Fantastic Quote from Maya Angelou regarding people.

"I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."-Maya Angelou

#P-Puppetry~_Lit_Quotes

Wiretapping

Well good. Make them accountable.

"EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney to Stop Illegal Surveillance"

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Warranted wiretapping is just fine, especially since they can ask for it 72 hours later after the fact in the "ticking bomb" and other scenarios. Warrantless wiretapping goes against what this country used to try and stand for.

#K-Law

Screaming heads.

Interesting NewScientist Article:

"Liberals will probably say conservatives are scaredy cats," while conservatives might call liberals naive, he says. "The more important point is that people differ".

and

"When we have two talking heads screaming at each other, they're not going to convince each other of what they believe if they are pre-disposed to have those beliefs," Oxley says.

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"Voter Database Glitches Could Disenfranchise Thousands"

http://ping.fm/GtA4o

#H-BusinessCharityBikeAsTransport
#H-Business~_HK_Psychology
#J-PoliticalScience

On fictitious names for sole proprietorships and general partnerships in AL

Alabama does not require registration or filing of fictitious names for sole proprietorships and general partnerships. Corporations, LLCs, LLPs, and limited partnerships register an assumed name as part of their required business filings with the Alabama Secretary of State.

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Burn After Reading

Lots and lots of cussing in this movie.

Wife was disappointed. I liked it all right, it was definitely a Coen Brothers movie, but it really isn't the comedy the trailers have been advertising. It's dark comdedy, but less comedy, more dark. In a way that will probably only really appeal to Coen brothers fans who like their non-comedies.

The trailer for An American Carol looks pretty damned funny, and we're definitely seeing it (I personally think that satirizing a guy who's made 4 or 5 movies and a few tv shows is kind of silly considering the other view has had a 24 hour channel for years now. Their influence one way or the other is in no way equal.) The Zucker name is usually a guarantee of comedy gold. And Kelsy Grammer as Patton is freaking hilarious.