For instance, my tasteless spoof of a UK psa:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RoverFover#play/all/uploads-all/0/uI3sTU6wimY

Now, examine the ripping off of said tasteless spoof:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ25PC6lvXU

Notice both the posting date and difference in hit count? Well, turns out a keyword search of the user name and “digg” turned up this:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=digg+d3work&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=9733483af0cc9d26

Since the user is from a relative Islamic theocracy, one might conclude that they would have some etiquette about the subject of stealing. Guess not.

Hmm. If your analogy is right, the government should currently have as much right to know what happens in peoples’ bedrooms as they currently have to know about peoples’ finances.

I think this is right.

Certainly, the Constitution specifically empowers the Congress to levy an income tax, which impacts some particulars. Likewise, the Constitution specifically empowers the Congress to raise an Army, which allows it to from time-to-time take men away from their wives.

Found this article on a guy who predicted many of Germany’s current problems. Sad thing is, it doesn’t seem real likely that people on either side of the 28th parallel will have as much say about their eventual reunification as the Germans did.

The Unification of Germany succeeded in increasing Germany’s international weight, destroying the social infrastructure of a Communist state, and allowing the Federal Republic to further influence events up to the borders of Russia (With the expansion of the European Union). Still, there have been costs, as the article makes clear.

Eddie,

Looks like Arne’s getting it done, at least!

I don’t think anyone could argue that the students of New York public school’s would be incredible winners if, say, overnight their system was suddenly replaced by, say, the Beijing or Shanghai Municipal Education Commission.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/31/090831fa_fact_brill?printable=true

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/08/26/arne-duncan-s-seductions-and-why-schools-need-them.aspx

Found this article on a guy who predicted many of Germany’s current problems. Sad thing is, it doesn’t seem real likely that people on either side of the 28th parallel will have as much say about their eventual reunification as the Germans did.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/06/18/the_berlin_fall

Between the lady described in Jeffrey’s article and those idiots calling for boycotts of Whole Foods, the pro-Obama side of the health care debate isn’t looking much better than the anti:(

On the plus side, I just found a coffee-based stout at my local brew pub that’s good:)

Thanks for the video.

The use of offensive and stupid analogies is certainly unfortunate. As is the use of fraud. [1]

This may be an acceptable outcome to partisans (I’m thinking of Congressional Republicans and David Axelrod and Rahm Emmanuel) who want a knock-down fight. It does not bode well for a reasonable compromise on national health care, however.

[1] http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-phony-obamacare-dr-is-really.html

I don’t think anything could better demonstrate the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the American right on the issue of health care better than this video.

Interesting piece. As I recall the reverse in the 1990s (Gingrich was going to take away social security, etc), it’s interesting to see the sides of the Congress and the crazies reversed.

Eddie,

Interesting stories.

It’s fascinating to me how the “conservatives” as some blogs support unions everywhere, except where they don’t carry guns.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/20435114/detail.html

“While May was behind bars, the Kissimmee Police Department towed his car and auctioned it off. He lost his job and was evicted. Now May is suing the city for false arrest and false imprisonment. He wants to be compensated for the loss of his car and job.”