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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-03-05

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-02-26

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-02-19

  • Liz Cheney trying to rally conservatives: "There is no polite way to put this: Obama's incompetence is getting people killed." #
  • Glenn Beck: The USA needs to "get away from anybody who’s calling for a revolution…whether it’s a Tea Party revolution or a communist one." #
  • Sarah Palin: "America is ready for another revolution and you are a part of this." #
  • Dick Cheney earlier today: “A welcome like that is almost enough to make me want to run for office…" http://nyti.ms/9EbxAf #
  • The Left's Top 25 Journalists. http://bit.ly/asnZ03 #
  • I can't tell if this is interesting or disturbing. http://bit.ly/9CZPqj #
  • "We're all screwed if you don't get something real on health care," Bayh told the White House. http://bit.ly/aulfbn #
  • John Mellencamp for senator from Indiana… http://bit.ly/bMsnlD #
  • How credit cards were deregulated: Sale a/c state lines allowed, then, "Citibank actually drafted the legislation.'' http://bit.ly/cGXArG #
  • The term now used to describe the Twilight movies used to refer to a device that caused pain and misery to millions. http://bit.ly/bTh7C6 #
  • A very modern dating guide for women. http://bit.ly/bK9bwl #
  • A backyard snow tracking guide. http://xkcd.com/ #
  • Cheney claims Bush was soft on terrorism as well. http://bit.ly/aejZXV #
  • A point I've made myself: According to Cheney, Bush too was soft on terrorism. http://bit.ly/aejZXV #
  • Be not afraid, New York; the truth shall set all of us free, all of us except for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, that is. http://bit.ly/cCD8g0 #
  • When did Republicans news outlets start calling Democratic politicians, "Democrat politicians" instead? Did I miss a Frank Luntz memo? #
  • Wes Anderson remakes Spider-man! http://bit.ly/chaxID #
  • Her salary as an 18-year old providing the voice of Snow White was $970. The rest of her life was anticlimax. http://bit.ly/dzvtUO #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-01-29

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-01-22

  • The Economist’s Podcast Entitled “The Democrats lose Massachusetts” Is “an insult to people’s intelligence.” http://2parse.com//?p=4719 #
  • Why Scott Brown’s Election is Good for the Nation and the Democratic Party… http://2parse.com//?p=4698 #
  • The Scott Brown Effect? DOW down almost 200 points since election of 41st Republican makes it harder for US to tackle fiscal matters. #
  • Can't write anything (as blog's down) but what I'm working on is this: Why Scott Brown's Win Is Good For the Democrats and the Country #
  • Congratulations to Scott Brown on a well-fought race. #MASen #
  • To my MA friends:Today you decide whether you support Limbaugh, Palin & Brown or Obama, Kennedy & Coakley, & to sit out is a vote for Palin. #
  • We found him! http://bit.ly/4qUpPZ #

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The Limits of China’s Economic Model

Daniel Gross in Slate sees Google’s decision to stop acquiescing to the Chinese government as a portent of troubles for the nation – as a sign of a problem that will undermine China’s global economic position going forward, pointing out that the political decision to censor and even alter history as it was, has consequences:

Yes, Shanghai feels a lot like New York. But don’t presume that just because Americans and Chinese share a consuming culture that they also share a political one. As I stood in Tiananmen Square on a chilly November day, I turned to my guide. “That was really something, what happened here 20 years ago,” I said. “Yes,” he responded in his near-fluent English. “Those terrorists really killed a lot of soldiers.”

Gross sees the strength of China’s model:

For the last 30 years, China has been testing a new, inverted model: breakneck economic development while retaining strict limits on personal liberty. The Communist Party has wrenched the nation into the 21st century. The hardware is certainly impressive—the maglev trains, shiny new airports, and modern skyscrapers.

But he believes that manufacturing can only go so far – agreeing to some degree with David Brooks who describes the economic innovations of the future as being the result of a “protocol economy.” Gross explains:

And that’s the rub. Any type of political system can produce excellent hardware. The Soviet Union, which ruled Russia when Google co-founder Sergey Brin was born there in 1973, managed to produce nuclear weapons and satellites. Likewise, China has built truly impressive hardware: some 67 bridges now spanning the Yangtze River, a superfast supercomputer assembled entirely from parts made in China, high-speed trains. But in the 21st century, a country needs great software in order to thrive. It has to have a culture that facilitates the flow of information, not just goods.

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-01-15

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I’m with #teamconan

Not only am I a fan of Conan, but Leno’s smugness – especially in light of all this – really pisses me off.

Conan O’Brien Image by Mike Mitchell licensed as “Show the world whose side you’re on! Feel free to use on blogs, twitter, etc.”