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I had a suspicion once upon a time that spammers hocking this, that, and everything were basically street merchants from big cities.
Last couple of days, I’ve gotten a ton of spam asking me if I wanna buy a Rolex.
I’m envisioning a guy in a trench coat, with gold teeth, sitting behind a spyware-infested Dell……

Pat McSweeney, writing in the Daily Press, says don’t vote.
I agree with him wholeheartedly.
Democracy is not a panacea. In fact a purely democratic society is undesirable. I also support a) indirect democracy (i.e. ending the direct election of the Senate), and b) extra votes awarded to those who pay higher tax rates. If you are more responsible for the funding, you should have more responsibility in the decision-making process than someone who contributes nothing.

Pat McSweeney, writing in the Daily Press, says don’t vote.
I agree with him wholeheartedly.
Democracy is not a panacea. In fact a purely democratic society is undesirable. I also support a) indirect democracy (i.e. ending the direct election of the Senate), and b) extra votes awarded to those who pay higher tax rates. If you are more responsible for the funding, you should have more responsibility in the decision-making process than someone who contributes nothing.

I tried to sleep so I could be up to watch the football game this afternoon. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay asleep. Imma be fucked tonight. Serious up.
Andrew W.K. doesn’t seem right on a Sunday Morning, for some reason

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Anheuser-Busch has come out with a new brew, made from their brewmasters around the world….
It tastes a lot like Heinekin.

Unedited, of course…

Kerry has a sore throat…all homeland security problems are due to tax cuts for the rich
Kerry with the “outsourcing” of getting Osama again
Bush answers question about flu vacciene, Kerry hammers for health insurance losses….what does universal health insurance have to do with a vacciene shortage?
Schieffer nails Kerry about productivity increases
Bush doesn’t know whether or not homosexuality is a sin
Bush gets at, but doesn’t nail problem with health care costs…..consumers don’t pay
Kerry: private savings accounts “disaster”
Bush proposes gastarbeiter program
Kerry proposes cyber-methods for border security.
Kerry: “It’s loooong overdue time to raise the minimum wage.”
Kerry….assault weapons ban expiration is a failure of presidental leadership….
Bush: God wants everybody to be free
Kerry is trying to be more pious than Bush….”Everything is a gift from the almighty”
Bush: “She [Laura] speaks English much better than I do.”

From an interview in Business Week.
[O]ur primary goal here is to make the world’s best PCs — not to be the biggest or the richest.
We have a second goal, which is to always make a profit — both to make some money but also so we can keep making those great products. For a time, those goals got flipped at Apple, and that subtle change made all the difference.
My dad, who teaches graduate courses in Business Administration, and I disagree about this all the time. If you have no product, or you don’t give a damn about making a great product, you will never make a profit. And when profit is your only motive, everything else suffers. Make a good product, treat your customers well, treat your employees well, then worry about how much you’re going to give back to your shareholders.
This is also why I think fewer companies should be publicly-traded. When you’re bound by the whims of Wall Street, it’s very, very difficult to keep sight of what’s important.