, Bill Romanos, AJ Kohn and 2 other people liked this
Will Smith has pretty big hands.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Wow ... oddly, I find that impressive.
- AJ Kohn
Very impressive. Remember making the tic-tac-toe patterns on those? I loved doing that and battling my sister after finally settled on color coordinations.
- Anika
Ok, Galactica fans: Who is the final Cylon?
edythe, Warren, Mo Kargas and 3 other people liked this
My brother.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
It's me but I didn't tell you that!
- Cem Catikkas
Don't know, and not willing to bet much on any guesses. I think not Kara, not Adama, not Lee. Probably not Baltar. Maybe Roslin.
- Jandy
ron moore
- The Amber
Don't you know? The answer is here: http://bit.ly/5s2v :-p
- Warren
Caylie or Seelix would be my guesses, but I would love it if it were Admiral Cain
- RAPatton
@RAP Cain?! No! After the way she treated Gina? That would be...awkward. I have a friend who makes a pretty good case for Gaeta. Seelix would be a good dark horse candidate, too.
- Jandy
I want it to be Helo for some reason. But of course that means its not.
- The Amber
Posh CSS - http://poshcss.com/
sasha maximova, Warren, Micah and 3 other people liked this
"Posh CSS is a collection of Cascading Style Sheet Articles, Tutorials, Tips and Code snippets for the modern day web designer."
- Chris Messina
from Mento
imperial dog lover
Kreg Steppe, Bryan Clark, Chris Rivait and 25 other people liked this
stormtroopers love their doggies as much as we do....
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Beats headphones by dr. dre flat cable no tangle cable
Vezquex, charmgene, Daniel Brusilovsky and 70 other people liked this
http://www.beatsbydre.com $149 at Apple and Amazon stores. Innovative cable and great sound.
- Robert Scoble
from email
I am somewhat confused by the angle from which that video is clicked
- Varun Mahajan
WTF?
- Ryan
Not saying a word ;~)
- Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct
I'll buy it. lol
- Drew Skwarcan
Oops... That pic might get stuck in the company proxy filter...
- Andreas
headphones? where?
- Andrew Smith
Yes, very nice, ah, cables
- Clarence Westberg
Dude, these don't have great sound. I've got a pair sitting 2 feet away from me on my desk. If you want great sound, get the Turbines instead of the Beats (also from Monster.) If you want amazing sound, get the Beats by Dre Studio headphones. Those are my headphones of choice :)
- Andru Edwards
Headphones? I don't see any headphones. ;)
- Grey Drane
I'll say it...DAYUM!
- Josh Haley
Let's get Robert that new Canon he wants
- Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct
Nothing flat about 'em. Oh, you mean the headphones? Barely noticed 'em.
- Josh Haley
The best product would probably be a way to make other headphone cables untangleable. (New Word)
- Tyler (Chacha)
Flat cable is great, but how is the sound on those (worth $149)?
- Manuel
Breast Headphones?
- Joe Dawson
What a view!
- Seth
Quite the interesting angle Robert
- steve
i've got to over-the-head pair and i have to say this is some of the best sound i've ever encountered in headphones. the lo bass is amazing. the only drawback on the over-the-head is that you have to use batteries and remember to turn it off and on.
- Lynne d Johnson
That's quite a nice headphone there. *wink* *wink* ;)
- AJ Batac :)
Those need to be on my head, like now. What are we talking about?
- Eric
Umm, what were we talking about?
- Jamie Dool
Nice.
- Joey Gibson
Whose boob is that?
- Zeb Dropkin
Say what you want about that Scoble character - he knows how to get comments on a thread.
- John Craft
it's past midnight, just in time
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Those are good quality cans... no really that's what headphones are called by, um... audiophiles.
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
Wait until Robert's wife is looking at the pictures store on his phone ...
- Wayne Schulz
What's that? There's not enough women in tech? Weird.
- Nathan Howell
I do hate it when my headphone cables get tangled :-D
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
she's got nice... earphones for sure. how durable are they though?
- Eric Truman
Somewhere Derrick is reading this and *seething*.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I'm impressed...really impressed!
- Mike Lewis
Those headphones? They're real, and they're SPECTACULAR.
- John Craft
GREAT idea.
- Martha
OH MAN I JUST WANT TO PUT MY HEAD BETWEEN THOSE HEADPHONES AND YELL BRITTTTTSKI WHILE VIOLENTLY VIBRATING MY LIPS
- sean percival
from the man that brought you "the chronic".. nice shot rob-o
- Scott Schroeder
(_)(_) those are the breast headphones ever.
- Nick Dynice
these headphones are a classic example of a marketing gimmick. and i ain't buyin' it. sorry. monster can suck my zick.
- muzo
I knew that photo would get you all going! Her name is Jennifer Ennesser -- she works at Monster.
- Robert Scoble
Did she approve this? :D
- AJ Batac :)
A Monster Cable product? No thanks.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Wayne what is funny is my wife was standing right next to Jennifer.
- Robert Scoble
Will http://www.google.com/trends... start working soon because of this post?
- Chris Stevenson
good headphone, great angle.
- Than R
fair enough
- Vezquex
some people.... - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_91MaiK...
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Penny, Sparky, lurking, Miranda and 14 other people liked this
Silly Jilly, that wasn't directed at you!!! :-) just SOME people... ;-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I'm going to be speaking at the internet censorship protest in Hobart this Saturday, representing Digital Tasmania. #nocleanfeed
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Blizzard Authenticator FAQ - http://us.blizzard.com/support...
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"The Blizzard Authenticator is an optional tool that offers World of Warcraft players an additional layer of security to help prevent unauthorized account access. The Authenticator itself is a physical "token" device that fits easily on a keyring."
- Chris Messina
from Mento
Ironic Sans: Auto Industry FAIL - http://www.ironicsans.com/2008...
Thomas Frütel, Warren, Tyson Key and 13 other people liked this
Ford Fail.
- Andrew Trinh
LOL -- however, Ford isn't doing as badly as GM et al
- Shey
I had an F150 for a year or two, it was build pretty well. Dumped it early due to gas cost and being *impossible* to park in LA.
- sean percival
paging @scottmonty
- sean percival
Yeah, sumthin' about an F150 in LA is almost theatrical in and of itself, Sean.
- Anthony Citrano
ya dont worry, i have 2 over priced (but much nicer) german cars now :) much more fitting in this city.
- sean percival
Somatic Rebirth System by David Lanham - http://iconfactory.com/freewar...
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"Redrawn and updated Somatic system replacement icons."
- Chris Messina
from Mento
Digg CEO says company's not for sale - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
Aad 't Hart, David Bisset (sn), Warren and Joseph Ferris liked this
Before I even read TFA i call shenanigans. Any commercial site is for sale at the right price...
- Warren
Warren: exactly my thoughts. 300M and the guy will be happy to give you the keys.
- Nir Ben Yona
from twhirl
Game Development Kits (and other rare or interesting game hardware) - http://devkits.handheldmuseum.com/
xero, Warren, pcnerd37 and 2 other people liked this
Epic like!
- Mo Kargas
it not been ALL day. « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? - http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008...
SteVe C, Warren, Threepwood and 6 other people liked this
that's my kid right there
- Josh Haley
That's so me. "Not ALL day. I only unlocked 15 cars on NEED FOR SPEED today."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Having trouble discerning startup pitch emails from Moroccan souk offers. "For you, my friend? I give you good price... on Series A"
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Nike Air Wildrunner 2 | NiceKicks.com - http://www.nicekicks.com/nike-ai...
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Nike has dropped one of its most classic running sneakers of all time: the Nike Wildrunner. Officially released in 1986, Nike’s latest Windrunner reappears this year in a black/grey colorway. This sneaker also features white leather accents on the toe box, side panels, and tongue. Grey mesh is visible on part of the side panels and heel as well.
- ben barren
from Bookmarklet
Most wanted ever | Please fix the iPhone - http://pleasefixtheiphone.com/
Warren liked this
users vote for iphone features. Not that it would ever matter. lol
- Joshua Schnell
from Bookmarklet
just give me better battery, a quality camera & copy & fu**ing paste.
- Zee.
Bah, how about 900MHz UMTS?!
- Warren
Agree with Zee. And a camera that you can adjust the focus please
- Sally Church
I am not an American - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
Richard Binhammer, Bryce Roney, Erhan Erdoğan and 45 other people liked this
one, Fox News is NOT onesided, it is about as fair and balanced as any media source we have (they go after EVERYBODY). And socialism/spreading the wealth only brings EVERYBODY down to POVERTY, look at Europe, they have a standard of living WELL under what we expect as Americans. Even though I disagree with the majority of your comments, you have gone overboard on this post :)
- Randy
C'mon Randy, Fox "News" is almost universally recognized as very right-biased. And all the talk about socialism is crap... just because of a 39% tax rate (we've had that, and higher, before)... taxation by its nature is spreading the wealth, the gov needs money to provide for the common good and some are better able to contribute than others. Ask Warren Buffett, even he agrees.
- Tinfoil 2.0
@logical ... yeah wtf. It just goes to show you how uneducated people are about taxation.
- Brandon
@Randy -- Fox News is one-sided... You have a serious slant on your world view if you think otherwise. Not that I have an issue with partisan coverage, as long as your realize what you are getting.
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
I have heard some bad things about Fox, but I don't really watch it. I do know that I have never seen MSNBC do an hour long special all about Obama's ties to domestic terrorists...just sayin
- Rah-PM 2012
Very strong post. Ohh and any time you wanna move to Australia, you're totally welcome :)
- Mo Kargas
Nope. Not getting involved in yet ANOTHER thread about this!
- Akiva
I don't have a problem with taxation. I do have a problem with over bloated government and bureaucracy that seems to grow more and more. Government rarely does anything efficiently, including spending our money. I am sometimes considered a tightwad by those that know me, but I'm not, I like to get value for money as much as possible, and I've never believed that government gives you that in return for the money it takes from you.
- Ian May
Ian, right on! I hope that whoever gets elected takes on the bloat and the special interests in a big way. I want value for my money too. And I want to return to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
- Tinfoil 2.0
me neither. such tripe, really, particularly coming from an echo chamber participants like Scoble and Winer, who have routinely insulted folks with different political ideals than their own. People in glass houses, and such. I'd go into the substance of the post, but when the premise is flawed, there's not much point.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Mark, I'm curious... what's the flawed premise? Seriously.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Wow, feel the love... Sorry it had to come to this.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
I agreed with just about all that Robert said in his article. My only worry is that when Government takes on the job of wealth distribution it 'loses' a lot of the money it distributes along the way.
- Ian May
I don't question folks being American or not, nor do I question people's patriotism. I do question their logic, though. Every election we go back to the voting polls because the country is doing a crappy job - economy, environment, war, veterans affairs, social security, pork spending, education... nothing they do ever works. Yet, we're going to elect the next president on how much MORE they are goiing to DO. It's insanity... keep doing the same thing and expect different results.
- Douglas Karr
from twhirl
you forgot to say, I think the US spends too much of their taxes on the military, I am not an American.
- David Lynch
I find it absolutely hilarious that some people consider Obama's platform "socialist" - even in a fairly moderate country like Australia, Obama would be considered to be right of centre here :-)
- Warren
1) America is a melting pot. For in sense alot of people arn't american. I mean my main roots of family is set in Germany. That is what's great about this country. 2) I would believe Obama has alot of "Red" Ideas in there. Being he wants to take money from people and give it to less fortunate is almost making breadlines in sense like Russia. One of my friends is pretty much a socialist and he loves Obama. 3) There is bias everywhere. Some people are on Obama's(TV) side and others on Mccain(Radio).
- ЯIИGҜIИG
I think Robert here is making a point. His point being that his country is so different to what he'd like it too be that it does not look like his country. And he is not wanting to be a part of that. Is that a definition of Palins un-American america? No. It us simply an expression of the desire for change. And wether we agree or not ( or even don't belive in the system as I do) he makes a good point.
- Roberto Bonini
Roberto: my real point was that there's too much name calling going around just for telling people what you want to see happen. And WAY too much name calling for stuff like your religion.
- Robert Scoble
Hey I agree with you 100% Robert. It's a really bad problem. Wish it wasn't do prevalent, but it's human nature to put down those who you disagree with.
- Roberto Bonini
Wow, already 2 result on Google for "I'm not an American" http://www.google.com/search...
- Mark Krynsky
Andy, Scoble is most definatly not banana :)
- Roberto Bonini
Close. It's: "Fox News. We Distort. You Recite."
- Christopher Galtenberg
Wow, look at all the conversation this awesome post generated!! Nice job Robert… I concur!! Looks like we’re gonna have to CHANGE this country; don’t move. I love America and want it to GROW up and face the music. No more greed, self-centered-ness, lack of vision or discipline. We must adopt a completely different strategy going forward to better manage this rich and diverse country....
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- Susan Beebe
Some people may not have noticed, but certain elements in the GOP base - Congressman Bachmann is just the public face of it (but now she's lying about what she said. She's got Alaskan Fever!) have been exhuming McCarthy. That's what Robert's post was about. And it um, used an ironic style.
- Rick Powell
fantastic post!
- Jennifer Wilbur
from twhirl
Tell your employer that they should "redistribute" their wealth instead of investing in business (hiring more employees, paying more, etc.). More welfare is not what we need.
- Spencer
I'm a George Will republican, but I am not buying the blind "less gov't" argument. Would less gov't have met our needs on 9/11, Katrina, the housing bubble, and the credit crisis? Prescription drug care, yes. The others, come on.
- Christopher Galtenberg
Didn't my government just take a bunch of my money and "redistribute" it to shore up the banking industry? Now, I respect that people who earn a lot of money work very hard for it. But I also respect the teacher who works very, *very* hard (providing an invaluable public service) for about 15% of the pay. If *some* money doesn't trickle in the direction of the teachers--and others who do important work for little money--then what's the incentive for good people to fill those critical jobs?
- Robert Clockedile
@Robert C. Good point. Funny how it is OK to redistribute up but not down. Either you are philosophically against it for anyone or you are not. You can't say it is OK in some cases and some it is. I didn't hear these people making an uproar about "redistribution" when there was a tax cut to the top or bailouts of many different kinds.
- Rolf Schewe
good post! I guess the comments give a good cross-section of the current division in the US society :-( One thing that will never cease to surprise me is how little americans know Europe...
- Antoine Bertier
One thing that will never cease to surprise me is how non-Americans will gladly and breezily generalize Americans. Maybe one day we'll get credit for our diversity of thought and deed, as well as race and creed.
- Christopher Galtenberg
@Christopher Galtenberg: it seems diversity of thought is no longer valued in the US, and even actively discouraged, so much so that Robert feels he has to write about it ! And my generalization of americans, comes only after reading dozens of comments generalizing Europe as socialist (by the way look at http://www.politicalcompass.org/euchart and then take the test!)
- Antoine Bertier
Robert is giving an unhealthy amount of credence to the views of a minority (<20%) of our population. Talk to 2 sets of people: young folks on a college campus, and middle-aged folks having lunch at a local cafe, and you'll see that really none of Robert's stereotypes hold water. This is an open, warm-hearted, patient, and thoughtful society
- Christopher Galtenberg
Robert, I really enjoyed this....especially as a Canadian who became an American. Thanks for it.....I still think you should be the first CTO for the nation :-). need a campaign manager, let me know.
- Richard Binhammer
YouTube - Terry Tate: Reading Is Fundamental - http://uk.youtube.com/watch...
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Anthony K. Valley ©, Valley, Warren and 6 other people liked this
Palin gets knocked the heck out.
- Adam Helweh
OMFG! So much WIN!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
They did it well.
- Adam Helweh
looooooooooooooooooooooooooool
- Chris Hollander
I wonder if Palin gets what they are doing to her. Wonder if she knows they wouldn't dare ask such school-kiddish questions to Obama.
- vimoh
If I wrote for the Huffington Post, this would be my entry today: http://scobleizer.com/2008... I'm not an American
Richard Walker, david beckwith, Aviv and 31 other people liked this
I give a bunch of reasons why I'm not an American here.
- Robert Scoble
Agree with you on many points on this. Much more interested in Thomas Freedman's flat world these days, oh and "crazy" places like scandanavia.
- sean percival
I am not a listener of right-wing talk radio or one who parrots its doctrine. I am an American, and I do not surrender my proud title, especially to them.
- Christopher Galtenberg
Brilliant. The actions and or beliefs you describe do not define you as not being American, in fact they are rights that you have only because your an American. If you were in many other countries those rights would not exist for you. You should quit being an American and I'll continue to serve to give you that right, because I am not given the choice of which moron to defend. I do have the choice on who not to follow anymore. Peace
- Jack
Christopher: I listen to both left wing and right wing media. Why? I want to hear all points of view. Keeps me from being religious about my points of view. Although, keep in mind, I'm not an American.
- Robert Scoble
Is this a new issue in America or as there always been this "They aren't real Americans" attitude within the country perpetrated by some citizens there - e.g. People of Religion X aren't American or People from State Y aren't American or People that oppose Issue Z aren't American.
- Phillip Jeffrey
@Philip Historically, it has been a commonly used attack.
- Neal "thePuck" Jansons
from twhirl
My point is that some day (maybe very soon), a class of Americans, informed and enlightened not by ideology but by numerous historical paradigms (both good and ill), will seize back the mantle and we'll again be proud of our lineage, as we have the right to be. It certainly won't come about by binding the concept of 'being an American' to the worst aspects and characters of our society. They are Americans, lesser souls, and we are Americans, greater souls.
- Christopher Galtenberg
I like this, but it's also sad.
- Stephanie•CogSciLibrarian
As you know, it is only *because* you are an American and have had many Americans that came before you to fight for your rights that you can write all of the opinionated hyperbolic and critical stuff that you do. I think your positions sound reasonable and very American to me. And I'm proud to be an American so I can tell you that your disrespect of the privelege of citizenship is not what we should be championing in these tough times. I'm sure the candidate you are voting for would agree with me.
- David A. Levine
from twhirl
haha third thread i'm commenting on. i guess my feeling is mostly that i'm sad that you really believe those things define what it is not to be an American.
- Deva Hazarika
David and Deva: sometimes you need to NOT read my posts literally. I believe all of the things I posted as "not American" are VERY American. Sometimes I make a point without being explicit about it.
- Robert Scoble
I get that. I really do...these are just dark times and people with a voice as influential as your should be more positive, IMHO. (see: Buffett's Friday NYTimes piece)
- David A. Levine
from twhirl
something I didn't know, that your religion is Islam. That would make you the most prominent Muslim blogger....and that's interesting. YES: Australia does have the right idea :-)
- Duncan Riley
I actually agree with most of what you said in that post.
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
I frankly wish we could all just be global democratic citizens. That's what I feel I am, if I had to pick a label at all.:-)
- Cathryn Hrudicka
Duncan: neither my wife nor I practice any religion, though. I'm more officially an agnostic, but since I had a ceremony to become a Muslim and didn't denounce it, I guess that officially I am. I was actually thinking of you when I wrote that line about Australians having the right idea. :-)
- Robert Scoble
David: sorry for not being positive enough. I think I'll get a cheerleader outfit tomorrow. :-)
- Robert Scoble
genius.
- Zee.
Re: Michele Bachmann, see here http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collect... - "An official with Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg's campaign says the 6th District DFLer raised $620 thousand since GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann made her comments on Friday. The source said another surge in donations occurred after former Secretary of State Colin Powell cited Bachmann as one of the reasons he endorsed Barack Obama."
- John Craft
I'm not an American and SO CAN YOU! ;) thanks for blogging your heart out.
- ~C4Chaos
Robert, thx :-) although Australia isn't perfect, we certainly have the right idea when it comes to religion and sexuality. Openly gay and lesbian cabinet ministers federally and in the states. Religion rarely comes into the mix when we vote (and in fact, being overly religious can actually turn people away).
- Duncan Riley
Wow - awesome post, Robert. Being a "resident alien" with no vote, I'm on the periphery of all the current political morass. I love the US ...*and* there's a whole world beyond it and inside it.
- Mari Smith
Thx Robert. I became a better American when I moved outside of it.
- dkb
great post Robert! Thanks for sharing our experiences on this.
- Beth K
coming from a place which tends to adopt everything that comes from your side of the ocean.. it's a must read. thnx.
- Naor Mark
robert: yeah, i got your point. and i am obv far from the rah rah type. i just think that this is an area where there is a growing cycle of pessimism and negativity. and the tone of your post i think reinforces some of the stereotypes that the people you don't agree with have about people like you (and me). that's why on this topic i think it's more positive to more directly engage those you disagree with. i think the subtle change of your refrain to "I'm not an American, I'm a human" would make big diff.
- Deva Hazarika
Without that particular refrain, this whole post would lose much of it's power. Great post, Robert.
- Rah-PM 2012
i disagree, rah, and think that the refrain hits people over the head w/ a hammer so much that it actually distracts from the really important points contained in the post.
- Deva Hazarika
Thats sincere and so to the point and @Cathryn +1K
- Yunus Tunak
Deva, people NEED to be hit over the head these days. If you don't hit them in the head, they won't bother listening to what you're saying at all. Also, I can think of no better way that it could be stated that exactly expresses what this post does.
- Rah-PM 2012
rah: sigh, maybe you are right, i dunno
- Deva Hazarika
Robert, that was a fantastic post.
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Some would call it a hammer. I call it bait. There I go thinking in black & white again.
- Bwana ☠
@JonathanBrown: top reason I like Obama? He has a well thought out science and tech policy and he's not driven by wacky religion.
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That's my main reason for liking Obama too, that and health care.
- Sally Church
I'm religious, and that's one reason I'm supporting him as well :-)
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: you're not wacky religious, though.
- Robert Scoble
Robert -- are you familiar with his oil geopolitics and fuel efficiency policies?
- Mona Nomura
Science, yes. Back to an age of reason over religion, fact over faith, "the data shows" vs "I think that". But I also like him because of his smart suits and sang froid. ;)
- Todd Harris
my religion belives in 100% science
- Tyler Gillies
@Mark Bean $3 Million per child? Wow, sounds like a great plan. I wonder how much our taxes will be then! I just wish I could get a piece of that $3 Million for my son's tuition. I would have taught the kids to put down the Wii, walk outside after dark, and look up.
- Douglas Karr
from twhirl
@Douglas: better yet if it convinces 100 kids that the world isn't flat, that it is older than 10,000 years, and that we are all part and parcel of the same experience regardless of whatever crackpot creation story you believe. Kudos for Obama for not taking the bait -- we need to invest in science and education and not let things like this become talking points.
- Todd Harris
Science is part of it. The bigger one for me is foreign policy
- Deepak Singh
For me it's mostly economic. He's got the smartest economic advisors, and he seems to value intelligence, not denigrate it as has been the political norm. Science, foreign policy, and reducing the enhanced policy influence of the religious right are also big issues of mine.
- Mr. Gunn
Goodness knows why religion plays a part in politics in this country (USA) ... it doesnt in many other developed nations. Obama is doing a good job of not bothering with all that malarky and keeping the focus on what will actually make a difference.
- Chris Johnson
I thought that there might be a possibility that Obama wasn't religious, but instead gives the impression that he is in order to not lose votes. Then he mentioned that "sexuality is sacred" during the recent debate. That comment stood out for me, because everything else he said seemed reasonable and well thought-out.
- Paul Grav
Obama is religious. Read any of his books and it comes through loud and clear. I was surprised at just how much Christianity means to him. He keeps it personal though such that even an atheist like myself can vote for him.
- Paul M. Watson
I'm Christian, but would sooner vote for an atheist than for a Christian who indiscriminately throws the weight of law behind Biblical rules. The Bible addresses everything: what you do publicly and privately, what you say, what you think about, how you feel. Government should only concern itself with creating a maximally free and reasonably safe environment in which people make their own spiritual choices.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Bruce: I agree with you in part. If you want to see things from God's perspective of government in a pluralistic society: try Numbers 15:15-17. That said, I think a critical reading of Judges and Kings, Jeremiah and Ezekial will show you a perspective on how biblical law and government interact and what the results were.
- Melanie Reed
He is just an amazing person, he will always try his best, and he surrounds himself with the best possible people and what he doesnt know he has a great support group; the american people which he listens to
- Kyle Weller
Melanie, the early Christians did well without any legal system backing them up. In fact, I'd say when a Roman emperor finally did start backing them it was a step in the wrong direction. Numbers 15 is over according to Acts 15.
- Bruce Lewis
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Dislike - this thread.
- Franklin Pettit
People need to shut up about this $3-million "overhead projector" bit. First of all, yes, it was to upgrade the Adler Planetarium's projector, not a simple overhead projector. Second of all, it was never approved. http://www.factcheck.org/askfact...
- Cheryl Jones
Bruce, thank you for responding but is it not written: "I will write my law upon their hearts"? As for a step in the wrong direction, if you had been living back then and been a Christian, would you have not considered it some small relief that being burned as a torch at night, fed to the lions, or crucified for simply practicing your faith had stopped because the government had stopped it? This finally happened around the time of Constantine. Men of evil inany government will cream to the top in any age.
- Melanie Reed
But that people and still Christians are persecuted for practicing their faith by governments continues to this day. Indeed, according the Associated Press just recently 7 Christians were killed for practicing their faith in Mosul.
- Melanie Reed
Franklin, there's a "Hide" link you can use if you'd don't like reading a variety of people talk about religion and politics.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Melanie, early Christians were persecuted for *not* following the *state* religion. If they had said "Caesar is Lord" they would have been left alone. Becoming the state religion was a step away from being persecuted, but also a step toward being persecutors. I would rather have no state religion.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
@Christopher Welle: Totally agree. It boggles my mind, in this age of technological advances, how little people in this country care about scientific endeavors. It's pathetic.
- Cheryl Jones
Bruce: forgive me but that is the mistake we tend to make: thinking that there can be no "state" religion. There is always such a thing because it has been put into humans the need to worship. Invariably if not directed toward God, it works itself out in horrible ways towards humanity. There will always be religion, though the form of it will always be distorted if not acceptably practiced The error is in thinking that a name taken is then fulfilled in actuality. "By their fruits you will know them".
- Melanie Reed
Until we make parents responsible for the education of their children our school system won't work.
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My wife's a teacher here in AU and says it doesn't matter where you send your kids, it matters that you're involved. Many parents these days treat school as *the* place to send your children to learn. Home is apparently just where they eat, sleep, watch TV and play video games. :-(
- Warren
Yes...and there are plenty of parents now who have substituted play time and study time with cram as many structured activities as we possibly can in a few hours time. People are so afraid of the low risk scenarios that they don't even let their kids live and breath anymore
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Ah yes, outsourced parenting again... why go play with your kids in the park when you can drop them off at soccer training and go do something else for an hour or two. ugh.
- Warren
We can't afford for our kids to go and do half a dozen extra-curricular activities. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
If we cannot change people then we cannot fix the educational system in this country. Unless and until parents understand that the fate of their child's education lies in their hands and with no one else, any changes that you make to the educational system are just band-aids. Personally, I think that if parents want to treat public schools like day care then they should be charged accordingly. Get involved or get charged a lot of money that you probably can't afford...
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
actually, a lot of problems become solved when you get parents to actually be involved with their kids - tho I agree there should also be times when you let kids do their own thing. Thinking back to what I got upto as a kid - going off somewhere on my bike, playing in fields etc..
- alphaxion
So tax credits to parents of students that do well? Sounds interesting.
- Geoff Schultz {TF}
@Gregory, I think the comment "you cannot change people" is a sad comment. Sure you can. In fact, its not about changing people. Its about stepping up to educate and invite parents who may not really know how to be "involved" to do so.We all "change" all the time based on our motivations. When one of those motivations is the well being of our children there are possibilities.
- Adam Helweh
Performance based parenting incentive? LOL
- Susan Beebe
People can change, but it takes our culture to change. When parents understand that it's not the amount of money, number of vacations or size of the house they live in, but the TIME you spend with your kids that makes a difference, we'll have accomplished something. Parenting has dropped as a priority in the US. It takes people to speak up to change that.
- AJ Kohn
@Gregory: Absolutely have changed myself. I was a wicked introvert. Got to college and forced myself to go door to door in my dorm and introduce myself. Took a job as a telemarketer. I'm not so introverted anymore. Think about who had an impact on your life? They changed you in some way and it still happens. One person at a time. History is written by movements changing people.
- AJ Kohn
We purposely suffered financial hard times rather than have a Daycare raise our young kids before they were school age. Apparently a parent's job is no longer to be with their kids. This is a sad reflection of what has happened to our society.
- Robert Couture
To change a culture, you need to change the incentives and offer positive role models to follow. I also think the media environment has a lot to do with it - marketing has a lot to do with it, as does a barrage of stories about overblown threats to children. A return of home economics courses to high school would help a bit, and stuff like living wages helps a lot.
- Eric P
Woz was good, but the Govt sure knows how to make a conference about innovation seem ... dull.
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This "success tax" meme is retarded. It's a tax CUT <$250K and only a 2% tax increase once you cross the $250K line (which I don't cross, do you?) additionally, capital gains, which truly is the success tax, is being cut. Keep in mind the $250K is *taxable income* not gross revenue.
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Trust me, once you start clocking $400K gross revenue, you're not going to miss the extra $2500 you'd have to pay that could make or break a person with a $100K business.
- Paul Reynolds
The difference between taxable revenue and gross is the real hangup on this. I thought anyone who ran their own business was well versed in the gross vs net concept, but the confusion on this makes me think otherwise.
- FFing Enigma
I would LOVE to be able to offer my employees (including myself) health care. It attracts a higher quality of employee. But right now, it costs too much and truly is a pain in the ass. As your company looks to cut overhead, your health insurance isn't guaranteed (unless you were savvy during the hiring process) and could be gone tomorrow. BTW, here in coastal SC, we already have a state managed insurance system to fill the gaps for homes that can't get coverage: http://www.doi.sc.gov/faqs...
- Paul Reynolds
I wish Obama would have pointed out that the $250K is Adjusted Gross Income, not Gross income. Most businesses have significant write offs, so you would have to have a much higher gross income to see any tax increase.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Trust me, unless you are making real money in a business you are writing off so many deductions that any changes to the tax code, other than those that affect what you can write off are miniscule to the average business person. That's the whole point of owning a business....the write offs. Anyone who is saying differently needs a better tax specialist.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Tina, I'm afraid the ultimate problem is most of us at times, myself included, aren't well versed on the issues or accusations and we just parrot what we hear other people say. But when it comes to plain ole' common sense and thinking before speaking, I'm truly flabbergasted by some folks.
- Paul Reynolds
Wait. What's this about the capital gains tax being cut? Neither candidate is going to do that. It'll go up under Obama.
- Morton Fox
I got all into the tax stuff today, and here http://friendfeed.com/e... is a chart (the second one) that shows some good numbers for those on the 250k cusp. Those at the 100-200k range account for more itemized deductions than any other group (even the 1M and over filers).
- FFing Enigma
Exactly. If you structure your business as such, you can have a decent salary for yourself, car paid for, utilities paid, etc. But the business itself barely makes a profit.
- Paul Reynolds
Paul, the gent that used to own the company I work with has a Lambo, a BMW M6, and 5 motorcycles. All are company vehicles... He claimed an income of 30k last year...
- FFing Enigma
Morton, you're right. It's not a cut. It just won't be raised for <$250K income earners. There will be a raise (back to where it used to be) for >$250K.
- Paul Reynolds
From the wapo fact checker for the debate "The GAO report showed that 61 percent of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes from 1996 through 2000, a period of rapid economic growth and rising corporate profits. An estimated 94 percent of U.S. corporations reported tax liabilities amounting to less than 5 percent of their total income in 2000. Indeed, small corporations were more likely to avoid taxation than large ones, the GAO said."
- JCunwired
John Cleese on Sarah Palin - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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John Cleese drinks awesomesauce during tea time.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
A really big like! :)
- Sean McBride
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