Deep Thought

NYPD’s Religious Profiling – Ta-Nehisi Coates – National – The Atlantic. This where you see the really long-term effects of terrorism. It’s not simply the number of people you murder, it’s how the smallest can alter the character of a country. Some incompetent asshole straps a bomb to his underwear, and now we have to get full body scans. The free exchange of ideas is one of democracy’s greatest benefits. Universities, ostensibly, are supposed to showcase that more than anywhere else. But for want of conjured evil, we’re willing to part with that asset.

McCain invented the Blackberry. If McCain is Canadian, can he run for president of the USA? I suppose he needs to keep up with the Democrats who invented the internet. Although Bush did invent the internetS, so McCain really needs to keep up with his mentor. Is this a good analogy?: Bush = Emperor Palapatine McCain = Count Dooku Palin = Young Anakin (learning at the feet of the master) Election 2008, McCain