critical thinking

I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come. Obama’s administration has stirred up the hornets by upholding one of the most un-American policies of the Bush/Cheney fiasco, in that while conveniently and loudly shutting down Guantanamo, the US is still merely shipping political prisoners to their military prison in Afghanistan. Still no rights. Still no due process. Habeas Corpus, which Obama vehemently defended in 2006, is still firmly being ignored. By official policy. So much for rebuilding America’s global reputation.

Here’s the article. Read it all.

What’s perhaps more concerning, however, is that the press doesn’t seem to be doing much about it, despite that fact that the brief was filed in February. It’s odd– sure, we’ve all got Obamania and we’re full of optimism and hope and so forth, and the economy takes up all the headline space that Hannah Montana doesn’t, but that’s just when the press likes to strike, isn’t it? Especially Fox. Then again… pointing out Obama’s upholding of a violation of human rights would only highlight that it was wrong when Bush did it too, and I can’t imagine Fox EVER doing that.

Does that mean we’re screwed? Will NO ONE cover the news that matters? And yes, WHY is Obama’s administration perpetuating the violation of two centuries of Habeas Corpus rule? Is America about RIghts & Freedoms or is it about America’s Rights & Freedoms?

I’m a believer, Barack, and I didn’t come easy. Don’t let me down now.

(Read the first part of this post here).

1-866-879-5172 has been calling for months, off & on and at all hours. It’s a telemarketing and contact centre called Minacs, or Aditya Birla Minacs. Spammy, evil robots. There are a LOT of complaints at places like 800notes. Enough is enough. Here’s how you can affect them back:

– If you have a website of your own, like a blog, post the phone number, Minac’s full company name, and a few words like “spammer” and “evil”.
– save and publish the post.
– write another post with the number and company name and the same words and link each of the key words to the first post (and vice versa if you want to take the time to edit again).

Google will then associate all those words, and if enough of us do it anyone who searches their company name will see exactly what they have been doing to all of us. Our complaints will show up even before their own website in web searches. Then they can explain to their clients why everyone hates them and refuses to answer the phone when they call. Suddenly they have no more business and we win.

It works, though you should avoid mentioning Google in your post, seeing as Google is no doubt aware of the Googlebomb phenomenon since the glory days of “George Bush is an ass” and is probably keeping an eye out for their own name in this sort of post.

By all means, pass this on to everyone you know.