Apple Patents: iPods Get Solar, Gestures Get Funky [Patents]

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Apple patents come a dime a dozen, but these two seem both practical and implementable. The first outlines a solar powered iPod and the second details more specific gesture-based input methods, including scoops, nudges, and tilts.

The first patent, published last week, details a system in which an iPod draws power from solar cells covering the device. It includes a description on how constant voltage could be maintained even with the user's hand obstructing some of the cells and explains how the solar power could be used in conjunction with traditional batteries. The less I have to plug my stuff in the better, I say. Check!

I was initially skeptical of my MacBook's multitudinous multitouch, but I was quickly converted and now I'm swishing and flicking like a Hogwarts First Year. Apple's next patent expands on gesture-based input, detailing an input device with the ability to sense force and velocity. These sensors allow the hardware to register more more complex and more specific gestures, giving the user more precise control over their devices.

The patent names a few such gestures: "brushing motions, scooping motions, nudges, tilt and slides, and tilt and taps." Sounds like fun to me. Check! [MacRumors via Engadget]


What’s Next?

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By The Right Guy

In a previous article, What Worries Me part 2, I described the flipside to Obama succeeding in a Fabian socialist agenda, which is Obama losing in 2012 as opposed to winning and succeeding in his agenda.

I was concerned about the possibility of the right driving over a cliff and we election another candidate that relies on the cult of personality? Below a definition of cult of personality from Wikipedia:

A cult of personality arises when a country's leader uses mass media to create an idealized and heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise. Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships and Stalinist governments.
A cult of personality is similar to general hero worship, except that it is created specifically for political leaders. However, the term may be applied by analogy to refer to adulation of religious or non-political leaders.

I would say that this definition fits nicely with Obama, at least initially. Obama tries to be a modern day FDR, except even more Fabian in nature. This is evidenced not only but the absolute incredulous and irrational adulation of his supporters but the control he has so far been successful with over the mainstream media. He has done so not with fear, but of agreement in principle. This had helped create an image of Obama that got him elected. What he and his magical handlers did count on and what FDR did not have to deal with, is the nature of media today. It’s available to more people today and much, much more quickly. The opposition media in the country has served as a balance to what I like to call the “government run media”. In reality they are the government-controlled media through manipulation through likeness in alleged beliefs. The end result of this is that Obama, as of this date, has an approval rating of 44%, which is a record in terms of the speed of decline for a new president.

So what's next? Obama is in decline faster than a speeding Ellie Light can try to prop him up. With Scott Brown winning the senate seat previously held by Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy, gives us some hope that the tide is turning against Obama and socialism in this country. At this point, the spell is breaking and people are starting to see Obama for who and what he is: A Fabian socialist with the gift of public speaking abilities, but who has no ability to actually do anything concretely positive for this country, to move us forward economically, in foreign or domestic policy, or even as a proper representative of the American people in being our president. If you were transported to today from 20, 10, or even 5 years ago, you'd have to come to the conclusion that we have a leader who never lived in this country, let alone having been born here. He had no profit/loss experience...heck, no business experience or acumen at all, he didn't even finish his first term as a senator, which was his first political position on a national scale and some Americans are sitting around wondering why he's so incompetent? He is a creation of the mass media, a talking head, a cardboard cutout.

So, whats' next? With Scott Brown's victory, we may be well on our way to correcting this voyage into socialism that started more than 14 months ago. The question I have is, will the GOP do the right thing? Will they take to heart the policies, platform and agenda of the Tea Party and the 912ers, or will they just nod in agreement until after the contract is signed? This is truly a defining moment for the republican party. In my own home state, I can tell you from interviews I have heard with Steve Deace and Craig Robinson of the Iowa republican blog, that the people in charge of the party in this state are afraid of the Tea Party people and want nothing to do with Them. In fact, in a recent interview, Robinson said that it is the responsibility of republicans to get behind whoever the party nominated or selects. Better the lesser of two evils. It should be the other way around: Whoever the party selects or nominates must be in accord with the party platform and positions. May be part of the problem is that being a republican means too many different things, and is applied to a too broad political spectrum. At some point it stands for nothing. I think the Tea Party has a chance to steer the GOP ship, but will Michael Steele & Co. get out of the way?

On another level, the GOP needs to learn from the Democrat's mistakes. Don't put forth these candidates that are smooth talking with empty heads or lacking in any real experience. While I think it's great that Scott Brown won, let him prove himself. With Sarah Palin, she needs to really polish herself and take an interest in history, world affairs, and in general, the world outside of Wasila. I like the woman, but she isn't ready. Some will say "look at Ronnie, he was an dilettante" etc...But what most people don't realize is that Reagan was governor of one of the largest states, certainly the largest economically in the country. He also studied very hard every day to keep well informed, which he was and much better than people realize. Being president isn't a 9-5, Monday through Friday Job. It's a 24/7/365 job for four years, with the responsibility to over 300 million people. It's going to be an interesting ride until November. What do you think will come of this? Will the republicans take the house and/or senate, or will the democrats hang on to a slim but shrinking majority? No matter what, Obama will try to pass as much of his agenda and policies through the congress before November. This is like a bucket list for Barry, and the clock is ticking very quickly, the end is near.

Final Note; I want to thank Eric for letting me fill in for the day. I just got a call from Eric and he had a lot of great things to say about some of the big bloggers out there as well as Governor Rick Perry, who sounds like an outstanding person. Thanks again Eric and to all of the readers of Eric's Republican Libertarian Blog, I hope you go to my blog, The Right Guy Show every day to read my take on local, nation and international politics, as well as some humor from time to time.

Thank you for reading this blog.

Is it possible to create XV Ice

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I am currently working on a glass speaker project and aim to build the carcass out of glass with a 15-20 mm cavity. The cavity is to be filled with water and ice XV replicated, providing a thick dense barrier. How is it possible to replicate conditions in this manner to create this amorphorus Ice. T

Hear What It Sounds Like Under Antarctica…Live [Transmissions]

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PALAOA, the Perennial Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic Ocean, listens to the waters below Antarctica for the sounds of whales and other marine mammals amidst a soundscape of constantly shifting ice. Here's what they're hearing right now.

PALAOA's Livestream page has links to the audio stream in both MP3 and OGG-Vorbis.

If you're expecting to tune in and instantly hear glorious, crystal-clear whale song, you might be disappointed. As the page explains:

Please note, this transmission is not optimized for easy listening, but for scientific research. It is highly compressed...so sound quality is far from perfect. Additionally, animal voices may be very faint. Amplifier settings are a compromise between picking up distant animals and not overdriving the system by nearby calving icebergs...A constant hiss pervading the signal is partly due to electronic noise as we push the hydrophone amplifiers to their limits, but also the natural ocean background noise made audible here through the use of ultra sensitive hydrophones. Additional broad band noise caused by wind, waves and currents adds to it on occasion. There a three sources of click-like interference: switching relais, electrostatic discharges caused by snow drift, and sferics produced by thunderstorms ten thousands of kilometers away.

Still, the idea is undeniably cool and there is some impressive technology that makes it all happen.
Two hydrophones capture the underwater audio outside a wind and solar powered observatory on the Ekström ice shelf. The data is transmitted wirelessly to another base in Germany and then beamed to listeners worldwide via satellite.

If you're looking for some ambient noise to listen to while you do some work or drift to sleep, it's hard to think of anything more amazing than this. [PALOAO]


Health Care; Corporate Speech Case

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I'm on deadline trying to finish a book, but just a few thoughts about the Massachusetts election and the Supreme Court corporate speech case:

-The Congressional Democrats' incompetence. After last year's election the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, WITH a filibuster-proof 60% majority in the Senate; and yet, they were unable to get their s**t together enough to pass a healthcare bill. And now that they've lost their 60%, they're folding up like a cheap tent - failing to recognize they were elected to make meaningful change. In the face of the criticism from obstructionist Republicans, they cave. If Democrats couldn't get it done under these conditions, they'll never get it done - and they'll deserve to be swept out of office in the next elections.

On this topic see also Paul Krugman in the Times in "Do the Right Thing":

"A message to House Democrats: This is your moment of truth. You can do the right thing and pass the Senate health care bill. Or you can look for an easy way out, make excuses and fail the test of history.... Ladies and gentlemen, the nation is waiting. Stop whining, and do what needs to be done."

-Corporate Speech Case: Thursday's Citizens United opinion by the Supreme Court entirely distorts the First Amendment by extending broad free speech principles to corporations. NOTHING in the Constitution extends constitutional rights to corporations. Over 100 years ago the Court (erroneously) extended the definition of the word "person" in the 5th and 14th amendment Due Process clauses to apply to corporations; and, ever since, we've had many anomalous court decisions as a result. The Citizens United case is the logical endpoint of that doctrine - and now corporations, with their disproportionate money-making capabilities, will be able to spend without limit in political campaigns.

Think about it - we all know how powerful any message sent through the broadcast media can be. Ordinary individuals simply do not have the resources to compete in this forum, so the result of corporations (which naturally favor - surprise! - conservative Republican viewpoints) having no limits on campaign spending will be to create an unlevel, skewed playing field.

It's disingenuous for the Court to say that meaningful limits on speech violate the First Amendment. Even assuming the ludicrous that a corporation is a “person” in the fullest constitutional sense, all of any person’s constitutional rights are subject to reasonable limits so long as the limits are narrowly tailored and serve a compelling governmental purpose – a cardinal principle the Court chooses to ignore in Citizens United.

Barack Hussein Obama: From Messiah to Inept in Four Easy Steps

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By The Right Guy

  1. Get Elected

  2. Hire Clueless Socialist Lackeys, I mean Yes Men

  3. Have a Democrat controlled congress

  4. Follow their lead by signing every Keynesian bill into law

Props to Obama for getting elected. Not only did he make it to the top, but he was a mulatto man making it to the top. The problem is, having is a lot different than wanting. Thomas Jefferson said it best: "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. " Obama has Marxist principles, and you could argue that he is standing like a rock with them, but I would say he isn't. he's practicing an incrementalism towards socialism and he's gauging how far and how quickly he can progress, but I digress. For all his imputed intelligence, for all his hope and change, for all his marxist ideology, he really is in over his head. I would say he is more over his head than kennedy was in 1962. The problem is that he has beliefs that are not proven in praxis. Government controlled economies do not work well, particularly on large scales. He also underestimates the average american's desire to be free. Free from government intrusion, and from taxes. He over estimates the chicken little factor that got him in office. He probably truly believes that he is the answer to our problems.

Here is the scary part. There are two methods used in the business world to accomplish things: Make the right decision, or make the decision and then make it right. You could say this applies to many things in life. So, is Obama a true believer, or a gangster? If he is a crusader, he will continue to push his agenda, no matter what the reality is, and shove it down our throats. If he is a gangster, he will fall in love with power (he already has to a great degree), and it won't really matter. He will do whatever is necessary to remain in power to serve his ego. FDR is a prime example of this. Still, gangsters can still make bad decisions, it's just that the decisions suit their success more than their beliefs. Either way, if they make the wrong decision, they will likely try to make it right. I don't believe Obama has the humility to admit he is wrong. He has politicians disease.

Anyway, the bottom line is he's floundering, flailing, and looking for a straw man. His decisions will have to be made right and I am sure the membership of the journolist will do everything they can to make that happen. And now that our national debt has reached 11 trillion, He's going to have to blame someone. Needless to say though, the printing presses at the treasury will be working overtime to pay for all of it, and of course so will we for generations. Thanks America, for electing such a schmuck.

Thank you for reading this blog.

H/T to Stacy McCain

This Disgruntled Artwork Perpetually Sells Itself on eBay [Art]

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Caleb Larsen's "A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter" isn't quite as menacing as its name makes it out to be, but it's definitely a flighty little fellow: it continually creates new eBay auctions for itself via a built-in Ethernet jack.

No owner is quite good enough for this big-headed piece. Larsen's "Tool," a shiny, black cube with an Ethernet jack, pings a server every ten minutes to determine if it is listed for sale on eBay. If it's not, it creates a new auction. Mind you, this isn't only a conceptual function of the piece; it really is constantly auctioning itself and being purchased by new owners. You can view the current auction at http://atooltodeceiveandslaughter.com/.

The going price for the current auction, ending in five days, is $4,250. The piece has been in circulation since 2008.

"A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter" isn't for art collectors with fragile egos. It will leave you. Unless, of course, you forget to plug it in. [Caleb Larsen via Make]


Harmonics

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Really, Really Easy Riddle (trust me)

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UPDATE:  SOLVED! at 12:19 CDT

Okay, everybody wake up.  It’s time for the Saturday riddle.  C’mon… let’s get perky.

I’ll give you a hint right off:  We’ve talked about today’s subject a lot.  You absolutely know what it is.  You’ve heard about it since you were a tot.  It’s so easy, it’ll make your teeth ache.  Ready?

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This is a single object.

It was known to ancient astronomers.

It is visible to the naked eye.

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Historical image – Andromeda  Isaac Roberts, published in 1899

It is responsible for something very, very large.

This object gives more than it gets.

Sometimes, we hear this object on the Earth.

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Image “Old Radio”  Duncan Rawlinson

I bet you figured it out already, haven’t you?

I’m in the comments.

The Card Speaker At Least Thinks It Sounds Good [Speakers]

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There's no shortage of portable, wafer-thin speakers for iPods, iPhones and other pocketable media devices. But the "oh-look-at-me-and-my-cool-case" Card Speaker, designed by IDEA International, has the trappings to make it stand out from the pack.

The Card Speaker is about the same size as an iPod and shares its design principles, too: simple and clean. The company claims it "puts most every mp3 accessory to shame with its good looks and crisp fidelity." The former may be true, though the latter remains to be seen.

Still, if its packaging is any reflection on the Card Speaker's sound quality, it could live up to its description. The portable speaker comes in a handsome case with space for a short 3.5mm cord and a USB cable for charging. The Card Speaker's battery lasts up to five hours on a charge, certainly enough time for a stranger to notice your portable audio set up and compliment you on its elegance.

The $75 Card Speaker comes in silver or black and can be had at The Ghostly Store. [Unplggd]


Chrome’s Google Voice Extension Lets You Click To Call [Google Voice]

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Yesterday Google updated their Google Voice extension for Chrome, allowing Voice-heads to call numbers directly from their browsers. If you love Google or hate retyping phone numbers, this one's for you.

One of the great things about upgrading to a smartphone years ago was that all numbers were links. The updated Voice extension for Chrome allows for a similar streamlining in your browser.

The extension basically just turns phone numbers into clickable links, eliminating the need to cut and paste them across windows. It also adds a phone icon to Chrome, letting you quickly place calls and choose the number from which you do so. While it's a nice step towards a lazier future, there are some caveats. Mac users, for example, will need to install the latest Chromium build, not just the regular old Chrome, to gain the functionality.

Some people might find this capability insignificant, but anything that makes it easier to order food from places I find on Yelp is worthwhile in my book. [Google via TechCrunch]


Alt Med guy whacked with Shorty end of the stick | Bad Astronomy

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shortyawardThis story is too funny, but it takes a little background.

Mike Adams is an alt-med pusher; he writes at Natural News, a website chock-full-o’ nonsense about vaccines, homepathy, and so on. Regular readers may remember Mr. Adams from his particularly vile and horrific diatribe about real medicine after Patrick Swayze died. Adams claims to want to help people, but instead peddles all manners of treatments that are known not to work at all.

So that ought to give you a picture of how Adams operates.

The Shorty Awards are a popular new internet award for people who use Twitter. It allows tweeters to vote for someone in various categories like science, humor, celebrity, and, oh, say, health.

Adams, who tweets under the name HealthRanger, was doing well with votes in the Shorties last week, well ahead of everyone else. In second place was another alt-med antivax promoter named Joe Mercola. I’ve written about him before as well.

But then skeptic Tim Farley noticed something– a lot of votes going to Mercola and Adams were coming from brand new Twitter accounts with only one actual tweet: a vote for Mercola or Adams for the Shorties.

Hmmm.

Now, someone who may be a bit conspiracy-minded might assume that either Mercola or Adams, or their followers, might be working a campaign to stuff the ballot box by setting up fake Twitter accounts for the sole purpose of making sure these alt-med public health threats would win the Shorty award in health.

So Tim tweeted about it, and a bunch of us started to promote our friend Australian Rachael Dunlop, who has been tirelessly fighting alternative medicine quackery for years. Within a few days Rachael had moved into first place. Yay!

But there’s more! Tim (as well as several others, including me) reported Mercola’s and Adams’ voter fraud to the people at the Shorty Awards. Today it was announced that Adams was being removed from the contest due to this fraudulent ballot stuffing.

Adams, of course, took this all in stride and has been gracious and self-deprecating about it all.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh my. Of course he hasn’t. Instead, he posted what can only be called a frothing rant about this, accusing the Shorty Awards and many of us reality-based people with all kinds of evil doing. You have to read his diatribe to believe anyone could post something so filled with rage, righteous indignation, logical fallacies, made-up transgressions, self-contradictions, and paranoid conspiracy mongering. It’s really a masterpiece of woo-based garment-rendering nonsense. He’s even threatened to sue!

Maybe he should win a Shorty Award for fiction.

To be fair, I actually don’t think Adams should have been disqualified; we don’t know who set up the fake votes for him. It might have been just one overzealous altmed fan. What should have happened was all the fake votes should have been struck from the count — a large fraction — and then let the most popular person win. It hardly matters anyway, since Rachael is so far out front that she’ll win anyway. But it would be the fair thing to do.

Not that this would assuage Adams anyway. Since he doesn’t deal with anything using facts and logic in the first place, he’ll just continue to post his nonsense as he pleases.

Orac posted a lovely satirical takedown of all this, which is worth reading. It’s always a good idea to keep yourself abreast of what these people are like. The alt-med movement talks a good game about the evil of Big Pharma and Western Medicine, and also claiming they want to help people out of the goodness of their hearts… but when you actually get a glimpse of what’s in their hearts, well, it’s not exactly rainbows and unicorns.


Jar Lamps As Beautiful As They Are Simple [Lighting]

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These lathed oak jar lamps, designed by Noon Studios, are an exquisite marriage of form and function. Removing all buttons and switches, a simple twist of their tops allows more or less light to spill from the jar.

Most lamps looks like something you'd build with an erector set. London-based Noon Studio's Jar Lamps go for something a little softer, a little simpler, and a lot more beautiful. Instead of shining light directly on your desktop, these desk lamps throw a nice even glow on your workspace.

There's no information on availability, as is often the tragic case with objects of beauty you find on the internet, but check out Noon Studio's site to see more of their work. [Noon Studio via NOTCOT]


Andrew Lange | Cosmic Variance

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lange_-_sizeAll of Caltech, and the cosmology community worldwide, is mourning the death of Andrew Lange. He was one of the world’s leading scientists, co-leader of the Boomerang experiment that provided the first precise measurement of the first acoustic peak in the cosmic microwave background. He took his own life Thursday night.

It’s hard to convey how unexpected and tragic this news is. Very few people combined Andrew’s brilliance as a scientist with his warmth as a person. He always had a sparkle in his eye, was enthusiastically in love with science and ideas, and was constantly doing his best to make Caltech the best possible place, not just for himself but for everyone else around him. He was one of the good guys. The last I spoke with him, Andrew was energetically raising funds for a new submillimeter telescope, organizing conferences, and helping plan for a new theoretical physics center. We are all walking around in shock, wondering how this could happen and whether we could have done anything to prevent it. Caltech has had several suicides this year — hard to make sense of any of them.

The message from Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau is below the fold. For any local readers, there’s contact info if you would like to talk to counselors for any reason.

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January 22, 2010

TO: The Caltech Community

FROM: Jean-Lou Chameau

It is with great sadness and regret that I must report to you the death of Professor Andrew Lange, a valued member of the Caltech faculty. Andrew was found this morning off campus, and it appears that he took his own life. Among the most difficult things that people have to deal with in life are tragedies of this sort, especially when they affect people that we know and care for; and Andrew was such a well-known, well-respected, and well-liked member of our community that many of us will be deeply affected.

Andrew came to Caltech in 1993 and was most recently the chair of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. He was a truly great physicist and astronomer who had made seminal discoveries in observational cosmology.

Andrew was a valued colleague and a close friend to many of us. His death is a source of great sadness to us all and our deepest sympathy goes out to his family, friends, and colleagues, all of whom mourn his loss.

We know this tragic news will come as a shock to everyone — faculty, staff, and students alike, even those of you who knew that Andrew had been struggling with personal issues. Many of us feel the need in times like these to reach out and seek help in dealing with the shock, and I urge anyone who wants help to seek it from family members, friends, faculty, and/or professional counselors. This is not only a reasonable thing to do, it is an important thing to do. I want to emphasize in particular that counselors are always available, 24-hours a day. Students should call the Counseling Center at 626-395-8331, while faculty, staff, and postdocs, should call the Staff and Faculty Consultation Center at 626-395-8360. In addition, the Counseling Center will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 10-3pm.


Father of Jailbreak Claims To Have Hacked Playstation 3 [Hacks]

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George Hotz, the young gun who first hacked the iPhone 2G, has claimed to have compromised the Playstation 3. On his blog, Hotz wrote:

I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1. I've also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip.

Hotz hasn't revealed the exact details of the exploit, so nothing's confirmed quite yet, but interested PS3 users should stay tuned to see how this unfolds. [iHackintosh]


Explore Haiti in Fully Interactive 360 Degree Video [Haiti]

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We've covered how technology has shaped relief efforts in Haiti and shown how it has affected our perception of the nation's continuing tragedy. CNN is now offering new perspectives of the devastated nation with three interactive, immersive videos.

The videos were shot over the last week in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital and largest city, the third of which captures the destruction most strikingly. The technology comes courtesy of Immersive Media, a company that specializes in interactive 360 degree video and helped provide much of the data that powers Google Street View. Their website already had demos of their unique videos, in which the viewer has full control to pan and zoom even as the video plays, but it's good to see the technology being applied to a very current event and displayed on as visible a platform as CNN.com.

The situation in Haiti remains in many ways unfathomable, no matter how many reports or photos or statistics one consumes. But this type of project shows how technology is constantly providing new ways to experience and understand the world. [CNN via Boing Boing]


Becoming Farm Animals: Why Socialism and Marxism Suck

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By The Right Guy

As a continuation of why some of us suck, I want to explain my frequent use of the term "Farm Animals".

Farm animals are used for one thing: To Produce. In the case of the picture to the left, the cows here are used to produce milk. Notice the clean, austere, functional, efficient and productive environment. As long as the cows produce, they will be well taken care of.

They get antibiotics, hormones, visits from the vet, kept clean and are well cared for. As long as they produce, they are ok and if and when they are not, they are sent to McDonald's or the rendering house. It's just the way it is. Cows don't have any notion of freedom, and they can't make the rational choice whether or not to be where they are. Still, some would argue that they are better off being milk cows for the dairy.

Humans on the other hand have the power of reason, or so we are led to believe, and because of this, we are supposed to be able to make informed and rational decisions. Yet, despite this, like the fool that keeps playing three card monte, we make choices that make no sense, at least not good sense. With the rise of MaObama, it seems many people are sold on the idea of a socialist/marxist America, where as in Europe, they want the government to take care of them cradle to grave.

What makes such European countries successful is that in order for the system to work, there must exist enough people that produce for the system. You say, "what is the difference between that and capitalism? In capitalism, the workers produce for the "corporations' and companies The differences are that one, that people in a capitalist democracy, and I mean truly both, they have the right and free will to participate to the extent that they wish and whatever they earn (in a perfect world) belongs to them. Hopefully they make rational choices for their lives and can do so without fear. With the former, without producers that give to the system, the system cannot sustain itself. The more the people want from the government, the more will be taken from them by the government.

So, just as the cows are taken care of for the purpose of producing milk, so are citizens of a socialist country for the purpose of supporting the government and its dependents. Their care depends on their contribution. This is observed in every socialist democracy, like Canada, the UK and Australia to name but a few.

The argument can be made that they make these decisions out of free will. This is true under some circumstances, but like most governments, it is harder to take it back after it happens. Another observation is that people become enculturated or you could say that they are domesticated into this lifestyle. Still, the truth is inescapable: Citizens of these countries are like farm animals, producing for a system without rational thought as to why, the consequences, and what other possibilities might be. I would also liken this to the puerile nature of infants. Feed a baby, change it's diapers and give it attention and it will be happy. At what point do people want to be treated as adult human beings, responsible for their own destiny, and make their own way?

Our country was founded by people who were such people who made their own way. It seems to me that we are taking a huge step backwards. I could write volumes on this, but for now, this is it. So, the question is, do want to be free, adult, and responsible, or do you want to be treated as a farm animal, like a puerile child, an infant? What road should America take? Will we suck? 🙂

Thank you for reading this blog.

While Eric’s Away, I am Libertarian Republican Blogger For the Day

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Eric is on assignment in Austin Texas at a Right blogger convention featuring Rick Perry, Governor of Texas. Eric sends his best and says that he will have hard hitting pieces later on today, but in the meantime, Eric has turned the reins over to me for the day and I hope you enjoy my posts. My name is Jim Lagnese and my blog is The Right Guy Show and I am also known to some as The Right Guy.

Thank you for reading his blog.