Daily Archives: July 17, 2009

Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com

I like technology. I like books.

Scratch that. I love books. Want to know why? Because once you own a book, it’s your’s. Not the bookstore’s. Your’s.

Want to know why I don’t have a Kindle and just have some ebooks I use Microsoft Reader for?

This is why. Turns out a publisher decided not to offer electronic editions of George Orwell, so Amazon rushed full steam ahead and deleted Orwell’s books from it’s customer’s Kindles.

Um, kiss my ass Amazon.

Ironically, they picked Orwell, who, of course was so focused on the ills of censorship and totalitarian rule.

I have both 1984 and Animal Farm on my shelf at home and you can find an electronic edition of the former here. For Animal Farm you may be out of luck on a legal e-book option.

Rep. Tiahrt (R-KS) Wonders If Obama’s Mother Might Have Aborted Him | TPMTV

Holy crap! I can’t keep up!

THIS Republican Racist has combined public health care with racism and asks if Obama’s mom would have aborted him if she could’ve gotten the government to pay for it.

Oh, and Clarence Thomas too. Apparently the only kids getting aborted are mixed race and non-white kids. At least those who would be getting aborted on the public dime.

White kids “catch mono” and disappear for a few months or something. Honestly I really have no idea where this guy is going with his argument. Other than – hopefully – to hell one day.

Seriously, why can’t we round all these guys up and force them into an Asshat Brigade for a 5-year term in rural Afghanistan?

Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog! Go!: Time for Pat Buchanan to Go Away

Pat Buchanan is a vile racist. I’ve always known this, but his recent words and his comments on the Rachel Maddow Show last night strongly endorse that this guy is basically begging for a race war while whites still have the numbers. Numbers, but not the training given the numbers of minorities fighting Bush’s wars overseas. Bob Cesca weighs in, followed by the Maddow video.