Monday, April 17, 2006

Random idea

What would it mean if there was a day when no one was born or died. Why would that day be important. why would non one begin or end then?

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Drunken Ramble (to the tune of bueno sera by Louis Prima)

So, the world is converging into a global entity. This much we can agree on right?
No? will okay then you go now. The rest of you stay for what surely is the new world order.
The more we access our databases, our computers, our pda's etc., etc. We undergo a change.
This change pits us againt extroveriotn and introvertion. While we are able to access the far reaches of the globe,
we are doing so in more private spaces. Our information sources are connecting in ways never seen before.
Soon one thought leading to the next will lead to all the others in the same moment. What do we do then though?
When we have the mass of information, total and complete at our fingertips. Do we remember it, use it, trash it, what?
Right now, we flash feel. A moment comes up and we think about it but as the saturation of info dies down so does our interest.
I hope that soon we wake up. We wake up to this new revolution. Every piece of news and information at our whim. We can know.
what is happeneing anywhere and anytime. We can act, learn and do. What harms what when everyone knows the whole story?

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Give us your poor, your tired, your....ahhhhh forget it

Reuters has an article about the new Immigration Bill which looks to finally be...finalized. One section caught my attention.

The Senate compromise would give illegal immigrants who had been in the United States less than five years but more than two years a chance to obtain a temporary work visa. They would have to leave the country and reapply to come back. Those who had been in the country less than two years would not be legalized.


Now, I understand there is a lot about this bill I don't understand but why would it matter if a person has been here less or more than five years. Do you automatically become a citizen in the US after 5 years? I wouldn't think so but again I'm not as fully versed as I'd like to be but if you've been here longer than five years your out of luck? Seems wrong. On the flipside if you've been here less than two years your out of luck anyway.

Seems that a "guest worker" program should be based on working status, not how long you've lived here. It should be based on contribution. Being here for less than two years, even if you've worked your ass off every day still doesn't cut it? Ridiculous.

Once again we're not looking at the source of the problem, just brushing over the divots and that painting won't sell.

Monday, April 03, 2006

Whats behind the curtain?

I picked up the following article from the excellent badastronomyblog.com - and as he says, this can be and most certainly is an attack on religion, but it's a great metaphor.

I choose Door B

Pharyngula: Doors