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Re: My Vote

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:03:34 -0000

I respect your decision. I see the war on terror as a greater issue than one view on who may or may not be the Democratic nominee. John McCain is the choice to stand for. John McCain will be supported by the fiscal capitalist and render a cabinet worthy of the history books.

Romney cannot be trusted, but seems like an okay guy. I think he'll be liked, however the general difference between Bill Clinton is that he has charisma and charm, whereas Romney's words are obviously measured.

Ed you did a great job writing this piece however. I'm pleased to see your reasoning. This is one endorsement for a differing candidate than my own that I can say - I respectfully disagree and the War on Terror means more to me.

Re: Rasmussen: McCain Ascendant

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:28:41 -0000

John McCain will soon wrap this up:

http://www.aliakbar.net/blog/2008/01/30/mccains...

Re: Pondering Gay Marriage in California

Ali A. Akbar — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:28:51 -0000

I honestly think Gay Marriage has never been and will never be the threat the far right makes it out to be. Took me a long time to reconcile the thought, but when it came down to it... there isn't a logical moral or religious argument for it (assuming you like being in a pluralistic society) and there is absolutely no legal argument opposed to "gay" "marriage."

I hate calling them "gay rights." They are privileges, however they are privileges are ever progressing society has granted to a certain class of citizens. It's against the law and inhumane to deny privileges with legal protections, benefits, and guarantees to supposed second class citizens.

The Republican Party will get right or ship out. I for one beg my party to reconsider.

Re: Pondering Gay Marriage in California

Ali A. Akbar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:28:51 -0000

I honestly think Gay Marriage has never been and will never be the threat the far right makes it out to be. Took me a long time to reconcile the thought, but when it came down to it... there isn't a logical moral or religious argument for it (assuming you like being in a pluralistic society) and there is absolutely no legal argument opposed to "gay" "marriage."
I hate calling them "gay rights." They are privileges, however they are privileges are ever progressing society has granted to a certain class of citizens. It's against the law and inhumane to deny privileges with legal protections, benefits, and guarantees to supposed second class citizens.
The Republican Party will get right or ship out. I for one beg my party to reconsider.

Re: Pondering Gay Marriage in California

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:36:40 -0000

@Randy Like I said... I don't see marriage as a right. I did say it was a privilege, however you can be second class in this nation (as history proves) and it deal with socio-economic status - which is altogether not guaranteed by our social contract. It is second class to be denied certain privileges all to which depend on gender, preference, or thought.

I am no moral relativist... but I am a citizen of a society that believes in no one view.

The national debater in me wants to say: let's have a definition debate before we get into the substance... b/c everyone is talking different languages.

Also on an issue that is thrown in there, but shouldn't be: Jesus. Jesus wouldn't advocate against gays marrying by the state accommodation.

Re: Pondering Gay Marriage in California

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:36:40 -0000

@Randy Like I said... I don't see marriage as a right. I did say it was a privilege, however you can be second class in this nation (as history proves) and it deal with socio-economic status - which is altogether not guaranteed by our social contract. It is second class to be denied certain privileges all to which depend on gender, preference, or thought.
I am no moral relativist... but I am a citizen of a society that believes in no one view.
The national debater in me wants to say: let's have a definition debate before we get into the substance... b/c everyone is talking different languages.
Also on an issue that is thrown in there, but shouldn't be: Jesus. Jesus wouldn't advocate against gays marrying by the state accommodation.

Re: McCain vs. Obama - LIVE Blogging the Second Presidential Debate!

Ali A. Akbar — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:21:34 -0000

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Re: McCain vs. Obama - LIVE Blogging the Second Presidential Debate!

Ali A. Akbar — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:21:34 -0000

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Re: The empire strikes back: Hulu blocks RSS access for Boxee

Ali A. Akbar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:15:10 -0000

No one's "cutting the hand that feeds them."

Sad to see the only people defending Hulu's outrageous actions seem to be pre law students or paid Hulu staff.

As a avid supporter of Hulu, this is a reflection on management and guiding principles. I think it's safe to start looking elsewhere. The networks should be on alert - the audience will move. We're not sheep.

Re: Google Bullies Blogger to Surrender “GoogleAppsEngine.com”

Ali A. Akbar — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:39:03 -0000

aliunt@yahoo.com - My email

Re: Developers Bailing on Twitter

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:26:09 -0000

Interesting...

Re: CoTweet Invite Codes

Ali A. Akbar — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:00:35 -0000

CoTweet is a product that was well thought out and produced. Very impressed and I'm not even in yet!

Re: Contatti - DON’T PANIC

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:09:26 -0000

Hello. Is there an actual working version of your plug in.

The links do not work.

aliunt@yahoo.com

Re: Pitching Guy Kawasaki in an Elevator

Ali A. Akbar — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:36:56 -0000

awesome

Re: Which Great Company Or User Should We Feature Next?

Ali A. Akbar — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:09:32 -0000

@aliakbar

Re: On Republicans, God, and Religion: A Jewish Perspective

Ali A. Akbar — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:33:56 -0000

The domination of what you're calling "religion" (which is actually hard-lined social conservative single issue voters) is what has now made us entirely uncompetitive.

The base's far end is going to have to realize that there is an appropriate way to court certain voters. Moderates, minorities, independents, and the educated aren't running to a single issue.

The base is the new minority and as such will have to get used to a changing message.

Re: On Republicans, God, and Religion: A Jewish Perspective

Ali A. Akbar — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:37:25 -0000

I think someone missed the pro Israel part of the blog.

Jews by origin (what you're calling nationality) (which is a definition by the UN... in what? 1987 or something... something not recognized by intellectual people of faith like myself) still vote Democrat.

Faith and all this hogwash have nothing to do with the issue being discussed on Aaron's blog. I would strongly encourage you to read the blog instead of Aaron's faith.

Re: 2008/03/16/lacygate/

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:53:49 -0000

Tempted to tell you to go somewhere and do something. You Stop. "Now!"

Your opinion is fine. Express it - your instruction goes unneeded. You're a blogger at Mashable. A Blogger.

Lacy and this post something in common: their top-down mentality.

The only lingering talk is here on this post. The lingering feeling will not be suppressed however. Bad journalism from Big Media from a talented but all-too shy developer is something to 'feel' for and is the very essence of the blogosphere.

In short, dude, get a life.

Re: 2008/03/24/twitter-spam/

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:10:22 -0000

Obviously someone needs to start reading the blog they are a part of. There are many forms of twittering.

Some choose the follow thousands, while a couple hundred follow in return.

Also, I hope that you've confirmed this profile as a spammer instead of blacklisting it.

Re: 2008/03/24/huffington-post-profitable/

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:39:08 -0000

Townhall makes a lot of money.

Re: 2008/03/30/pete-cashmore-gets-scobleized-video/

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:22:37 -0000

Scoble will always be better than Calacanis.

Re: 2008/04/01/microsoft-waits-out-yahoo/

Ali A. Akbar — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:33:45 -0000

All this speculation. It's really sad.

There's been rumors, and if I'm not mistaken... those rumors have also appeared on this site, published by this staff, stating that Microsoft would add $2 billion more.

Now you're speculating that Redmond still seriously seeks Yahoo, all the while Yahoo is launching new features to raise it's value.

Sometimes, you guys should stick to social networking.... leave business to techcrunch.

Re: 2008/04/01/microsoft-waits-out-yahoo/

Ali A. Akbar — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:37:15 -0000

I basically hate all this speculation. Let the WSJ and its sources cover it.

Re: 2008/04/09/clipsyndicate-2/

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:41:23 -0000

But TechCrunch is dominating America and France... probably everywhere else too. Not to mention the lack of commenting on this site. Is this a hollow tube?

Re: 2008/04/10/targetrx/

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:59:21 -0000

poor blogging. Where does the site state it's a social network?

Do you know what a social network is?

Re: 2008/06/17/guide-firefox-3-final/

Ali A. Akbar — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:51:03 -0000

Actually the download manager has always been able to do this. Were you using IE or something?

Re: 2008/06/19/amazon-launching-paypal-competitor/

Ali A. Akbar — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:27:46 -0000

I'm welcoming it at this point. Paypal just pissed me off. I have to FAX them my private information to spend/send/receive MY money.

All because I didn't login for a while. Stupid. I have my information, my password, everything.

Re: 2008/06/20/qbox-streaming-music/

Ali A. Akbar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:51:08 -0000

Interesting... I'll check it out.

Re: 2008/06/30/soceeo/

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:08:21 -0000

Mark. shave and maybe appoint someone else to do the interview.

Re: Darcy Burner Explains How to End the Iraq War — Meet the Bloggers (Friday 1pm ET)

Ali A. Akbar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:05:45 -0000

Darcy claims to be a pro woman's Representative. Why did she REFUSE to endorse the most important female in the HISTORY of the Democratic Party? Was this politics?

Re: The shy Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook

Ali A. Akbar — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:33:47 -0000

I have great respect for Zukerberg and I think he may be our next great (really if he's not already) innovator. There can be no doubt that the internet is THE medium of the present and the future. I think Zukerberg will pioneer it as it reaches it's masses and more of a user-functionality community accomplishing both complex and simple tasks.

Nice read Scoble.

Re: Audience of Twittering Assholes

Ali A. Akbar — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:39:04 -0000

I think Mark had some blame in it all. She was unclassy, he was a horrible speaker and released no new information.

Overall, as I pointed out in Twitter: we're bloggers. We report and are opinionated - deadly combo. Cheers to everyone who made the conference worth reading about.

http://twitter.com/Scobleizer/statuses/769157372

Re: Audience of Twittering Assholes

Ali A. Akbar — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:15:34 -0000

..and Gia.. it wasn't sexism. It was bad journalism mixed with her need to flaunt.

Re: VC admits he hates boring PowerPoints

Ali A. Akbar — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:05:58 -0000

I think we're finally getting to a place where the spirit of the business and innovation matter more than anything. It's nice to see the corporate take over of the 80's mixed with the corporate rush in to internet project of the late 90's start to fade a little.

It should be very informal and about the best product. Whatever it takes. Business models, plans, and that crap is becoming a thing of the past... and thank God for it.

Re: Why Microsoft will buy Facebook and keep it closed

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:36:59 -0000

I honestly think you're going to far my friend.

Let's trust the market and let the web users decide. We're relatively educated... and when we're not: there's a digg post to educate.

Haven't you heard the latest news: Microsoft is proposing a joint venture with Yahoo, not a takeover. The bid has been withdrawn for some time now.

Facebook is choosing to stay closed. I would. It's in their best interest (relatively).

Re: Mike Arrington is wrong about Google search

Ali A. Akbar — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:47:47 -0000

Could Mike be worried that him owning the lion share of relevant searches might go away with the power resting with the people?

Re: Exclusive: New Twitter Homepage Revealed?

Ali A. Akbar — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:24:34 -0000

Ummm... this is how it already looks as of like 2 wks ago. Nice Try?

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/04/cotweet-brings-crm-to-twitter.html

Ali A. Akbar — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:02:16 -0000

Very comprehensive review Jesse. Great stuff.

The power of an early and open api combined with companies seeking to find the solutions we all need to market our brands.