DISQUS

It's always nice to see this topic brought to people's attention. As the Boy Scout's always say "Be Prepared!"

Your "Go Bags" are a fantastic idea! One thing to also keep in mind, is that in some crises, leaving your home may not be possible or wise. (civil unrest or epidemics come to mind). The most important item to have on hand for any crisis is ~water~. A non-perishable stock of food is important too, but you can survive without food for a period of time, but only a few days without water. It's a good idea to have at least a gallon of clean drinking water per person/per day stored away. And a 2 week supply is probably ideal. Make sure it's stored away from sunlight!

On a similar note, It's a good idea to keep a gallon or two of water in your car at all times (again keep it covered so the sunlight doesn't hit it). You never know when you might need it, and water is life.

Thanks again,
steve.

not bullshit at all. they add value to ~your~ world. it's an important distinction more people should consider. Your world does not equal The World

Verizon
old LG phone.

can send message from phone to yahoo mail.
can send message from yahoo mail to identica.
can NOT send message from phone to identica.

it makes no sense. but it does not work for me.

I don't understand where all the Obama hate is coming from. Despite repeated pleas to the Clinton supporters I know, none has ever come up with an example of him or his staff demonstrating sexism. The only thing that comes close was a female staffer of his that called hillary a "monster" and was promptly fired with sincere apologies extended to Senator Clinton by Obama. A response that stands in stark contrast to Senator Clinton's treatment of loose cannon Geraldine Ferraro.

The only reasons for the hatred I can come up would be unacknowledged racism (that would be really sad), or bitterness over him even running in the first place, thus denying Senator Clinton her "rightful" place in history. But no-one has the "right" to be president - it needs to be earned by gaining the trust of the American People.

Senator Clinton has lost that trust primarily through her own actions (I won't bring them up yet again, but you know what they were). And now each day that goes by without leading her supporters to understand that on each of the issues (remember those?) Senator Obama has very similar views to her own, while Senator McCain is as bad or worse than Bush's views...

...for each day that goes by without turning her attention and support to Senator Obama she does great disservice to the issues I still believe she holds dear, the chances for a Democratic victory this fall, and to her legacy as a feminist leader.

The hatred is more properly directed at those in the media and those supporters from both camps who have said idiotic, sexist, and racist things during this election. Wouldn't it be much better to aim your hatred and demand for change at them than at the Democratic nominee who has done naught to deserve it, and will assuredly fight for the causes you belief in?

Women will NOT have a voice in a McCain administration unless they've repudiated their beliefs in reproductive rights and a host of other key feminist issues. Let's not turn back the clock in the name of bitterness, Okay?

Bad flashbacks: "I did not concede to that man" The definition of concede is...

Haven't we suffered enough?

While I generally think it premature to talk of a boycott, it might lighten the load enough for them to fix a few things, instead of just spending time trying to keep it up. And after the last few days, I'm ready for some actual progress.

I think mass contributions/posts to the getsatisfaction.com site would send a much much stronger message than not tweeting for a day.

I also agree with one of the posters on today's (5/20/08) outage report there http://tinyurl.com/5q2typ regarding the vulnerability inherent in relying on twitter. This type of communication is becoming so relevant to our lives that it becomes a target for attack by terrorist, spammers, hackers, governments, you name it.

So why leave it in the hands of those motivated solely by profit. All these social media evangelists as the related post up there suggests (most of them open source preachers also), and where is the Open Source Twitter project???

Or shit, for that matter, why don't We The Users, chip in & buy out twitter, forcing it to become open source.

I'm tired of hearing all the self-proclaimed tech gurus (currently a significant portion of the twitter user base) do nothing more than complain.