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  Too Stupid To Live

  Who wants to help me write a book? Working title: “Too Stupid To Live.” From an Aspie point of view. What would it have been like to watch it ...more »

  Who wants to help me write a book?

  Working title: “Too Stupid To Live.”

  From an Aspie point of view. What would it have been like to watch it all unfold, from the point of view of a fully awake, criminally SANE and rational, alien anthropologist?

  Chapter One: a brief overview of the stupidity of the species, Genesis-style.

  Chapter Two: zero in on the colonies, starting just before the American Revolution. The Salem witch hunts, the institution of slavery, Manifest Destiny… Don’t forget the part where the witch doctors bled George Washington to death, just because that was the state of the art at the time.

  Chapter Three: wars and other stupidities of the 20th century.

  Chapter Four: September 11, 2001… more willful ignorance…

  Maybe a headstone on the cover, with something about the universe being better off without these vile creatures...

  Any history buffs in da house?

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  Robert Sapolsky for president

  The position is really just a spokesman anyway. A coordinator, a facilitator. When the government follows the Constitution, the president's ...more »

  The position is really just a spokesman anyway. A coordinator, a facilitator.

  When the government follows the Constitution, the president's most important power is in nominating a new Supreme court Justice. This is as it should be, and we need to get back to that.

  Lately, since they've thrown the Constitution away, the person sitting in that chair has been nothing but a puppet for a small group of people who were not elected, have no right to dictate, and are not our friends.

  We need a facilitator who understands and can explain how the natural hierarchy works, and that it doesn't have to be this way.

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  Pentagon wants to create a whole new branch of the military? Shouldn't Congress be asked to approve at least this much?

  "Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Cyberspace Wars" The New York Times, May 28 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29cyber.html --Obama ...more »

  "Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Cyberspace Wars"

  The New York Times, May 28

  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29cyber.html

  --Obama expected to sign classified order in coming weeks that will create the military cybercommand.

  The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare. The military command would complement a civilian effort to be announced by President Obama on Friday that would overhaul the way the United States safeguards its computer networks. The main dispute has been over whether the Pentagon or the National Security Agency should take the lead in preparing for and fighting cyberbattles. Under one proposal still being debated, parts of the N.S.A. would be integrated into the military command so they could operate jointly.

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  Break the "two party" system, at any cost?

  No, I have no suggestion as to exactly how. Put aside for a while the usual issues -- gun control, abortion, capitol punishment, whatever -- ...more »

  No, I have no suggestion as to exactly how.

  Put aside for a while the usual issues -- gun control, abortion, capitol punishment, whatever -- Those are honest disagreements that will not be resolved for a long time. What we have now is a power that no one wants.

  Would anyone be willing to temporarily give up those old arguments and form a new, consolidated party, just to restore our Constitutional system and most basic laws? To cooperate with people of the wrong religion or geographic area or whatever irks you?

  Short of a violent takeover (which we would lose) How can we get rid of the Bilderbergs and whoever else is ruining the country?

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  How was this

  How was this "brainstorming session" publicized? By word of mouth? Has anyone heard of it in the popular media? I heard about it through a ...more »

  How was this "brainstorming session" publicized?

  By word of mouth? Has anyone heard of it in the popular media?

  I heard about it through a news group to which I subscribe.

  My not-too-literate-friend suggested that it is "a publicity stunt and that its just a bunch of (fill in some group that you dislike) having a pow-wow rather than the President being involved."

  WHERE OR HOW DID YOU HEAR OF THIS PROJECT?

  (Simple answers, please.)

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  911 Amnesty

  Wait -- gimme a minute. I'm talking about the conspiracy AFTER the fact. Starting with the assumption that the investigation is reopened... ...more »

  Wait -- gimme a minute.

  I'm talking about the conspiracy AFTER the fact.

  Starting with the assumption that the investigation is reopened... (I know, that's a long shot. Just work with me.)

  Anyone who knew what was coming, BEFORE DAWN ON SEPTEMBER 11th, should spend the rest of eternity in jail.

  But what about the rest of us? Every adult citizen of the US is guilty of conspiracy after the fact. Some of us for days, some for years. Confusion, denial, fear, stupidity... whatever the reason.

  While watching the towers fall, live, I thought to myself, "Gee, that looks like a controlled demolition." Then I shrugged it off. It made no sense. It took years, and a friend from Bangladesh to wake me up. Where is the line between me and the actual perpetrators, who participated in all the preparations before the event?

  For example, I would put someone like Christie Whitman on the borderline -- I don't believe she knew anything about it before dawn that day, but she knowingly lied about the air quality in NYC in the days immediately after.

  We can't put everyone in jail. We can't put all government officials in jail. Washington would become a ghost town. Still, I want the truth. I would leave most government officials in office, as they are, and let their constituents do what they like at the next election.

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  The investigation might actually happen -- ya never know.

  U.N. calls U.S. human rights record "deplorable."

  A new report suggests the U.S. may have committed war crimes -- and endorses the formation of a truth commission.

  http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/29/un_report/

  NYC referendum for the November 2009 ballot -- http://www.nyccan.org/index.php

  They now have 40,154 signatures. If an excess of 45,000 signatures is collected, the referendum will automatically be placed on the ballot, overruling City Council’s vote.

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  How will Judge Sotomayor show fidelity to our Constitution?

  By bestest buddy, Barack, sent me a personal e-mail to say, "I am proud to announce my nominee for the next Justice of the United States Supreme ...more »

  By bestest buddy, Barack, sent me a personal e-mail to say, "I am proud to announce my nominee for the next Justice of the United States Supreme Court: Judge Sonia Sotomayor." ...yadda, yadda... and that she "would show fidelity to our Constitution."

  It was a very nice letter and gave me the warm fuzzies.

  My question is, "What Constitution? They threw that old rag away years ago. I believe I heard that Dubbya used it for toilet paper. Save a tree, and all that. Is there any chance of this Judge Sotomayor restoring it, or something vaguely reminicient?" It's a sentimental thing. I was never much for rules, but sometimes I like knowing that we have some, and what they are.

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  Who Owns the Media?

  We need to create a constitutional amendment separating the major media from the corporations, like the separation of church and state. Ok, ...more »

  We need to create a constitutional amendment separating the major media from the corporations, like the separation of church and state. Ok, that's a bit complicated and would take decades.

  In the meantime, we need some anti-monopoly rules. And I want ownership to be limited to real people with names rather than some obscure entity that's impossible to trace.

  We also need a system that would allow ordinary people to find out

  WHO OWNS THE MEDIA. Like the ingredients and nutritional information on the back of a cereal box, I want to know what I'm feeding my mind and my children's minds. Who owns it, and who owns the owner.

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