Would you vote Kucinich-Paul 2008?

I personally support Dennis Kucinich but i can't help having serious respect for Ron Paul who i view as the Dennis Kucinich of the republican party. I was thinking about what if Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul teamed up. Now i know that there were rumors of this happening but i'm not here to report on that: i'm here to say why i think this should happen.

In an unbeatable election with a flawed voting system, hacked voting machines, widespread corporate media control, and questionable campaign tactics, we need to revive this dying democracy. These two candidates are the only ones i see capable of bringing us forward and bringing us together, as a country.

Some might say that their views are simply too opposing for this to be possible. If it came down to Dennis Kucinich vs. Ron Paul, no matter who wins, almost half of the people don't get the representation they want. Why can't we work together?

It is very simple why i believe these two should run with one another. America has become divided like never before between conservatives and liberals. Standing together behind these two would unite us as a nation. Running together means that they would have to settle their differences and opinions and work together to serve in everyone's interests.

Secondly, the media would not be able to ignore this. Undoubtedly, countless more people would support these two if only more people knew. This would be a great move for the both of them and their supporters. If you could, if they had a fighting chance, if they worked together, would you vote Kucinich-Paul?

Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul, please team up!

Abolish ALL Marriage

No, i'm not joking. This would be an even bigger change than accepting gay marriage, but it makes a lot of sense. Marriage should be left alone as a purely religious institution and giving it legal recognition is a violation of the separation of church and state. Instead, the legal standing of marriage should be abandoned and replaced by Civil Unions. No more arguing about who can love who because a Civil Union does not imply any romance. There are certain rights gained from a marriage that a civil union does not have but that should change with this. Citizens of the State of Massachusetts can add their support to this cause on Governor Deval Patrick's MyIssue site.

Who Is Dennis Kucinich?

While Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is widely ignored by mainstream television media, his ideas are much more in line with what the American people want. It's unfortunate that other Democrats poke fun at his height and appearance. You won't stop hearing about him over the Internet, a much more open place for politics. So why isn't Dennis Kucinich a front-runner? After all, he seems to be the truest Democrat. He brought a Cheney impeachment resolution to the House floor and plans on Bush next. Even as the mainstream media tried to spin impeachment, he was unflappable. You can even see ALL (none were edited out) of Dennis' responses at the 11/15/07 democratic debate. Don't stop here though, keep learning more for yourself.

Support Dennis Kucinich for President.

Check out Kucinich on the Political Compass

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2785434244970099392

FOX News: Fair & Balanced

Well, most people already know not to trust FOX News. Just look at how much media their parent, News Corporation controls; too much. I just happened to stumble across one video and decided i'd gather a few more to share with you. Keep in mind, these are just a few that i found within a few minutes.


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This here is the most ridiculous thing i have ever seen!

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Apparently, Fox was talking about 4chan, 7chan, and 420chan. I just have to ask...WTF?


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Available from the creator of that video is a playlist of FOX News Bias.


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That's from FOX Attacks.

So now what do you think of FOX News?

PostSecret

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=552486530965142094

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

The Web

Since it's conception, the internet has grown and evolved to become a network that unites peope all over the world using all kinds of devices: personal computers, gaming consoles, mobile phones, and all sorts of cool new gadgets. The Internet's enormous potential to continue to revolutionize the world we live in has not dimmed one bit. There is still lots of room for growth, expansion, improvement, and innovative new uses. There are infinite possibilities for the internet. Imagine not having to only hear about political candidates with the most money to canpaign but hear more from the candidates who's ideas gained the most support on a level playing field. This kind of idea becomes a real possibility with the internet.

Wikinomics is a book i'm yet to read but, from what i can see, contains some valuable ideas. It's supposedly based on the ideas of Openness, Peering, Sharing, and Acting Globally. The book dives into this idea of "Mass Collaboration" just like Wikipedia uses.

So the internet is a great place to learn, share information, ideas, and spawn great creativity. I like this video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3799145424889532408

Anybody can make a video and post it online:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5293315030002040172

And nobody is restricted to one website to do this. Ah, i can't even begin to explain all of the wonders of the internet. I'm sure anyone reading this blog can grasp some of it's greatness.

Dell made a surprising move when creating IdeaStorm, a place where people are invited to come and post ideas and vote on them. It was really a joy to hear that they had done this. It resulted in some big changes. When Dell announced that they would sell computers with Ubuntu pre-installed, they made pretty big news.

Wouldn't it be great if this could be taken to the government? Well, Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick, has a MyIssue site where you can post issues and add your support to existing issues like the use of Free software exclusively for Massachusetts. This could use some development but we're heading in the right direction! What if this could make it up all the way to the federal government? What if there was an online directory of all public governemnt files? What if all laws, proposed and in practice, were published to the Internet along with an analysis of what they mean and what they do? We could sniff out bad laws, and clean up our government, even reform our tax system effectively!

Then there's the Open Library project which provides free online access to public domain books. I imagine an open library, beyond this, of all books. A place where you can read the books, search through them, and even help translate the books. Think of a huge web of books. You're reading page 56 of a book written in old english and right alongside that page is a line-by-line or paragraph-by-paragraph reiteration of the reading in easy-to-understand, current-day language. Not only that, but chapter summaries and analyses are available. Even more, as you're reading, you can see where the text refers to previous parts of the book, turn off spoiler protection and see where it relates to a future piece of the book, and even how it links to other books and outside documents. Who would ever settle for SparkNotes with a resource like that?

And still, more and more becomes available constantly and we have no idea where the web will take us in the next 5 or even 2 years! That's why it's also so important to protect our digital freedoms.

Still, the internet began as an experiment, and continued to develop by modifying what already existed. Now this next idea of redesigning the internet is kind of hard to explain this but i like how the Economist put it: if we were to design a new planet-wide network on Mars like the internet on Earth, how would we do it? Knowing what we know now about the problems the internet has, how would we build a new one? There are people working on designing a new internet, but reconstrusting a global network of computers isn't going to be easy...or cheap. But the need for this new internet will continue to grow just as the internet continues to grow. Even the founders of the internet have come out to say that the internet is outdated. I ask though, instead of rebuilding the internet, why not just create a new network (making sure that anyone who wishes to connect to it must abide by laws to protect privacy, digital rights, and internet freedoms) and make it something people would want to connect to, and slowly phase out the old internet?

How to Steal Windows Vista

Here's a beautiful way to rip off Microsoft. I haven't actually tried this since i prefer to run only operating systems that don't suck but i have heard from a friend that he has tried this and it works.

All you need to do to acquire a valid CD key is go to any major computer retail store and copy down the stickers on the computers with the CD keys printed right on them. I did this at a BestBuy just to see if i could get away with it and i walked out with two Windows Vista Ultimate Edition codes that i never ended up using. I wasn't at all sneaky either-- i lifted up a laptop and bent down to read the sticker all while employees and customers were there. I turned a desktop computer and practically crawled under a table to see the sticker behind the computer. Nobody said anything to me.

How can this possibly work, you ask? Well, apparently Microsoft has decided to allow as many re-installations as you would like with Windows Vista. So all you have to do is browse around for the computer running the Windows Vista edition you want and steal the code.

According to my friend, all he had to do was download and install the beta version of Windows Vista and use the code he acquired to activate it. He also said that he had to call Microsoft and tell them that he was re-installing Windows. They asked him a few questions and he was all set. Since the Windows Vista Beta's have since expired, you may have to use a more roundabout way to get a copy of Windows Vista to use a stolen CD key on.

If anybody decides to try this let me know how it works out. I don't know why you wouldn't just go ahead and get Ubuntu instead though.