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Is today’s Copyright good for us?

We’re always hearing how copyright fosters creativity and innovation. But we should re-think the right to control content vs the right to profit from it. Case in point: Amazon’s new kindle reader was supposed to have the ability to read e-books to you. This would be pretty handy if you’re blind. Or maybe you just [...]

Filed under:DRM, corporate, music

Debt flowing to the Federal Gubmint

Yeah, yeah. I sound like a broken record. But we need to pay attention because this stuff is getting very serious. The Gubmint is printing too many Gubs. Like rivers of toxic waste all this debt is flowing into the ledgers of the federal government. Fannie Mae is already out of money from their first [...]

Filed under:economy, politics

Bummer of a name for a KKK member

OK, racism is evil. But does anyone else find the guys name in this article hilarious?

Filed under:General

Is the gig over for our delusional economy?

Welcome to the stock market, circa 1997! I love this little gem: “I think we need to hear some optimistic talk from our leaders and soon.” -Ron Kiddoo, chief investment officer at Cozad Asset Management I love it not because of what it implies…which is bad news. I love it because it matches several patterns [...]

Filed under:corporate, economy

Credit Crisis Visualized

A few flaws (doesn’t flow well, and not all concepts are connected well) in this, but overall a nice presentation on the Credit Crisis we’re in:

Filed under:General

My church music can beat up your church music

Anyone who’s read this site knows about my thoughts regarding culture vs. doctrine. That is, there is a substantial chunk of “doctrine” in our churches that is not sourced in the Bible at all. Rather it is sourced in western/democratized/capitalistic/industrialized concepts that have come to be synonymous with “church” and “being a Christian”. It’s hard [...]

Filed under:church, music

Circuit City, KB Toys….Krispy Kreme!?!? Now it’s getting serious

Krispy Kreme may declare bankruptcy! And it’s not just them. There are a bunch at risk. And did you know the 90′s had a “doughnut heyday”?

Filed under:General

The coming bankruptcy of the Federal Government

Finally some people are starting to acknowledge that this is a possibility. It’s gonna happen folks. The Federal government will either go bankrupt, or print money to pay debts. The reason? We want to live beyond our means. We want government to be our god and meet all of our needs. We have no means [...]

Filed under:economy, politics

The Day the Music Died

Or the day the Musak declared chapter 11.

Filed under:General

Give Obama a chance?

I know this blog has turned into a polifinancial rant platform lately…but there is serious stuff afoot. This is an extension from a conversation on Facebook, in which the general principle of “give the guy a chance” was proffered. While I would normally think this is a good idea, with Obama’s presidency, I don’t think [...]

Filed under:economy, politics

The Myth of the Republican Party

Somewhere about a decade ago, Republicans bought the lie that people didn’t like Republican ideas. And thus, they stopped being Republican. This slow decay in the party is now complete, and it’s too late baby…oh it’s too late. Since when did 713 billion in debt become a Republican ‘alternative’? This is kind of like in [...]

Filed under:economy, politics