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9 months ago

in just imagine for a minute on brip blap
really? I don't *think* my congressman is up for reelection...
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deepali has there been a government takeover of your state? :)

9 months ago

in just imagine for a minute on brip blap
Also, you may be able to vote to RECALL your congressman right now if you live in one of these states. This is taxation without representation. What happened the last time the American people were subjected to that?

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legismgt/elect/rec...

Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
Washington
Wisconsin
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Steve @ bripblap And escapee, there's also the even simpler action to vote against your congressman in about 6 weeks on election day, when all 435 are up for re-election.

9 months ago

in dark days behind us, brighter days ahead on brip blap
you know, I don't really think that there will ever be a cure for cancer. The drug companies are too invested in the expensive treatment of it. If there's a vaccine that prevents it etc they are going to lose a huge amount of income. Cancer is big business. Unless they can come up with a way that the cure makes them more money than than the treatment, there won't be a cure.

1 year ago

in unscrambling the egg on brip blap
That egg photo is unspeakable vile.

1 year ago

in poor kid blues on brip blap
When I tell my friends about my childhood they don't believe me! I think it's funny- they all think I came from a middle class background like they did, and in some ways I did, although we were terribly poor.

I think that it is important to note the difference between *situational* poverty and *generational* poverty here. You and I are both products of situational poverty, which I think raises our chances of getting out of it- ie- we both come from backgrounds where our parents were educated people and my mother came from an upper middle class family too (I'll bet that your PhD dad did as well) so we had no ingrained poverty issues to deal with, and we never did "think poor" (book buying on demand? my mom did that too!). This is a huge advantage over people who come from families that have been poor for generations and thoughts of poverty are woven into every aspect of family life.

here's an article in the NYT magazine where I first learned about situational poverty:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/magazine/10pa...

1 year ago

in Are blogs losing steam for some? on Duct Tape Marketing
I think he's making a BIG mistake. For example, take the blog of Neil Gaiman (author of Sandman series, among many other literary works). He doesn't allow comments, but you CAN email him, and if he deems your question worthy he will put it, along with the answer, on his blog. I think that takes care of the negative comment debacle.

Neil's blog is about building relationships with his readers. He also really knows how to plug his projects. For example, all readers of the blog know that he is working on a novel that is almost finished. Great marketing! Also, all readers of the blog know that he co-wrote the movie Beowulf, which is now showing in theaters. Once again, great marketing.

A blog can be a great tool for an artist if you know how to use it correctly. Obviously Scott Adams doesn't "get it".
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