September 01, 2003
Schwarzenegger, orgies, drugs and more
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He also has a short posting at Reason Hit and Run on the subject.
Salon weighs in with Would you let your sister vote for this man?
Yesterday, a liberal-minded friend said she was taken aback to read details of exactly what Arnold was up to during his group-sex days in the late '70s. The Smoking Gun has an item on Arnold's talk about "orgies, drugs and homosexuality" here.
And, naturally, the full, infamous Oui interview is now online.
Hmm. And Arnold wants to make this election about character?
andy said:
Sure, why not? It's the strength in character on Schwarzenegger's part that ought to be recognized.
The man has allegedly done things in the past that are considered by some as immoral and wrong. The man has owed up to being a regular (and rich) guy. He's moved on, started a family and has been a part of various good things throughout the past 20 years (eg, volunteering, contributions, etc.).
Perhaps it's best to focus on what he's accomplished, how he turned his life around and has strength of character to do right for his family and many others. That's the candidate in the race for CA governor.
CA needs someone who can get the job done. If Schwarzenegger says he's CA's man, and has proven himself committed, he ought to be seriously considered by every CA voter.
Tips for candidates on blogging
Now that nearly all the Democratic presidential candidates have started up blogs, Dave Winer has some suggestions on what to do and not do.
Jesse Ventura's talk show canned?
Mitch Ratcliffe says his colleague at Correspondences.org has the scoop that Jesse Ventura's talk show is being scrapped before it ever launches. Mitch cites this as yet another example of participatory journalism. Pretty good, if it holds up. One quibble, though: Is this the MSNBC-TV show that Jesse was set to host? The item doesn't say.
Fighting for the freedom to tinker
From last week's Business Week Online, a Q&A with Edward Felten: Fighting for the Freedom to Tinker. Copyright and computer security guru Felten warns: "A collision is happening between creativity and protecting intellectual property." Excerpt:
Q: What kind of situation has that led to, where people want to experiment and do research but copyright holders are clamping down?A: This is the copyright wars. We're now in a situation where policy isn't just about copyright, it's about cultural and industrial policy as well. That's the point of the trend to try to defend the interests of copyright owners, which are legitimately threatened, by trying to slow down or control the development of some general-purpose technologies. There are bills in Congress that would restrict how you can use downloads or peer-to-peer software, which are motivated to protect copyright owners. You end up regulating a lot of perfectly legitimate activity when you do this.
You see the same debate around software that protects anonymity. In making policy designed with copyright in mind, you end up making decisions about whether other important technologies, such as privacy-enhancing or file-search technologies, should be encouraged or discouraged. A collision is happening between creativity and protecting IP.
Leo goes for TypePad
Tech TV's Leo LaPorte is among those who've migrated from MovableType to TypePad.
Advertisers support journalists in R.I.
Doc has some nice words about newspapering, while taking note of the actions by two prominent Rhode Island advertisers to step in in an effort to land the staffers of the Providence Journal a fair and long-overdue contract.
Sheila Lennon said:
Full disclosure: I make the Providence Newspaper Guild website (http://www.riguild.org).
More companies are routing calls via Internet
NY Times: More companies are routing calls via Internet.
Apple: small is beautiful
Business Week Online: While insidious invaders like the Blaster and SoBig worms wreaked havoc on PCs, Mac users were, as usual, largely immune. Who knew that being small could be so beautiful?
Essay in Wired magazine: Why is Apple so tempting? Creative culture, killer products, zealous fans and Steve Jobs. Memo to Sony: Bite!
Portals get hip to blogs
From today's SF Chron: Internet portals catch on to blogs. AOL, Yahoo, Google and Lycos begin providing services for online journals.
Barbra goes coastal
Sunday's SF Chronicle carried the latest on Barbra Streisand's outrageous effort to thwart the inspired California Coastal Records Project, documenting the state of the California coastline. What elitist arrogance.
John Ashcroft's Patriot Act Summer Tour
Two riffs on the John Ashcroft Patriot Act Tour:
• An animated cartoon by the subversive Mark Fiore: John Ashcroft's Patriot Act Summer Tour.
• An op-ed piece by the subversive Jonathan Turley: John Ashcroft unplugged: On the road, pushing Patriot Act. The government strives mightily to keep fear alive.
