A Painful Truth?

Just five years ago, according to data from Forbes, nearly a third of the world's 2000 largest publicly traded companies were based in the U.S. Since then, that total has fallen by 36 percent.
in reference to:

- Is the American Dynasty in Decline? The Charts Don't Lie ... - Sphere News (view on Google Sidewiki)

"One Device to Rule Them All ... "

Do you really want an e-reader that only lets you read books? Or do you want everything?

in reference to: Analyst: Apple to Launch Tablet in Spring (view on Google Sidewiki)

Those who complain the most ...

... usually have the most to hide.

in reference to: Jetton Fought To Ban Gay Sex, Calling It 'Deviate Sexual Intercourse' | TPMMuckraker (view on Google Sidewiki)

Confidence or Cockiness?

Since both the Taliban and al Qaeda are ideologically driven groups, how will you define just what losing the war really means?

The West and particularly the United States has the technological upper-hand, as well as battle-tested (and battle-weary) troops, but I never get the feeling that the psychological and political aspects of our incursions are ever thought through.

For the people of Afghanistan and Iraq, this is just colonialism or imperialism, with scant regard to the idea of self-determination.

in reference to: Al Jazeera English - Americas - McChrystal: 'Taliban will lose war' (view on Google Sidewiki)

Uganda is Getting Support from "The Family"

The evil of the warped Christian support group known as The Family, knows no bounds. Check out this NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=120746516

in reference to: Why is Uganda attacking homosexuality? - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Let's hear it for vengeance ... er, I mean, justice.

It's surreal that the argument for and against the death penalty is muddied by the argument for and against the humaneness of the method of how we basically kill these people.

in reference to: Ohio executes inmate using single-drug method - CNN.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

More Metal than you can handle!

Gibson re-releases the REVERSE Flying V!!!!!!!!!!

in reference to: Gibson Reverse Flying V (view on Google Sidewiki)

Hell hath no fury ...

... like a gay man with a vengeance streak.

in reference to: Web site to out gay priests who are anti-gay - washingtonpost.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Good Question; Interesting Answer

From GigaOm: "If Google really wanted to help newspapers, it wouldn’t just share revenue -– as its promising to do with its ungainly Fast Flip -– but would share its real treasure trove: unrestricted access to the data of its users."

in reference to: Does Google Even Understand What News Is? – GigaOM (view on Google Sidewiki)