Long Time No Blog
You'd think I have a lot to say...immigration continues to illustrate the realities of our country's economic system, the Duke rape case is illuminating some far deeper class issues, and some great movies just came out on DVD.
I have had random thoughts here and there, but nothing worth anyone's time. So I have spared the rod and spoiled the children.
But even without much to say, I wanted to say it. I considered dropping some chauvinism, but that's my go-to. No need, as it's usually ignored :) So I am going to MSNBC blind, picking a random story, and commenting on it.
Stand by...most of these look like dogs.
1) Google defends supporting some censure in China, which is apparently news because they won't cooperate in the US. Part of me is angry, because cooperation could be key support in actual national security. But that's their call. It is totally consistent because Google is a BUSINESS. They have no wiggle room in China. Expecting them to be the bastion of free speech is ridiculous. They either comply, or they lose millions of dollars. Does it make them hypocritical? No...it makes them a business. A self-interested, profit driven business.
2) Muslim hardliners attack the Playboy HQ in Indonesia. Scratch another country off of my visit list. Why do I care? Because these fundamentalists are psychopathic dark agers. Didn't they read the articles?!?!?
3) Famed Indian actor dead...RIOTS IN THE STREETS!! Another scratch off.
4) As for sports, it's all Bonds, all the time. Baseball is the worst TV sport in the world. They've been juicing for years, and cheating was rampant before them. In a sport built on stats, cheating sort of destroys the myth...but no one cares. Neither do I.
Well, it's something...
I have had random thoughts here and there, but nothing worth anyone's time. So I have spared the rod and spoiled the children.
But even without much to say, I wanted to say it. I considered dropping some chauvinism, but that's my go-to. No need, as it's usually ignored :) So I am going to MSNBC blind, picking a random story, and commenting on it.
Stand by...most of these look like dogs.
1) Google defends supporting some censure in China, which is apparently news because they won't cooperate in the US. Part of me is angry, because cooperation could be key support in actual national security. But that's their call. It is totally consistent because Google is a BUSINESS. They have no wiggle room in China. Expecting them to be the bastion of free speech is ridiculous. They either comply, or they lose millions of dollars. Does it make them hypocritical? No...it makes them a business. A self-interested, profit driven business.
2) Muslim hardliners attack the Playboy HQ in Indonesia. Scratch another country off of my visit list. Why do I care? Because these fundamentalists are psychopathic dark agers. Didn't they read the articles?!?!?
3) Famed Indian actor dead...RIOTS IN THE STREETS!! Another scratch off.
4) As for sports, it's all Bonds, all the time. Baseball is the worst TV sport in the world. They've been juicing for years, and cheating was rampant before them. In a sport built on stats, cheating sort of destroys the myth...but no one cares. Neither do I.
Well, it's something...
posted by Chuck | 4:29 PM
1 Comments:
This one has to be my fave: "Muslim hardliners attack the Playboy HQ in Indonesia." Each week I get a newsletter that reviews magazines (from a media business perspective). Last week, there was a review of Playboy. It was quite scathing. So, of course, when I read this I immediately thoutght of how funny it would be if they were attacking Playboy HQ dies to quality concerns rather than concerns about "propriety".
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