In reading quite a bit about quite a bit the common theme is that everyone’s angle is nested within some hyperbolic statement designed to swerve the debate in one direction or another. This happens on both sides of any debate, whether it be abortion, deficit/debt austerity vs. profligacy, or healthcare. Unfortunately up until this point there has never been any way to reprimand those that speak such language. Of course we can vote them out or in at the polls, but by then their efforts have reaped countless explicit and implicit rewards. There are 2 kinds of statements: 1) errors of commission or 2) omission. Each are well known to the speech writers, lobbyists, and political generals in DC, Brussels, Beijing, etc. Obviously our primary concern is how this language and “statements of fact” are used here in the US. To that I propose a Fibbing Tax. Yep that’s right every time these scoundrels in DC lie or CANNOT back up their statements with the data/facts on the ground they are fined personally. Those moneys would then go into a general education fund. Half would be distributed to the failing DC public schools system and have to the legislator’s home state’s public schools. Read the rest of this entry »
Imagine satellites orbiting the Earth smashing into one another at unimaginable speeds, exploding into thousands of pieces which travel on to blast other satellites to smithereens. Meanwhile, back on Earth, cellular calls are dropped, GPS systems malfunction, data feeds are dropped and more. The human species punished into a lowly terrestrial existence, unable to explore our own space or rely on the benefits of orbiting satellites. Is this the dangerous world we’re heading toward – or have we already arrived? Read the rest of this entry »
