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The Laboring are Revolting Against the Learned – 9.12 DC Tea Party

“The mass of our citizens may be divided into two classes — the laboring and the learned. The laboring will need the first grade of education to qualify them for their pursuits and duties; the learned will need it as a foundation for further acquirements.” —Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1814. ME 19:213

“He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.” —Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, 1900

Freedom. WMD. Terrorist. 9/11. Bring em on. Maverick. Hope. Change. Yes We Can. You Lie.

What ever happened to: Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness?

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Facebook Punk’d Techcrunch

punkdI’m an avid reader of TechCrunch. Like most blogs they compete on the edge for eyeballs which puts most in the grey area of posting both actual news and rumor even without confirming from any discernible sources. TC does a good job on updating us all on Valley stories, news and tech but they still could benefit from getting off the iPhone jock and limiting useless rumors to focus their content. This is a great story of Facebook, setting up an actual feature and calling it to only those on the TC network; which in turn they put out there as a real feature without confirming it directly from Facebook (“Maybe I’m missing something here, but I’m not sure why Facebook would do this. “). Check the full Punk’d Story.