shouting loudly

If you hang out on internet discussion forums long enough, you’re bound to encounter a reference to  ”Godwin’s Law.”  Mike Godwin proclaimed in 1990 that “as a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”  Standard practice is that when you hear such a comparison, you call out [...]

Patrick Ruffini of TheNextRight.com posted a provocative blog entry Sunday night, titled “Rising Rightroots and Declining Netroots Now at Parity (or Better).”  I believe Patrick is trying to make two core points in this piece.  The first, with which I agree, is that “the political environment turns out to be the decisive factor in how [...]

By now I’m sure we’ve all heard about Congressman Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) outburst during President Obama’s Health Care speech on Wednesday.  After Obama claimed that his bill would not cover illegal immigrants, Republicans en masse erupted in murmuring.  That’s common during a joint session of congress.  Then, after they’d quieted down, Wilson took the opportunity [...]

The MTA is so zealous in their enforcement of trademark and copyright that, at least according to one blogger, they’ve already censored me. That was news to me, but it wouldn’t have surprised anybody if it were true. Here’s what is: On July 25, I uploaded this design to CafePress: CafePress took down the design [...]