Posts published in January 2012

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationLessig said the type of corruption rampant in the US Congress is not the old type of bribery, where congressional representatives had safes in their offices to hold the cash they received for voting in certain directions. That is now illegal and eliminated.   This new type of corruption is more subtle, indirect and harder to…

Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future Joule Unlimited will build a production plant for turning sunlight and CO2 into liquid fuels.   The company claims that its genetically engineered bacteria will eventually be able to produce ethanol for as little as $1.23 a gallon or diesel fuel for $1.19 a gallon, less than half the current cost of both fossil…

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationIts time to publicly investigate, press charges and aggressively prosecute all Corporate Cronies and their puppetiers who are in conflict with their oaths of office to uphold the Constitution and have been acting with treason against the American People.   Chris Dodd, 3-decade senator who vowed not to lobby, is now the top paid advocate for…

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation Martin Luther King Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech is considered one of the most recognizable collection of words in American history. It’s the rhetorical equivalent of a national treasure or a national park.   Any unauthorized usage of the speech and a number of other speeches by King – including in PBS documentaries –…

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationI have a love/hate relationship with the Cato Institute. Most of their analysis I strongly disagree with, but some of it I equally strongly agree with. Last September 11 — the tenth anniversary of 9/11 — Cato’s David Rittgers published “Abolish the Department of Homeland Security”:Via www.schneier.com