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Crime: Girl Refuses to Stop Texting in Class, School Calls Cops, Cops Arrest Girl - http://i.gizmodo.com/5155483...
winckel, Nicholas James, Anne Bouey and 7 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
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
What awesomesoup said. (btw thats your new nick soup)
- Geoff Schultz
@Geoff, D'awww! Thanks :)
- Soup
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 25 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 (aka Tina)
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 96 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.
- Bankwatch
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 Morrill AKA Techwag
Awesome post. Seriously. Thanks!
- Phil G
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 Russo (app103)
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?
- Joelle Nebbe (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...
- Her Lindsay-ness
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.
- 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 4 other people liked this
My brother.
- Alex Scoble
It's me but I didn't tell you that!
- Cem Catikkas
Alex's Brother.
- CW™
The other Scoble son.
- CW™
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, ConcertMaven of FF
ron moore
- Amber, Random Time Lord
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, ConcertMaven of FF
I want it to be Helo for some reason. But of course that means its not.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Good Australian news: worlds first internet car radio powered by Melbourne Company http://www.inquisitr.com/15037...
Warren and Will Higgins™ liked this
Bad Australian news - car internet radio hellishly expensive to use due to obscene 3G pricing :-/
- Warren
Posh CSS - http://poshcss.com/
sasha maximova, Warren, Micah Wittman 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
Obama to the Right - http://www.duncanriley.com/2009...
Scot Mcphee and Warren liked this
That's exactly why I get a fit of giggles watching Republicans accuse Democrats of being raging left wing socialists.
- Warren
Yeah it's absolutely funny - and maybe tragic - the way Americans perceive the right/left divide. But also, maybe like K.Rudd who won office from an unpopular leader on the back of empowering rhetoric of change, you can already see Obama tracking rightwards to the centre of the country's political discourse, from the "obvious" left wing interpretation of that rhetoric (which if you carefully analyse what was said, many of these 'new' centrist positions are consistent with the rhetoric anyway).
- Scot Mcphee
What the Duck | January 6, 2009 - http://web.me.com/aaronan...
RAPatton, Andrew F, Warren and 13 other people liked this
hee!
- edythe
The best of today...
- Håkan Dahlström
imperial dog lover
Kreg Steppe, Bryan Clark, Chris Rivait and 27 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: God of FF, James G. Kim, charmgene and 79 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
What headphones? Can't find them, maybe something else in the photo is distracting me.
- George The Writer
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 @ CS Techcast
Umm, what were we talking about?
- Jamie Dool
Nice.
- Joey Gibson
Whose boob is that?
- Zeb Dropkin
@Zeb Pretty sure Robert works for Fast Company... Oh you meant in the picture...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
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.
- Adrian
Robert, could you please delve deeper into this product for us?
- David
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
Suddenly @matsie's "BOOBS" song is in my head. DAMN YOU PERCIVAL!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
There's headphones?
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
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.
- 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
haha, yeah what's taking so long.
- Tsega Dinka
good headphone, great angle.
- Than R
some people.... - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_91MaiK...
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Penny, Sparky Crocker, Miranda and 17 other people liked this
Silly Jilly, that wasn't directed at you!!! :-) just SOME people... ;-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Smarter Than You Think | Looku.com - http://looku.com/view...
Darren Heydon, MVB (Curmudgeon of FF), Nine and 21 other people liked this
LOL!
- Mo Kargas
from Bookmarklet
3 of the pieces are not triangles. They have to take it back and redo it. :)
- Morton Fox
Hahaha
- Mo Kargas
LOL. That's awesome.
- Shawn Farner
I LOLed.
- Her Lindsay-ness
The funny thing is that some high school kid making the pizza probably thought "hey, this is the first time all that crap in geometry class actually came to good use!".
- Her Lindsay-ness
lol
- mikepk
lol!
- Grant Bierman
Hahahaha
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Yo man! I can't work here if there's gonna be math.
- John Johnson
I'm going to be speaking at the internet censorship protest in Hobart this Saturday, representing Digital Tasmania. #nocleanfeed
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3000 posts - http://skitch.com/duncanr...
Phil G, Nicholas James, Giancarlo Angulo and 62 other people liked this
Congratulations!
- Ladybug Heather
Grats!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Duncan, you are burning through a lot of zeroes! Awesome! :}
- vijay
thx
- Duncan Riley
62 drafts???? Get er done!
- Bwana ☠
Bwana, that includes posts never completed, errors (sometimes with timeouts it creates a duplicate) etc.... but I will clean it up :-)
- Duncan Riley
2.6.5? It's all about 2.7RC2 !
- Glenn Batuyong
Glenn, 2.7 breaks plugins. I ain't going near it until I'm sure everything will work (and it doesn't in my testing)
- Duncan Riley
Holy wow, 3k?! Congrats, Duncan!
- Mona Nomura
Crikey Duncan! Well-done to you, Steven and team.
- Hutch Carpenter
thx Mona thx hutch
- Duncan Riley
congrats!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
nice woork!
- Helen Sventitsky
Yo update your WP
- anna sauce
Ooooh snap, 3000? 'gratz, Duncan! =)
- deepikaur
thx Shey, Helen + deepikaur. Anna, on the weekend I promise :-)
- Duncan Riley
I'm doing it now- I keep on updating without reading the releases, then try to write blog posts with special tags that are denigrated. It's crazy. But this new 2.7--> better updating tools!!
- anna sauce
Anna, 2.7 = broken plugins for me, at least at the moment. I've done a prelim test but I'm going to have to wait to be sure all the plugins are working/ fixed
- Duncan Riley
Wow. I thought I was a high-roller with 2,500+. I guess I'll have to hang my hat on my massive and manly 17.5MB Wordpress XML backup file. (Actually, I'm even more impressed by the 11,000 comments than the 3,000 posts.)
- Chester
Congrats Duncan and crew !
- Eric Berlin
Duncan, thanks for the warning
- anna sauce
Maybe. But it's not over 9000... BARREL ROLL!
- Kyle Brady
That's a lot of writing. Man on a mission ;)
- jjprojects
congrats!!
- Sarah Perez
damn, only 399 spam comments?! Am I cursed?
- Tamar Weinberg
Congrats!
- Caleb Elston
thx everyone. Tamar: 399 spam is pre-Disqus week 2 of 7 months, so it's a very very small sample ;-)
- Duncan Riley
3K posts! That's a lot! Congrats Duncan and how many of that 3,000 were your own post? 1,500?
- Randy
Congrats and cheers!
- Dave Martin
Oh, Disqus. I just don't think I'll ever switch over. :)
- Tamar Weinberg
Congratulations!
- Jess Lee
Randy, as of now (so 3013 posts) I wrote 1376 of them., JR on 578 and Meieli on 550. And yes, I probably need a proper switch off for a week holiday ;-) 6.5 posts a day
- Duncan Riley
Congrats Duncan.
- Charlie Anzman
Congratulations Duncan :)
- Joe Dawson
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
Unbelievable, the garden gnome at TC thinks NYTimes linking out is bad
well if NYT has outlinks, then that means the MSM is starting to actually get a clue. They can't have that now, can they?!
- Warren
Ironic Sans: Auto Industry FAIL - http://www.ironicsans.com/2008...
Thomas Frütel, Warren, Tyson Key and 15 other people liked this
Ford Fail.
- Andrew Trinh
LOL -- however, Ford isn't doing as badly as GM et al
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
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
Winner!
- Tsega Dinka
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"
Crystal English, Warren, Sutee Dee and Louis Gray liked this
The white stuff isn't dandruff - http://skitch.com/duncanriley/
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Ken Stewart | ChangeForge, Tyson Key, Igor Poltavskiy and 7 other people liked this
Taken Sat 2 days before the start of Summer. 20 minutes out of Hobart. The car said the outside temp was 0 c.
- Duncan Riley
from Bookmarklet
Nice pics.
- Louis Gray
Not surprised - any time you get a southerly up there, it's coming straight from the Antarctic and all bets are off :-) http://www.bom.gov.au/climate...
- Warren
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, Low in Sodium, Erhan Erdogan and 51 other people liked this
Maybe I'm kind of dense (hey, it could happen), but I don't understand why all this means you're not an American. Or are you saying you don't want to be an American? Confused....
- Glen Campbell
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.
- LogEx
@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
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
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 Moskovitz
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.
- LogEx
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.
- LogEx
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).
- Shawn aka ringking
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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Palin gets knocked the heck out.
- Adam Helweh
This is the best video on the history of the internetz . . . next to Rick Roll that is
- Lindsey is Fierce!
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.
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
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