Quote of the Day
Posted by: JC in uncategorized on April 19th, 2009
G. M. Trevelyan
“Education… has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”
Quote of the Day on Bankers by Bonaparte
“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.” - Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815
thanks Dprogram.net
Holy Cow, The White House Has a Digg Clone
Posted by: JC in uncategorized on March 24th, 2009
one step closer to direct democracy? or sham?
The White House has launched a new web site where anyone can submit and vote up their most important questions for President Obama about the economy. That’s right - the White House has a Digg clone! At least for the next two days. Activity on the site will culminate in Obama addressing the top questions on Thursday, March 26.
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Once registered on the site Open for Questions, it looks like you can search for questions, vote on questions that are already listed, and submit your own. As it stands right now, the trend definitely seems to point to more voting for existing questions over new questions being asked. At the top of each topic area there is a new (random?) question along with the highest-voted questions in descending order.
The site also keeps a tally of the number of questions and votes that you cast. You can go back and revisit those with links provided on the left if you want to change your vote or just re-visit the questions you voted for. Finally, it appears that each submitter is a hyperlink so if you see a question that is particularly challenging, you can click on the submitters name and see if they have any other questions in other topic areas.
You only have a couple of days to get your questions and votes in, so hurry on over to Open for Questions and get yourself registered. You may even hear your question being read by President Obama next Thursday!
quote of the day on normal
Posted by: JC in uncategorized on March 22nd, 2009
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” - Joe Aneis
Quote of the Day
“In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.” - Confucius
Watching history channel about mind control
Posted by: JC in uncategorized on March 18th, 2009
Quote of the Day - On Laughter
“The person who can laugh at himself will never cease to have amusement.”
- Shirley Maclene
