The musings of an artist on Art, culture, philosophy, theology, politics and his own work. Jerub-Baal (pronounced jeh-rhueb bah-ahl) was the name given to the biblical Judge Gideon after he destroyed an altar to the Canaanite god Baal set up by his father and the people of Israel. As the origional iconoclast he sets the example that will be followed here.
posted by Jerub-Baal at 3:54 PM
I was born in 1959 in southern New Hampshire. In my sophomore year of high school I began attending Berwick Academy in South Berwick Maine. There I had the opportunity to study art under the illustrator Charles Andres. Next came the study of Design for Theatre at Northeastern University under Richard E. Schreiber. After college I continued to be involved with design and to explore painting while working various full time jobs, eventually settling in to a career in sales. After fifteen years of this I have struck off on my own (or been cast off by my last employer, depending on your viewpoint) into a fulltime life of painting. Following current events, reading history, researching on the internet and talking with friends and acquaintances helps me pursue my ideas about spirituality, symbolism and modern culture. My family and I live near Boston.
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Snarky response: but the folks on the tapped phone calls are opressed freedom fighters whereas the bloggers are mean-spirited conservatives. They were asking for it!
Real response: The inmates have truly taken over the asylum. The provision in S.1 is chilling, to put it mildly. One looks at a proposed law like this and the first question that comes to mind is: "who gets to decide?" (E.g., on what constitutes a 'comment' on 'policy' much less how they're going to audit readers). Thank goodness we got a few conservative judges onto the Supremes or this would be disastrous.
Oh, side note: I wrote to both Kennedy and Kerry on this. The former sent me a very nice form letter reply. (No doubt after throwing my note away.) The latter sent nothing.
I can believe that last bit, KMaru. Ed Markey is supposed to be the guy with the great record of understanding tech issues and the impact of bad tech legislation on people and the economy...
...and I've long since stopped bothering to email him through his website. Even his form letter reply is, well, a form letter reply. It is amazing, it almost seems that they make an effort at not listening.
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