Chilling Effects Clearinghouse is a site that’s getting a lot of detention, and deservedly so. I’m kind of ashamed that nobody has ever sent me a cease-and-desist letter of any kind. Maybe I should change the name of this site to “Coca-Cola Blog” or “Wal-Mart Daily”.
Updated thanks to reader feedback. A reader sent along this link to a story about blood donations following the 9/11 attacks. Very little of the blood that was donated actually went to help the victims of the attack, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. The good news is that blood donations tripled and only 1 to 2 percent more than normal had to be destroyed, so it seems to have all been put to good use.
Ever wonder what President Bush’s first reaction was upon learning that a plane had hit the World Trade Center? Well, wonder no more:
Thank you, Jordan. Well, Jordan, you’re not going to believe what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. And my Chief of Staff, Andy Card – actually, I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower – the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, there’s one terrible pilot. I said, it must have been a horrible accident.
(Emphasis added.)
It’s literally impossible to overestimate the depravity of human beings. A British aid charity has discovered that workers for more than 40 aid groups (and possibly UN peacekeepers as well) have been demanding sex from children in exchange for aid services.
Google Olympics logos: collect them all.
Declan McCullagh has a fine article on the current controversy brewing at ICANN. The President on ICANN wants to get rid of public participation, ramp up the budget, and turn the whole thing over to corporations and governments to run. What a surprise. The big reason why people (technical people especially) hate to see things get formalized is that as soon as you put someone in charge, they want to build a big bureaucracy and grab control of everything they can get their hands on.
It’s turn back the clock day at the White House: the President encourages us to abstain from sex, get married, and buy American cars.