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4 weeks ago
in Sending water west may help avoid flooding in the east on Hometown News
I'm sure this will work out just as well as the project to bury the Nova Road canal has! Nearly every road approaching Nova had to be closed due to flooding! The water USED TO go into the canal instead of into everyone's yards.
4 weeks ago
in HRC and Obama on AMERICAblog
Gay people are pissed because most people in the U.S. do not believe that same-sex marriages should be allowed. This isn't a liberal vs. conservative issues, since this this belief crosses ideological lines. Hell, half my gay friends don't think they should be allowed to marry. The compromise position has been to codify civil unions, so that gays have the same privileges and protections afforded to heterosexual married couples. But that's not good enought for them and they continue to whine and claim their human rights are being violated. What pure hogwash! How can people take them seriously, when they behave so childishly? The gay rights movement reminds me of the women's rights movement at it's most shrill. Nothing we did then, no matter how positive, would appease some women. Th same is happening in the gay rights community today. Face it, gays, some people are never, ever going to accept your lifestyle as "normal." They are not going to bless it. Accept acceptance and tolerance. You have no right to demand that anyone bless your lifestyle, regardless of whether you believe you were "born gay." They don't. So if you demand acceptance from them, you must be willing to accept their point of view, too.
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Steve_in_CNJ
lol. human decency is becoming more "normal" than hate. you guys are losing. the tone of your incoherent rant actually shows us you know you're losing.
mirth
Whew, Gramps. That must have exhausted you! Back to the recliner, you crotchety old fart, before you stroke out.
Õ¿Õ
You can go fuckity fuck yourself.
DouginMountVernon
Dude, you are so off-base it's hilarious.
It is not about acceptance. It's about equality and civil rights, as CITIZENS. We are not pissed that some people as you put it don't "accept" us. You are missing something really important and big, which is that civil unions ARE NOT, nor will the EVER be equal to civil marriage. Period. Unless, of course, civil unions are all that are offered to everyone.
Remember that little thing....what was that, oh yeah, separate is NOT equal? Besides, who exactly has offered us to "codify civil unions" (why, THANK YOU very much! HOW GENEROUS!!).
Get a grip man. And you know what? I don't need your acceptance. If you think I'm being shrill, try listening to yourself, friend.
It is not about acceptance. It's about equality and civil rights, as CITIZENS. We are not pissed that some people as you put it don't "accept" us. You are missing something really important and big, which is that civil unions ARE NOT, nor will the EVER be equal to civil marriage. Period. Unless, of course, civil unions are all that are offered to everyone.
Remember that little thing....what was that, oh yeah, separate is NOT equal? Besides, who exactly has offered us to "codify civil unions" (why, THANK YOU very much! HOW GENEROUS!!).
Get a grip man. And you know what? I don't need your acceptance. If you think I'm being shrill, try listening to yourself, friend.
PeteWa
Your entire premise and argument are based on false ideas, and complete idiotic mis / no / understanding of the topic.
Hate to break it to you, Mr. Alternate Reality, but civil unions do not now, have not in the past, and none of the "suggested changes" for the future come close to making "civil unions" equal to "marriage" as far as the rights straight married couples now enjoy legally.
We are talking a discrepency of aproximately 1000 codified rights that are bundled into "marriage" that "civil unions" do not have.
And to be very specific for you, I am talking rights afforded by the State to the individual, from tax law to hospital visiting rights, to end of life issues... nothing to do with churches (thinking ahead to your "blessed" comment, but even there... hate to let you in on the secret, but some churches already do "bless" gay marriages, much, I'm sure, to your chagrin).
Now, as for your ludicrous contention that some people are not going to "bless your 'lifestyle'..." (thinking you might have been meaning a non-religious based "blessing") all I can say is who gives a shit?
You, as a private citizen with an incredibly narrow and biased view of how the world "should" work, are free to maintain your ideas, regardless of how stupid I think you and your ideas are.
You do not matter to me, at all.
Much as my opinion of your 'lifestyle' should not matter to you one bit.
I'm not going to bless your 'lifestyle' and I don't need you to bless mine.
I don't want or give a shit one way or the other about your acceptance.
It doesn't matter.
What anyone with a working brain stem is concerned with here is equal rights. Equal protection under the law.
No one is demanding acceptance from a fool, as I said, I don't care for your 'acceptance' nor do I give a shit about your purported 'tolerance', and I doubt anyone else does either... but it's great that you feel so self important.
Hate to break it to you, Mr. Alternate Reality, but civil unions do not now, have not in the past, and none of the "suggested changes" for the future come close to making "civil unions" equal to "marriage" as far as the rights straight married couples now enjoy legally.
We are talking a discrepency of aproximately 1000 codified rights that are bundled into "marriage" that "civil unions" do not have.
And to be very specific for you, I am talking rights afforded by the State to the individual, from tax law to hospital visiting rights, to end of life issues... nothing to do with churches (thinking ahead to your "blessed" comment, but even there... hate to let you in on the secret, but some churches already do "bless" gay marriages, much, I'm sure, to your chagrin).
Now, as for your ludicrous contention that some people are not going to "bless your 'lifestyle'..." (thinking you might have been meaning a non-religious based "blessing") all I can say is who gives a shit?
You, as a private citizen with an incredibly narrow and biased view of how the world "should" work, are free to maintain your ideas, regardless of how stupid I think you and your ideas are.
You do not matter to me, at all.
Much as my opinion of your 'lifestyle' should not matter to you one bit.
I'm not going to bless your 'lifestyle' and I don't need you to bless mine.
I don't want or give a shit one way or the other about your acceptance.
It doesn't matter.
What anyone with a working brain stem is concerned with here is equal rights. Equal protection under the law.
No one is demanding acceptance from a fool, as I said, I don't care for your 'acceptance' nor do I give a shit about your purported 'tolerance', and I doubt anyone else does either... but it's great that you feel so self important.
FunMe
yawn.
Mike_in_the_Tundra
You definitely lost me when you said "lifestyle".
JustAGuy
Really, that many?
I seriously doubt that anyone reading your post believes you have a SINGLE gay friend.
-S
Hell, half my gay friends don't think they should be allowed to marry.
Really, that many?
I seriously doubt that anyone reading your post believes you have a SINGLE gay friend.
-S
2 months ago
in Condi in Wonderland on DK's Jungle
Wow, what a surprise! The worst Secretary of State in history defending the worst president in history. Will these morons ever go away and let us rebuild our nation in peace? In answer to your rhetorical question about Christians, American Christians are, by and large, false Christians. They know nothing about the pacifist they deify. Their religion has become politicized and in no way resembles a true faith.
2 months ago
in Playing Animated GIFs on the iPhone on CuppaDev
Another method to getting animated GIFs to work on the iPhone is here:
http://pliep.nl/blog/2009/04/iphone_developer_d...
http://pliep.nl/blog/2009/04/iphone_developer_d...
2 months ago
in Bold & Storm Replicas [today editon] on Z Man Designs
Wow! Great! Fantastic! Good work. Best i've ever seen... Thx + greetz from Germany - Chris :)
4 months ago
in Facebook: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
I believe that this hoopla is nothing more than Facebook's lawyers making a tiny mistake. But like most thinks in the on-line community, people become shrill about things of which they have no real understanding. Face it folks, the Internet is considered a public domain. If you post anything to the net, anyone in the world can get it and use it as they please. I personally have never understood the appeal of a social networking site to an adult. I certainly cannot understand why any thinking adult would upload personal content or content that may be worth money. It's like taping money to a lamp post and trusting that no one will take it.
4 months ago
in “Everyone should be abstinent . . . but it’s not realistic at all.” on AMERICAblog
Hoo-boy! But I bet this like has the family values, right-wingers like cringing and the spin doctors like running to the phones. Did I say like, cause you know, I like really like saying like.
No, it never has been realistic to tell teens they must, must, must abstain from sex. It has never worked and unplanned teen pregnancies are highest among born-again Christians. Smart people encourage their teens to abstain from sex, but also make sure they know what they need to know about sex, how not to get pregnant and how not to contract an STD. Why send these so-called "mixed messages"? Becaue smart people know that teens don't use the best judgement and their sex drives oftern overrule their common sense and resolve.
No, it never has been realistic to tell teens they must, must, must abstain from sex. It has never worked and unplanned teen pregnancies are highest among born-again Christians. Smart people encourage their teens to abstain from sex, but also make sure they know what they need to know about sex, how not to get pregnant and how not to contract an STD. Why send these so-called "mixed messages"? Becaue smart people know that teens don't use the best judgement and their sex drives oftern overrule their common sense and resolve.
6 months ago
in The Senate is the center of the drama on AMERICAblog
Norm Coleman is beginning to look like an idiot. The challenged ballots are all from heavily Democratic precincts and the majority of them will go to Franken. It is time for him to concede. If Cornyn filibusters, Reid should follow the rules exactly and require him to remain standing at the podium reading, talking, or whatever as long as the filibuster lasts. The GOP must be stopped from blocking legislation for no other reason than they are no longer in power. The Senate has rules to stop this foolishness; all that is needed is for Reid to grow a pair and enforce them. The Republicans can either govern in a bipartisan manner or sit down and shut the hell up. Some of them get it; but too many of them don't seem to understand that the American people are sick of them.
6 months ago
in Bubulles on Phollow me
Toujours aussi joli, je te met au défi de faire un joli fond avec the Gimp :p
7 months ago
in Obama’s vetting process is a good thing on Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your Superhero
There is a very good reason why Obama is so carefully vetting potential members of his administration: the not-so-loyal opposition. Right now, even as I type, GOP operatives are scouring records trying to find something, anything about members of the new administration that they can use to discredit President-elect Obama. Obama understands that he lives in the world of dirty politics and yellow journalism. If one of his opponents or a not-so-scrupulous reporter finds a picture of one of his advisers screwing a goat, while smoking a joint when he was 18, it'll be all we hear about for months - while important issues get passed over. Obama has not said that he won't hire someone who doesn't have a spotless background, but he must know how the GOP will come at him and prepare for it. It's called opposition prep and it isn't limited to getting ready for a debate anymore. The GOP will do everything in its power to make the Obama presidency a failure. They do not have control of Congress anymore, so they'll have to resort to more Rovian tactics. Fortunately, Obama has already proved himself to be smarter than they are.
7 months ago
in Bush promotes free trade at final summit on AMERICAblog
Doesn't this idiot get it? No one wants to hear anything he has to say, especially on economic theory. The current financial meltdown is the direct result of "free trade." This nation has tried free trade theory several times and it has always ended in disaster. Free trade simply does not work! It never has and it never will.
There's a way to get Americans back to work. 1) bring felony charges against any employer who is caught employing illegal aliens. It is, after all, already illegal to do so. Remove the jobs and the illegals won't come. 2) give businesses tax incentives to bring offshored jobs back onshore. Give them two years to do so. If they don't, consider their goods and services to be imports and hit them with tariffs. Also, for each person they employ overseas, hit them with a surtax equivalent to the income tax on what an American citizen would be paid to do the same job here. 3) End all "free trade agreements" and negotiate trade the way it should be.
There's a way to get Americans back to work. 1) bring felony charges against any employer who is caught employing illegal aliens. It is, after all, already illegal to do so. Remove the jobs and the illegals won't come. 2) give businesses tax incentives to bring offshored jobs back onshore. Give them two years to do so. If they don't, consider their goods and services to be imports and hit them with tariffs. Also, for each person they employ overseas, hit them with a surtax equivalent to the income tax on what an American citizen would be paid to do the same job here. 3) End all "free trade agreements" and negotiate trade the way it should be.
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vkobaya
Of the idiot gets it alright. I believe he smirks because this is exactly what he intended, wreck the economy, screw over the nation and laugh all the way to overseas secret accounts to desposit the trillions he stole from the US economy and our treasury. This guy is a fratboy, punk, spoiled brat that the worst. Angry at the world for the fact that he is such a loser and can't measure up to Daddy's standards.
lilybart
good ideas all
7 months ago
in 2008/11/16/customer-service-crisis/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
The problems with customer support are, in part, our fault. We ALLOW companies to sell us poorly designed and/or defective products. We know this is true; were it not, Microsoft would have gone belly-up years ago.
When a company wants to increase its bottom line and they cannot reasonably increase their prices, they cut customer service. A call to most technology companys' tech support line is a waste of time and energy. Yet, we do not demand quality service. We don't demand quality in anything anymore.
When a company wants to increase its bottom line and they cannot reasonably increase their prices, they cut customer service. A call to most technology companys' tech support line is a waste of time and energy. Yet, we do not demand quality service. We don't demand quality in anything anymore.
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Paul Glazowski
I don't know if we ALLOW companies to sell us poor products and services. I mean, name a company that has no faults. The innovation game is never completed, we're constantly moving forward. Demanding perfection is one thing. But refusing to buy into anything less than perfection would just be irrational and amount to an unsustainable economic model.
8 months ago
in How Small Boxes Help You Succeed on Chris Brogan
You said:
* More business acumen. This past month, I crippled myself * by putting out too much travel budget in one big pop. It * left me broke for several weeks. Small businesses need to * manage their cash flow, and I’m now much more aware of * * how this works.
Answer:
Need a quick Finance 101? McGraw "Finance for Non Financial Managers" (Robert A. Cooke) is very easy to read, relatively free of obscure jargon and extremely good. This will also help you understand your small business customers much better.
--Marco, who deserted Technology for Finance
* More business acumen. This past month, I crippled myself * by putting out too much travel budget in one big pop. It * left me broke for several weeks. Small businesses need to * manage their cash flow, and I’m now much more aware of * * how this works.
Answer:
Need a quick Finance 101? McGraw "Finance for Non Financial Managers" (Robert A. Cooke) is very easy to read, relatively free of obscure jargon and extremely good. This will also help you understand your small business customers much better.
--Marco, who deserted Technology for Finance
8 months ago
in How Different Media Reaches Us Differently on Chris Brogan
Hi Chris -
I have not commented on your blog posts lately (sorry!) but will comment on these pictures. It's at times like this when I miss New England terribly.
Is that n. andover?
--Marco
I have not commented on your blog posts lately (sorry!) but will comment on these pictures. It's at times like this when I miss New England terribly.
Is that n. andover?
--Marco
9 months ago
in 50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level on Chris Brogan
Hey Chris...
Funny, I was about to give you a call with a questions that was answered in this post. Good timing :-)
--MT
Funny, I was about to give you a call with a questions that was answered in this post. Good timing :-)
--MT
1 year ago
in Happy Birthday Violette on Chris Brogan
Who's the ninja in the picture? Say Chris, is there an alter-ego of yours you'd like to share with the rest of us...?
1 year ago
in Seesmic du Jour 160: 10 Q&A to the Q&A guy. on Loic Le Meur
STFU n00b ! LOL !!111!!!1111 SO I HERD U LIEK MUDKIPS ??!!!????
1 year ago
in Social Media Starter Moves for Small Town Small Businesses on Chris Brogan
Hi Becky.
I guess the type of business one is in is also important..? For example a liquor store in a small town could not benefit as much from social media than a similar store in a bigger city with more prospects...
In my humble view, blogging/etc eliminates (or reduces) geography from the equation for many businesses. This means that a small town companies can compete with "big city slickers" in an almost equal footing. They can use blogs/etc to establish themselves as experts. After that - locaiton is almost irrelevant.
Personally I don't care where an expert is located provided they are good.
And, there is not a day that goes by where I consider leaving the Miami with all its hassles and settling in a nice quaint and small new england folksy town... say like Boston or Providence.
Cheers,
Marco
I guess the type of business one is in is also important..? For example a liquor store in a small town could not benefit as much from social media than a similar store in a bigger city with more prospects...
In my humble view, blogging/etc eliminates (or reduces) geography from the equation for many businesses. This means that a small town companies can compete with "big city slickers" in an almost equal footing. They can use blogs/etc to establish themselves as experts. After that - locaiton is almost irrelevant.
Personally I don't care where an expert is located provided they are good.
And, there is not a day that goes by where I consider leaving the Miami with all its hassles and settling in a nice quaint and small new england folksy town... say like Boston or Providence.
Cheers,
Marco
1 year ago
in Saying No on Chris Brogan
Saying NO can be the biggest time saver there is. However, you run the risk of upsetting people. Most will get over it though. And those that don't.... were, they were not gonna last as friends/collegues for a long time anyways.
By the way, I googled "the art of saying no". Apparently there is a Lifehack about it: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/...
You are big into life hancks, aren't you?
--MT
By the way, I googled "the art of saying no". Apparently there is a Lifehack about it: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/...
You are big into life hancks, aren't you?
--MT
1 year ago
in How Does Your Blog Relate to Your Business on Chris Brogan
Actually, my blog has worked quite well for my business. It has served a couple of functions:
1. It brings new clients! Every so often, I get a prospect that say "I was reading your blog...."
2. It provides clients with knowledge of who I am. Prospects can read my blog to find out about the company and myself - by personalizing my business I differentiate myself from other "less personal" companies.
It has worked well enough that I now have a second blog... :-)
1. It brings new clients! Every so often, I get a prospect that say "I was reading your blog...."
2. It provides clients with knowledge of who I am. Prospects can read my blog to find out about the company and myself - by personalizing my business I differentiate myself from other "less personal" companies.
It has worked well enough that I now have a second blog... :-)
1 year ago
in What Were Your First Steps on Chris Brogan
Chris,
My first step was writing a blog. I also started a second blog. I guess I remain at my "first step" level.
I did participate in the USENET before it got spammed all the way to hell. Is that social media?
Cheers
Marco
My first step was writing a blog. I also started a second blog. I guess I remain at my "first step" level.
I did participate in the USENET before it got spammed all the way to hell. Is that social media?
Cheers
Marco
