The World

Iphones will go out of style.

Linux will increase it's adoption in pcs at a significantly greater rate.

Kids born next year won't remember the world when marijuana was almost universally illegal.

If I understand correctly, the idea for these protests really originated with the Campaign for Liberty. However, Fox news jumped on board and started strongly supporting them, apparently even letting viewers know they could attend these 'virtual' tea parties at some fox news site.

I'll be the first to admit, I don't trust you, Mr. Obama. Not really you, so much as what you represent; I don't see as you any type of individual, just the figure head of a big ugly machine. Sure, I've been annoyed, maybe even jealous when so many people love and admire you, trust you, defend your obvious "rough edges". But I never really thought of you as just some actual human being.

This is a pretty big question. One that many seem to think is "answered." All the scientists agree, anyone who disagrees is in the pockets of the oil companies or, insane.

I may be insane, but I am certainly in nobody's pocket. It seems to me this is not a cut and dry case. There are debates on both sides, and, virtually all of the science supporting climate change being caused by increased CO2 emmissions, specifically human caused CO2 emmissions seems to be the result of computer simulation.

Or really the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act"

This actually seems to be pretty legit, you can read the full text here http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills..., but basically it says that each paycheck is an act of discrimination and you don't lose your right to sue for compensation after 180 days of accepting the wage. It used to be that it was only one act of discrimination, and you had six months to sue, then you couldn't sue for back pay. Now, you can sue for up to two years of back pay.

I was trying to find the language of the "Equal pay for equal work" bill that our dear president just signed, figuring I would find some reason why it was a terrible bill despite the obvious superficial nicety of the whole thing. So I am browsing around senate.gov and I came across the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This is the bailout act as far as I can tell. In it I found this little gem:

Due to my beliefs, or I might say understanding, I have been accused of hating America. It doesn't stop there because the implications of that are astounding. If I hate America, I must want to destroy it, I must not love the people that comprise it, and I must also want them destroyed.

This couldn't be farther from the truth. Indeed, even I believed I hated America for a time, though I have come to realize that I am simply embarrassed by the policies and actions of my government and that my government is not my country.