March 2007 Archives

One Laptop Per Child

Alberto sent me this link about Negroponte's effort at installing and integrating computer technology into high poverty communities, "One Laptop Per Child."
This open source laptop is designed to grow in the hands of the users, with every piece of software open and maleable, with no proprietary interventions. "This really is something new in the history of computing. It's the economics of scale involved in producing an open platform in the hundreds of millions a year that will change things. This isn't the same as the Linux community begging existing vendors like Dell and HP to pre-install Linux on existing laptops; this is a new open platform designed around Free Software."

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Prayer Today

Mahatma Ghandi is the inspiration for me to day:

" When I despair,
I remember that all through history
the ways of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants, and murderers,
and for a time they can seem invincible,
but in the end they always fall.

Think of it - always."
mahatma gandhi - early 20th century

Hate speech gets good laughter

Click this video to see yet another RECENT hate example against gays. Can you imagine what it would be like to hear her say the word nigger...or other slur? What got me was the audience laughing.
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"I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I -- so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."

-Ann Coulter

Website to see the video:
https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/coulter

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Mon Mar 5, 7:30 PM ET

SUMMARY: After right-winger Ann Coulter used the "f-word" to slam John Edwards, the candidate put the video on his Web site and used it to raise money.
Prominently featured on John Edwards' presidential campaign Web site is a video of conservative commentator Ann Coulter insulting him. And with just a mouse click you can hear the invective and get a chance to donate at the same time.

On Friday, Coulter, a writer and columnist known for provocative remarks, told an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I -- so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards."

The Edwards camp is now seeking to capitalize on the slur by soliciting $100,000 in "Coulter Cash" to "show that inflaming prejudice to attack progressive leaders will only backfire."

Meanwhile, conservatives were none too pleased with Coulter, either. Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, said: "Frankly, I would have loved to have heard Ann expose and dissect the radical agenda of Sen. Edwards instead of restoring to cheap name-calling." (AP)

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