Brian Junyor » Politics

SOPA Is Dead: Smith Pulls Bill

Junyor — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:53:20 +0000

Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”

via mashable.com

Good news!

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Understanding SOPA/PIPA

Junyor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:57:03 +0000

From my friends at Khan Academy.

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Firefighters go after Rudy Giuliani

Junyor — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:37:04 +0000

via Crook’s & Lairs
“This powerful video made by firefighters and the IAFF is their effort to begin to educate the rest of America about the fallacy that both Giuliani and the media has created known as “America’s Mayor.” This is just the beginning”¦.AFLCIO:”

WPvideo 1.10

Texas irony.. The old fashioned way.

Oracle — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:01:41 +0000

As we all know the current gun denizen is Codiac, but every now and then there is a story so remarkable that I have to post it.

For instance: the Texas lawmaker who voted against the castle doctrine; he shot and killed someone in the circumstances that the castle doctrine was there to protect; the rights of the individual who is protecting themselves.

Here is a link to the story.

A neocon view.

Oracle — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:35:31 +0000

This article by Former Neoconservative Francis Fukuyama outlines how the how and why things have gone badly in Iraq and how the current neocon regime was not expecting the type of reaction from the rest of the world as they got. The article is quite long and verry interesting. He does go into detail about the american mind and from his words

“Americans are not, at heart, an imperial people. Even benevolent hegemons sometimes have to act ruthlessly, and they need a staying power that does not come easily to people who are reasonably content with their own lives and society.”

He also touches a bit on history. I would recommend reading it and please give comments on this article. I’m interested in your views, esp that of junyor and mensrea.

AN EXIT STRATEGY!!!

Oracle — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:24:00 +0000

Bush had a special news conferance today and unvailed his highly anticipated exit strategy. More can be found Here.

Clinton @ Microsoft: Seems Unlikely to Me

Junyor — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:08:55 +0000

VoIP Watch is reporting rumors that Steve Ballmer is planning to step down as CEO of Microsoft…to make way for Clinton? Not so sure, have a read and see what you think.

VoIP Watch: Clinton in Redmond..Is Ballmer Stepping Aside

Just plain dumb

Oracle — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:16:08 +0000

A law that basicly prevents anyone from being anonymous… As a supporter of a free internet that just makes me sick. Read about it at news.com

Rant!

Oracle — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:37:10 +0000

Its time for a rant.

Today my rant is about children. Well societies take on them and the raising of them. Almost every time I hear about some violent crime or some more taboo crime I always hear “its near a school, we have got to protect our children”. This gets me to think. All the things that we ‘protect’ our children from are causations of society. These things they need to learn from, know about and in a sense witness these ‘things’ so that they can fully understand the scope of why ‘said thing’ was wrong.

Ever think that ‘protecting’ them from these horrible ‘things’ might also lead to problems. There is a point when one must accept society and move forward through it. And its kinda hard to do that when one never knows right from wrong under our society. Perhaps ‘I am the sum of my experiences’ is correct after all.

Parents must accept that these things have happened and do happen and will always happen. They must adapt and teach there children about morality and right and wrong. But perhaps that is the problem. It all comes down to responsibility and no one seems to one to take any of it.

–Oracle

Medical Marijuana

Oracle — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:39:39 +0000

Pot is good for you A win for the pot smokers out there..