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14 years ago @ Big Government - In Memoriam: Andrew Br... · 0 replies · +8 points
And may He welcome you with the Light of His Face.
14 years ago @ Big Journalism - MMfA Mocks Natural Fam... · 1 reply · +24 points
=)
On a serious note though...
9 years of Natural Family Planning has worked for my wife and I.
14 years ago @ Big Government - Whispers on the Hill P... · 1 reply · +1 points
“We thank and commend Senators Reid, Leahy and Kyl as well as Congressmen Smith, Conyers, Goodlatte, Watt and Berman and all the other co-sponsors of the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act, who in the face of an onslaught of mistruths and great pressure to renege on their commitment, stood steadfast in their belief that the uniquely American creativity embodied in our country’s films, TV programs and music deserves to be protected from illegal foreign profiteers. We fought for this legislation because illegal Internet businesses that locate offshore expressly to elude US laws should not escape the very same rules of law that currently apply to illegal US websites – they should not be allowed to reap in profits if they knowingly sell or distribute illicitly gained content and goods which they had no role in creating or financing to the American consumer.
“We recognize that we are currently part of a complex and important debate about the future, not just of the Internet but also of creativity, the American economy, free expression, and a civil society. We believe that the light should be being shined on every aspect of this discussion and on all of those who have a stake in it. We believe we should discuss what an unregulated ‘free’ Internet means for the future of content, just as we should also discuss the importance of an open Internet.
“We welcome this debate. We hope a new tone can be set and it is not one that turns our advocacy for this legislation into an implication that we promote censorship. Our commitment to the First Amendment is decades old and long established – it is a matter of public record from long before the word ‘Internet’ was part of anyone’s vocabulary. If one truly embraces free expression, they do not take down the Library of Congress websites, the very symbol of our country’s belief in knowledge and learning. We would hope a new tone can be set that does not pit the creativity and innovation of our directors, actors, performers, craftspeople, and technicians against those innovators in other industries. We hope a new tone can be set that does not include website attacks, blacklists, blackouts, and lies. We believe an Internet that does not allow outright stealing has to be the Internet of the future or all the promises it holds will be unrealized.
“We are committed to open debate. We are equally as committed to protecting our members’ ability to create and to earn a living while doing so. We will work with Chairmen Leahy and Smith to make both possible.”
14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Hollywood Moguls Shut ... · 0 replies · +1 points
I wonder when this was stated since they just had dinner last night with Joe Biden in Palo Alto. Along with the heads of Google, Apple, Facebook, Yahoo, E.A, etc.
14 years ago @ Big Government - Catholics Shifting to ... · 1 reply · +5 points
14 years ago @ Big Government - Mid-day Open Thread: L... · 0 replies · +21 points
It's not the governments job to make life better for us.
The pursuit of happiness lies upon the individual.
Not the government.
14 years ago @ Big Government - White House Releases O... · 3 replies · +5 points
There are strange things about this document.
First, why does this appear to be a scan from a book that is pasted over a similar background?
That tells me already that a software package such as photoshop was used.
Next, if you zoom in close, you will start to see a very straight vertical line along the left side of
the scanned document. Just to the right of the black line that also runs vertical. This hazy, lighter
area just before the numbers (1a. 2 6a. 6e. 7a. etc) should not be there. To me, this suggests that
the transparency of the layer used to place the information was not at zero percent. Another suggestion that photoshop (or similar program) was used.
Finally, why is that when you zoom in and look at the text, every letter has an "outter glow" around the black ink from the typewriter? The most noticeable spot is in STATE OF HAWAII. If the STATE OF HAWAII were actually bending with the curvature of the page in the book, why isn't the STA of STATE in shadow? It shouldn't have a light green outter glow around the text. To me, this looks like an amateur hack job to appease the masses.
14 years ago @ Big Journalism - Fighting For the Ameri... · 0 replies · +3 points
14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - How Shreveport, Louisi... · 1 reply · +3 points
Do you guys have a website or contact information?
I'd like to submit my resume and demo reel, but cannot find where to send it.
14 years ago @ Big Peace - Glenn Beck's Introduct... · 0 replies · +8 points
When asked why I was canceling my card, I told them it's because
I choose not to do business with a bank that offers Sharia Compliant banking.
It's not much, but I'll fight crap any way I can!!!