thanks but no thanks to:
- personal favors and executive decisions which benefit me and my husband
favors Palin received while Mayor
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Palin's Motto
"thanks but no thanks to everything presidential" (- only to be said in hockey-mom English dialect)
- note: no credible female politicians were hurt in the making of this blog
- note: no credible female politicians were hurt in the making of this blog
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The 30 Second Sound Bite
more of my ranting...
It seems many individuals / entities are complaining about not hearing enough about the specifics of implementing Obama's proposed strategies. I think this is due partly to the fact that the media has a limited amount of space in order to convey/entertain the viewer. So detailed explanations of policies and speeches get turned into 30 second sound bites which only serve to take statements out of context and provide a ticker on the bottom of a cable news station.
There's a reason why the founders of the U.S. Constitution wrote 85 really long articles to the public (the Federalist papers) trying to convince them to ratify the Constitution. Almost all these articles circled around the difficult intricacies of a democracy reflecting the wishes of the majority and protecting the rights of the minority while at the same time living in harmony with a free market. Granted people had a lot more free time and a limited set of texts to read from then, but if the founders had disseminated information via 30 second "text" bites, I believe we would still be a confederation of loosely governed states without a national currency and without the efficient market forces we have today because the people would not have been as informed about the radical change in the government being proposed as an alternative to the Articles of Confederation. I am not suggesting that the economic changes Obama wants to bring about are this radical, merely that more analysis and thought should be placed on the policies of the candidates not based on short sound bites, but rather the encompassing context of those bites.
The following is a transcript of Senator Barack Obama laying out details of the current state of the economy and his proposed strategy to use the market, the government, and the individual citizen to improve economic institutions within the United States of America.
!!Warning!! The following is not a 30 second sound bite, and could contain detailed analysis of current economic problems within our society and proposed strategies to solve them.
If you are Governor Sara Palin, Carl Rove, or someone working with these individuals and are looking for a reference to one of the following, this article is useless to you:
1. An animal that you domesticate as a defense mechanism by exploiting the agressive nature of its breed then place lip stick on in order to mock its non-human non-hocky-mom qualities.
2. A sexist remark from a male running for the President of the United States of America directed towards a female running as the VP on the opposite ticket.
3. Escaping Russion Pigs flying into Alaska and forcing inhabitants to wear lipstick after years of the Red's propoganda in the cruel communist practice of making pigs wear red lipstick and eating those that wore white or blue.
4. The Second Coming
5. Cavemen riding Dinosaurs
However, if you are an interested citizen looking for more details on Barack Obama's Economic policy or Senator John McCain and need to learn more about economic forces which drive a market driven democratic society constantly trying to push back the effect of the Military Industrial Complex that Eisenhower warned us about, read on...
Obama's Speech on Economy
note: Some Russian Pigs' dignity was tortured in the making of this article, but as Justice Scalia would say torture is not cruel and unusual punishment, "[its not even punishment]"-60 minutes interview.
note to note: the above sound bite unfortunately could not be taken out of context, that is literally what Scalia said without extra thought or hesitation!
It seems many individuals / entities are complaining about not hearing enough about the specifics of implementing Obama's proposed strategies. I think this is due partly to the fact that the media has a limited amount of space in order to convey/entertain the viewer. So detailed explanations of policies and speeches get turned into 30 second sound bites which only serve to take statements out of context and provide a ticker on the bottom of a cable news station.
There's a reason why the founders of the U.S. Constitution wrote 85 really long articles to the public (the Federalist papers) trying to convince them to ratify the Constitution. Almost all these articles circled around the difficult intricacies of a democracy reflecting the wishes of the majority and protecting the rights of the minority while at the same time living in harmony with a free market. Granted people had a lot more free time and a limited set of texts to read from then, but if the founders had disseminated information via 30 second "text" bites, I believe we would still be a confederation of loosely governed states without a national currency and without the efficient market forces we have today because the people would not have been as informed about the radical change in the government being proposed as an alternative to the Articles of Confederation. I am not suggesting that the economic changes Obama wants to bring about are this radical, merely that more analysis and thought should be placed on the policies of the candidates not based on short sound bites, but rather the encompassing context of those bites.
The following is a transcript of Senator Barack Obama laying out details of the current state of the economy and his proposed strategy to use the market, the government, and the individual citizen to improve economic institutions within the United States of America.
!!Warning!! The following is not a 30 second sound bite, and could contain detailed analysis of current economic problems within our society and proposed strategies to solve them.
If you are Governor Sara Palin, Carl Rove, or someone working with these individuals and are looking for a reference to one of the following, this article is useless to you:
1. An animal that you domesticate as a defense mechanism by exploiting the agressive nature of its breed then place lip stick on in order to mock its non-human non-hocky-mom qualities.
2. A sexist remark from a male running for the President of the United States of America directed towards a female running as the VP on the opposite ticket.
3. Escaping Russion Pigs flying into Alaska and forcing inhabitants to wear lipstick after years of the Red's propoganda in the cruel communist practice of making pigs wear red lipstick and eating those that wore white or blue.
4. The Second Coming
5. Cavemen riding Dinosaurs
However, if you are an interested citizen looking for more details on Barack Obama's Economic policy or Senator John McCain and need to learn more about economic forces which drive a market driven democratic society constantly trying to push back the effect of the Military Industrial Complex that Eisenhower warned us about, read on...
Obama's Speech on Economy
note: Some Russian Pigs' dignity was tortured in the making of this article, but as Justice Scalia would say torture is not cruel and unusual punishment, "[its not even punishment]"-60 minutes interview.
note to note: the above sound bite unfortunately could not be taken out of context, that is literally what Scalia said without extra thought or hesitation!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Obama's Nomination Acceptance Speech
If you watch Fox for news and Comedy Central for comedy OR believe Barack Obama is an Unpatriotic Marxist Muslim Hopemonger not born in these United States of America, Either your brain or your parents have failed you ;) reading further could only help! for hard words, use google on the series of tubes we call the internets!
Barack Obama's Nomination acceptance speech tonight was concise, informative, and very forward looking.
The Pundits are saying he should be more hard hitting against McCain, and I agree for some individuals he and the democratic party must do this. But for thoughtful and intelligent citizens, he just has to list out what he is going to do and how compared to what McCain wants to do. Which he has done extensively. Those who say he hasn't either haven't read his material or haven't listened to Barack Obama.
He obviously understands that we need an aggressive revolution in our educational system and energy framework(by implementing renewable energy acquisition/distribution networks, especially solar power).
I also like how he said that improving our education system doesn't just involve increased funding of our public schools (increased salary and affordable teaching technology can do wonders), but also the involvement of parents in their kids' life. A child in an environment that celebrates ignorance and induces children to watch tv for 4+ hours a day will create zombies of apathy who allow power-hungry ultra-religious(as in abolish separation of religion/state) nut jobs to get into office. When will they learn separation of religion/state is there to protect religious freedom.
(note: all science-fiction or political satire is exempt from this as it induces thought and invention ;)
For specific implementation details of all the plans Obama has laid out. see their official document below.
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf
I would like to construct a small budget analysis for at least 2 major components of Obama's planned policy below (education,energy). note: we could have been doing this for the last 8 years.
Current Bush Executive Governmental Body:
- Iraq war: 200 billion/year
Under Obama led Executive Governmental Body:
-Continued American Elite Forces in Iraq: 10 billion/year
-Education Reform: 10 billion/year
-Energy Reform: 15 billion/year
Also, here are some weekly/monthly pod casts that Obama would do to help inform people of policies and decisions he was making and WHY.
http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/
my background: I am a computer scientist who graduated college after being raised in the foster care system. Individuals who devoted their lives to the foster care system placed me in loving homes. I agree that sometimes people are in really shitty situations, and "have no boots to pull themselves up with". Having a government implemented safety net allows those individuals to succeed and contribute back to society.
I also agree in the belief of the individual and the responsibility one must take for him/herself in order to improve one's own state of being (as well as those around them).
I am excited about Obama not because of his speeches, but because of the policies he has laid out, and the thoughtfulness with which he has done so. (the podcasts are great if you aren't into speeches)
[Stewart & Colbert for President - 2016]!!
note: No Fox News viewers were injured in the making of this blog.
Barack Obama's Nomination acceptance speech tonight was concise, informative, and very forward looking.
The Pundits are saying he should be more hard hitting against McCain, and I agree for some individuals he and the democratic party must do this. But for thoughtful and intelligent citizens, he just has to list out what he is going to do and how compared to what McCain wants to do. Which he has done extensively. Those who say he hasn't either haven't read his material or haven't listened to Barack Obama.
He obviously understands that we need an aggressive revolution in our educational system and energy framework(by implementing renewable energy acquisition/distribution networks, especially solar power).
I also like how he said that improving our education system doesn't just involve increased funding of our public schools (increased salary and affordable teaching technology can do wonders), but also the involvement of parents in their kids' life. A child in an environment that celebrates ignorance and induces children to watch tv for 4+ hours a day will create zombies of apathy who allow power-hungry ultra-religious(as in abolish separation of religion/state) nut jobs to get into office. When will they learn separation of religion/state is there to protect religious freedom.
(note: all science-fiction or political satire is exempt from this as it induces thought and invention ;)
For specific implementation details of all the plans Obama has laid out. see their official document below.
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf
I would like to construct a small budget analysis for at least 2 major components of Obama's planned policy below (education,energy). note: we could have been doing this for the last 8 years.
Current Bush Executive Governmental Body:
- Iraq war: 200 billion/year
Under Obama led Executive Governmental Body:
-Continued American Elite Forces in Iraq: 10 billion/year
-Education Reform: 10 billion/year
-Energy Reform: 15 billion/year
Also, here are some weekly/monthly pod casts that Obama would do to help inform people of policies and decisions he was making and WHY.
http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/
my background: I am a computer scientist who graduated college after being raised in the foster care system. Individuals who devoted their lives to the foster care system placed me in loving homes. I agree that sometimes people are in really shitty situations, and "have no boots to pull themselves up with". Having a government implemented safety net allows those individuals to succeed and contribute back to society.
I also agree in the belief of the individual and the responsibility one must take for him/herself in order to improve one's own state of being (as well as those around them).
I am excited about Obama not because of his speeches, but because of the policies he has laid out, and the thoughtfulness with which he has done so. (the podcasts are great if you aren't into speeches)
[Stewart & Colbert for President - 2016]!!
note: No Fox News viewers were injured in the making of this blog.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Death? and Taxes
[Death? and Taxes]
welcome, you have stumbled upon the web site of bryon fitzgerald bowers
Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “...nothing is certain but death and taxes”
but I would like to suggest that if he lived today,
his scientific mind might have questioned part of that statement
although, it would appear I am either insane or highly optimistic,
I can assure you I am sane, and highly skeptical by nature
- required premise of above statement: I am sane ;)
My Plan for Immortality
Many people have asked me why 'on earth' would I like to live forever.
wouldn't I get bored? (This always comes before ethical over population question...are we all bored of life? Is it that bad?)
shouldn't I worry about over population of the planet?
If I get bored, I can simply let myself die.
As far as over-population is concerned, this is a problem we will have to deal with very soon, whether individuals live indefinitely or not.
I believe necessity is the mother of invention and that we will figure out creative ways to live on our planet with the resources at hand. (Control how many children we have, colonize other star systems..etc..)
Also, eventually we have to leave the planet since the Sun will burn out (in 6 billion years or so), might as well do it sooner than later...
[also, just found out the moon will leave Earth's orbit in about 1 billion years, causing earth to spin wildly, of course we could put rockets on the moon to keep it from departing orbit, but better safe than sorry :)]
long story short, the future fascinates me, and indefinite life extension is one way to get there. I am a computer scientist by trade, so I tend to view solutions to problems in terms of manipulating autonomous machine states.
So I started to ask whether a human body could be repaired like we repair computers when a part goes bad.
This question initiated my quest for a pragmatic workable approach to identifying and preventing human aging (hopefully within my own lifetime)
I would like to participate in the capturing (and enhancement) of the human brain. I then hope to store my own neural configuration in a robust storage mechanism. In order to capture the human consciousness, the molecular processes which contribute to the function of the many different kinds of neurons (brain cells) must be discovered, formalized, and manipulated in order to capture and store the human brain. There has been much research in this field, and here are a minute number of sites relating to the theories of information storing mechanisms of the human brain. (more to come)
- one MIT student's projected human brain stats
- The Human Brain (wikipedia)
- The Human Brain (BiologyDaily)
- Neural Networking (wikipedia)
- Artificial Intelligence (american association for artificial intelligence)
- Neural Networking (University of Texas)
Plan B: [the pro-life version ;-)]
An alternative to storing my brain in a non-destructable format would be to contribute to the development of a cure for cellular aging, or Senescence. With the advances in molecular analysis of what we are made of, we are starting to view the human body not as a magical black box, but as a machine composed of trillions of cells being driven by underlying molecular processes working in concert. These underlying molecular processes control our aging process. I would like to contribute in whatever way I can to discovering, formalizing, and manipulating these processes in order to control (hopefully prevent) the individual human expiration date. Here are a minute number of sites which contain some known information about these molecular processes. (more to come)
- Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence
- google Biomedical Engineering Directory
- Biology Daily (Really good Encyclopedia of all that is biological)
- The Human Gene Map
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cardiac Inoic-Molecular Electrophysiology - Simplified
My Credentials:
- I have a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin
- I have only been briefly introduced to Artificial Intelligence and Networks via Academia.
- I am currently working towards obtaining a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. However, because of cost and the fact that I have a full time job which is not related to this area of study, this process will be very slow. As I attain a more formal education (either self-taught or academia) in the molecular processes of the human body, I hope to be able to contribute to 'Plan A' and 'Plan B' effectively within the next 10 years.
- Addendum: I have attained a job with a domain of knowledge in the biological sciences, and have started my quest for immortality...still no flying cars..
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