Gov. Paterson Introduces Same Sex Marriage Legislation

It is 2009 and time for everyone to have equal rights in America. If you’re against gay marriage, why? Think it will stop procreation? Make everyone gay? Please stop and use some common sense for a second.

But Dan, us conservatives believe in traditional family. Fine, believe all you want but know this; Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain and rising Republican star said this week, “Lest we forget, our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, grants the same rights to everyone in this country—’All men are created equal.’ If you think certain rights should not apply to certain people, then you are saying those people are not equal. People may always have a difference of opinion on certain lifestyles, but championing a position that wants to treat people unequally isn’t just un-Republican. At its fundamental core, it’s un-American.” Amen sister.

The times they are a’changin. Here’s hoping this legislation is passed and we can provide ALL of our great citizens the happiness they desire.

The Pirate Bay Official Verdict: Guilty

A wildly popular content sharing hub has been found guilty of copyright and trademark infringement and all four sent to jail and ordered fines. The sad part is that industry’s are continuing to lag behind consumer demand. Physical media is dead. The way Napster upset the music industry, TPB flipped gaming, movies, and software on its face and showed the need for reform in the way consumers receive content.

There will be appeals and the result is expected, but I was hoping for a surprise win for the future of content sharing. But fear not, TPB is still running and since demand of such service is so high, if their head is ever cut off, two more will spout and so on and so on. Eventually Hollywood and the RIAA will realize that digital content isn’t the future, it’s the now.

4chan Manipulates Time Magazine’s Most Influential Person of 2009 Poll

They are more organized than anyone of us could have ever thought.

Really interesting read on how the internet’s most powerful force, and originator of most internet memes, has made their anonymous founder the most influential person of 2009. I don’t know whether to laugh or be disturbed.

Time Warner Pulls Back Plans for Tiered Internet Pricing

Thanks to anyone in the area who wrote Time Warner, the Attorney General, or your local political representative to inform of Time Warner’s internet monopoly in the area. While there could be some promising fair competition (ClearWire now, Verizon FioS one day, maybe even ComCast), as of right now there is no fair competition in the area. Frontier’s DSL is just too slow for the internet in 2009.

Apparently, the new plan is to roll out some sort of meter system that will help customers gauge their internet usage and, in most cases, realize that the bandwidth caps will not really affect them. As far as I can tell, there is no “misunderstanding” here. No matter how you break it down, it is pretty obvious Time Warner customers will be screwed.

And I’m not even going to start on the Tax Day T.E.A. (Taxed Enough Already) Parties that went on across the country. In short, the media is portraying it as Republicans against Barack Obama. For the most part yes, but there were a lot of independents and libertarians out that voted for President Obama. But the way Fox News splooged over the day as patriotic effectively removed any meaningful message from the demonstration. When you can hear people yell, “Kill Obama!” on Hannity’s show and Bob Lonsberry is crying from his sense of patriotism, the propoganda just overwhelms what the protest represents. FAIL.