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to uphold the Constitution "Here's my promise to the American Public: If anyone of the major networks --- ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX --- promise to air the entire segment, without editing, I promise to tell them everything that I know." from KOS

AllRight(ious) ... man I am about up to here with dumb stuff. This new logo for the war on terror, immediately struck me as a throw back to the late 60's early 70's and the propaganda used against the "radical" students, "radical" blacks, "radical" anything ... getting a serious case of ENOUGH ALREADY!!!! Is it a distraction to make a parallel to the Ghostbuster logo . Except for the universal symbol for NO!, I see a very strange looking black figure holding a very strange looking gun. Whoever made this new logo has some explaining to do. Yup ... having a bit of interest in history and spending a little too much time online, the new logo reminded me of some early 1900's "Black Sambo" imagery, some stuff from the 60's/70's, and folks like Bobby Seale , John Lennon . Everything is out of whack. People set others up to fail. Refuse to discuss (negotiate). Our leaders treat first responders and the military poorly, at the same t

In the early to mid 80's one influential moment (for me) was the film "Hero's" with Henry Winkler, a shoe box and Worm Farm dream. In 85 I tried my hand at recycling (dot printer) computer paper (there was so much waste at the place I was working) and ran into the wall of resistance. The idea, was to pick up (and shred) from medium and large biz all their computer paper as well as the typical paper waste. I learned a lot. Including more about worms, and bio fuels. In the late 80's Virginia and N. Carolina had pig farm problems. Stink and run off! Methane, worm/bacteria food = fuel and compost = clean environment and a little jingle in the pocket (actually a big pocket would be needed, to fund as well as bank). I saw a way to duplicate this, just as I did the recycling of paper. Franchise! I think that it was VAtech's agriculture dept that was doing research as well, so I know I was at least half right. But no one really was returning or listening to my calls.

Man I love what Google does. "Don't Be Evil". And yeah, there have been a few questionable decisions/occasions (well publicized) where there is some doubt due to circumstances, but over all, as big as Google gets, it still seems to strive to be good. So I could accused be championing their cause here ... Guilty. But I do not get any special treatment, a pay check or a pat on the back. Anyway... In a video chat the other day, Marcus from Our Media pointed out Youtube's Testtube site. during a discussion about video on the web and uses for YouTube. This is a public beta, but I don't think many people are aware it is there to try out. Of the four services listed, two, ActiveSharing & Streams , have me thinking of potentail uses beyond YouTube. In brief, ActiveSharing http://www.youtube.com/activesharing_about lets you show others what you are watching. Streams href="http://www.youtube.com/streams_main allows interaction and the sharing of videos within