Control, control, control
At a small panel discussion about digital piracy at NBC's booth on the Consumer Electronics Show floor, representatives from NBC, Microsoft, several digital filtering companies and telecom giant AT&T said the time was right to start filtering for copyrighted content at the network level. For the past fifteen years, Internet service providers have acted - to use an old cliche - as wide-open information super-highways, letting data flow uninterrupted and unimpeded between users and the Internet. But ISPs may be about to embrace a new metaphor: traffic cop. This again comes back to controlling people's behavior. The Internet has often faced legal battles similar to freedom of speech issues, and this is the latest iteration. Sadly, I don't expect this will go away, but I wonder if they're going to actually cut things off, or if they'll try to tax them instead. You heard it here first...
Kerry endorses Barack Obama
The 2004 Democrat presidential nominee has officially endorsed Barack Obama. Kerry plans to hold a snoozer...I mean announce that he thinks Obama would be the best candidate to unite America. First of all, when have the Democrats ever been serious about uniting America (in action, not just words)? They're the ones tearing apart the military, Christians, the President, and pretty much anyone who disagrees with them. Second, is anyone surprised by this? After the Clintons torpedoed his own candidacy in 2004, I think Kerry would endorse anyone who opposed Hillary. Still, I'm not sure this endorsement is going to be one Obama particularly wants.
Stupid criminal of the day
A drunk Durham, North Carolina man drove his black Camaro on the wrong side of the road and crashed into the yard of a dog-owner, then fled. Police positively identified him a short time later...because he had stepped in dog poop during his getaway! No comment needed on this one...
Karl Rove speaks
Love him or hate him, Rove is one of the most brilliant political minds we've seen recently, and his area of specialty is elections. He writes a column in the Wall Street Journal about specifically why Hillary won in New Hampshire when Obama was the overwhelming MSM favorite. I can't possibly sum up his statements, but the column is easy to read, so go check it out. If anyone knows what he's talking about, it's Rove.
There's my two cents.
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