The Pew Research Center reported in July that as many as 17 percent of registered voters incorrectly believe Mr. Obama is a Muslim. Just under half correctly identified the president as Christian.
– Madonna: Calling Obama a Muslim meant to be “ironic”
Continue readingStop with the narrative where you’re the protagonist. Where you come in to save the day, Blue Crush style (bad movie, bad message), without sufficient preparation or experience. You’re bad at writing dialog. The story lacks originality. And you could never sustain that level of charm. That is all.
Continue readingA summary of news stories presented out of context that end up changing culture and laws anyway.
There are so many wonderful avenues for thought in the linked Quora question. From exposing some of the misconceptions of the early 1990s McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit, to the real cause of our economic crisis, the responses are great reads. Quora often has high quality analysis, from people that know how to think about the details while engaging in civil, ethical debate. I like!
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Unfortunately there are people on both sides that would make such arguments (the “support X and you’re an idiot” part).
The common man is the majority, and I long for the day when he is able to present a civil, well-thought-out argument.
Continue readingFrom the transcript at TBO.com.
Blockquotes are Mitt’s words, followed by my response to the quote.
I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division.
It was neither his promises nor the disappointment that gave way to division. We did that ourselves, and continue to do so, with the political culture/climate we keep alive. The division is caused by our tendency to perpetuate the following:
Continue readingAn article about competing myths in politics.
The two sides of the coin representing what it means to be an American. I’ve got a foot on each side. It’d be better for our country if more of us were open to that.
Continue readingThere’s a quirk with Android that renders a partial wake lock useless if you want to poll the accelerometer while the screen is off. The workaround is to acquire a screen-dim + acquire-causes-wakeup wake lock. The screen turns on while you’re polling, but that’s the only solution I’ve found.
I’ve implemented the workaround in my GPSing project. Hopefully this won’t cause a drastic change in battery usage.
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