by admin on September 12, 2009
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I just took the time to write a long email to an old friend I haven’t talked to in over a decade. He posted an article in his Facebook stream, I commented, he wrote me an email to say hi and started a civil discussion on the health care issue. Most of that discussion is below.
Here’s the article that sparked our discussion: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/09/10/obamas-health-care-speech-in-plain-english/
*It’s important to note that Old Friend started with pleasantries, and I’m only using pieces of his email.
People see what they want to see, not necessarily the reality of the situation. Is that a accurate depiction of the market since January 20th? No, the Dow is up over 14% since then. Photo Credit: George Bentley
The first thing he writes is pretty much par for the course. For some reason, many conservatives are just AGAINST the current administration. Before they say anything else, they will let you know they just don’t approve of anything Obama is doing, no way, no how.
Old Friend: I am strongly opposed to the direction this administration is taking the country . . . I’m wary of federal officials trying to leverage their authority to expand government intervention.
Me: Regarding the direction the Obama Administration is taking this country, what direction is that? From where I’m sitting that direction is out of a recession, towards a positive opinion of the USA on the global political level, towards significant positive action on climate change, and generally leaving the country in a better place than it was when he came into office. [click to continue…]
by admin on December 18, 2008
Is Cuil going to rank this?
I love that this post ranks on the first page of Cuil (along with a bunch of other posts from this site): http://timstaines.net/2008/06/28/5/
I have to admit that this pretty much proves (from my perspective) that Cuil is a significantly less useful search engine than Google.
Let’s see if Cuil ranks this one on the first page for a search on ‘Tim Staines.’
by admin on August 28, 2008
There has been a lot of chatter in my industry recently with regard to SEO or Search Engine Optimization having negative connotations. My boss describes this SEO phenomena on his blog. The fact is, most of the negative stereotypes are based on situations where website owners, seeking a quick profit at low cost, were taken advantage because they didn’t know what they were buying.
Solid Search Engine Optimization is time consuming and detailed work that doesn’t result in overnight windfalls of profit or massive upward shifts in traffic to a site. Sure there are ways to profit on the quick [click to continue…]
by admin on August 4, 2008
It’s sad but true!
So I wanted to write a blog post about all the things I have learned in the past couple of years so that I could sharpen my arguments and try and convince them to act with more respect for the environment. I found something as I was researching sites like these:
What I stumbled upon was this site that has all the answers: http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics
So anyone who wants to argue with me from now on is going to get directed straight to this website so they can either enlighten themselves or choose to continue being misinformed and unaware of their ignorance. [click to continue…]
by admin on July 17, 2008
Last weekend was one of the most enlightening experiences of my life. In no more than three hours travel time from Annapolis, I was in the middle of paradise. It was a marsh island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, a former hunting lodge built 50+ years ago, a Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Learning Center, and by far, the coolest place I’ve ever been in the state of Virginia (or Maryland for that matter).
The building was constructed on pilings, as there is no solid ground for a foundation. It sits roughly half way between Tangier Island, Virginia and Crisfield, Maryland . . . don’t try to look for it on Google Earth; with a full-time population of one, it doesn’t seem to be on the radar (or satellite) for the high technology world, and that’s exactly the point. [click to continue…]
by admin on June 29, 2008
Some people are innovators, some are acceptors . . . I’m an early adopter. I tend to let kinks get worked out of new products before I acquire them, but I certainly wasn’t the last person to realize that I needed a cell phone or a wireless router.
I don’t have an iphone or a blackberry, because I’m connected enough as it is, but I do now have this blog, and a Twitter account, and I’m trying to get a grip on Digg and Reddit and Sphinn. They seem to be more necessary for my line of work.
Most of my friends aren’t even aware of this [click to continue…]
by admin on June 28, 2008
by admin on June 28, 2008
I’m just now teaching myself how to blog, so don’t expect too many revalations at first.
