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You Are Four Questions away from Complete Fulfillment

by BluerNote August 25, 2008

These questions are those I’d love to hear your answers to if you dare (most people won’t want to). It is basically a poll based on the Opposable Thumbs and Comment Ratings thread. This poll doesn’t lend itself to the multiple choice format though so this is the best way at the [...]

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Opposable Thumbs – Beliefs, Identity, and Commenting on Commenting

by BluerNote August 23, 2008

This is posted very soon after a really good post from a “Guest Writer”about a very important topic – the level of transparency of our local government. So please read that post and share your perspective if you haven’t already.

This post was sparked by the recent project of implementing a basic comments ratings [...]

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Beijing Olympics – The Dark Side

by BluerNote August 22, 2008

I’m just awake enough to mention one thing in particular about the Olympics that is just dreadful: Olympic walking. This is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever witnessed in my life. The fact that walking is great exercise and easy on your joints is not in dispute…most Americans could stand to [...]

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Olympics – U.S. Whips the Chinese Team

by BluerNote August 20, 2008

Ok my wife is out of town and instead of going out and buying some beer I got hooked on the Olympics. I love the whole Phelps thing, track and field, the gymnastics etc etc. I’m all over it and I haven’t been getting much sleep lately…so these Olympics better wrap it up [...]

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Activists and Lobbyists Fundamentally The Same?

by BluerNote August 20, 2008

I posted this basic comment in another thread but realized I don’t want to help continue that thread so I’ll just post it here.
I’m in agreement with the following line I noticed from Marcus:
” I am of the belief that activism causes more problems than it solves. ”
This reminds me of a perspective I read [...]

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