BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Doc Searls has me pegged when he says that I’m a Lefty, though I agree with him that being libertarian is the only way to go with the Net. (Or better yet, anarchy on the Net, all the way.) How far left am I? I’m so far left that I’d come full circle […]
I got to thinking about the Citizen Corps and TIPS and realized that there was something missing – there wasn’t anyone to watch the webloggers. The truck drivers watch the freeways, the train conductors are watching the rails, the utility workers are watching the electric meters, and the postal service is watching practically everyone else while misdelivering mail, but […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I don’t know what the fuss is about with this Operation TIPS. Personally, I think it’s a great idea myself. Think about it – all those unamerican people grouped into one organization, easily tracked, as well as highly visible with little stickers in their window. It’s never been easier to spot and know […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The mighty Glenn Reynolds has written another of his edifying columns out at Fox, this one on the LAX shooting. As expected, he echos the other punditry’s concensus that the shooting was an act of terrorism. Hadayet was from Egypt, most likely hated Jews, objected to an American flag over his apartment […]
Seems as if Dick Cheney, fearless co-leader of the US, is being sued for artificially boosting stock prices while he was CEO of Halliburton. This follows on the SEC’s investigation of Halliburton’s accounting practices. Not surprising – Halliburton’s accounting firm was Anderson. I worked for Sierra Geophysics, a subsidiary of Halliburton in Seattle. SG was great. Halliburton […]