Not everyone is suicidal. Terry Schiavo should live.

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Tuesday March 22, 2005 · 2:31 AM PST

2005/03/22 · 02:31

I've seen a million posts by liberals at this site about how Terry Shaivo should be allowed to die. People are saying because if they were in that position they'd want to die, that Terry wants to die. It's not that simple people. What if Terry wants to live and the husband wants her to die so he can move on and marry someone else, gain a new family and move on with his life? He cannot do this if theres a chance she can be brought back to life without feeling guilty.

Most people who have an opinion about this case know nothing about the case. All of the family members except the husband want to keep Terry alive, and everyone ignores this in favor of the husband? Marriage in my opinion is not sacred anymore. It has not been sacred since divorce became popular. If Terry Schiavo's husband were willing to take a stand and never marry another woman, then I'd consider supporting his case to allow her to die. If he is willing to kill that side of himself then he can make the case to allow her to die. However if hes going to marry someone else then you have to question why he is fighting to hard to allow her to die.
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Terri Schiavo is not a political issue.

Lucian

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Saturday March 19, 2005 · 3:21 PM PST

2005/03/19 · 15:21

Stop falling for wedge politics. People here are going out of their way to make this into a Democrats vs Republicans issue, falling right into the wedge trap. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue, its not even a political issue. When you make it a political issue then you are deciding that the government should be involved in this issue.

This is a cultural issue pure and simple, and it will be decided by the courts, not the politicians. Read More

Underground decentralized radio, please tune into the new media.

Lucian

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Friday March 18, 2005 · 4:10 AM PST

2005/03/18 · 04:10

Critical mass radio, Indy media, and others. Stop saying theres no progressive media. Stop saying the radio is owned by conservatives. There are plenty of radio stations which speak directly to progressive audiences every day. Here is a list of URLs.

http://www.criticalmassradio.net/
http://liveradio.indymedia.org/

Please check it out, tune in, these people are progressives just like you, they filter out the information and present it in a perspective you can relate to and understand. Forget about the government controlled TV and get your news directly from the people.

Portable Social Software

Lucian

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Sunday March 13, 2005 · 2:50 AM PST

2005/03/13 · 02:50

Currently, people are having meetups, but instead of meetups how about we build software which helps assemble smart mobs?

Cellphones, PDAs, Wifi, everything is in place. Now for the software, we need software which can match people of the same political ideology and alert them both when there are other people in the same area of their ideology.

This would allow smart mobs. This would help with meetups greatly as people will be able to approach people offline a lot easier. This kind of software already exists in Japan as dating software, but I think we all know that politics are more important than dating.

So who is willing to try and build a new generation of smart mob social software? A portable friend finder sounds like it could be useful for offline organizing.
The details about how this could be done can be found here http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/TR-580.pdf

Speeches all progressives should be reading or hearing.

Lucian

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Saturday March 12, 2005 · 3:58 PM PST

2005/03/12 · 15:58

These are speeches which you need to read and comment on. A New World Order Listen or read below Read More

It's time to get organized. We must build social software.

Lucian

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Saturday March 12, 2005 · 2:09 PM PST

2005/03/12 · 14:09

In my previous diary titled Peer to Peer Distributed Social Networking I explained what networks are, how they work and how we influence them.

Now that we have an idea as to what they are, we need to actually start building social software.

We could start with something like jobster.

Here is a quote from the Jobster website.

Companies across many industries and regions are turning to Jobster to help them connect with great people faster, easier, and at a lower cost than ever before.

Let Jobster empower your hiring. Turn your ad-hoc referral network into a powerful company asset. Mobilize your employees and their extended networks. Reach people who can help you hire great people. It's all about relationships.
http://www.jobster.com/

Lucian

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Friday March 11, 2005 · 9:12 PM PST

2005/03/11 · 21:12

Person to person, one day at a time, one sentence at a time, one word at a time. Get organized. Do not expect the Democrat party to do this for you. The Democratic party is just a network. People exist in multiple networks. Think outside the box and think outside the Democratic party network. We are united by our values and within the Democratic party network many individuals have the same goals. Talk to people. Form friendships and relationships with people not just in the Democratic party, but with all progressives in general. Progressives as a group to be stronger must be united. United across all networks. When you go to work, or to school you enter a new network, a new system. Progressives are in each of those systems. Help your fellow progressives and be united. Hire progressives, work with progressives, and stop competiting with yourselves when you don't have to. By helping other progressives you are also helping yourself by helping people who have the same goals or values as you. By helping them you promote these values and you make the future world you aim for more likely to be brought to life. Read More

The power of transnational civil societies

Lucian

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Friday March 11, 2005 · 8:47 PM PST

2005/03/11 · 20:47

Politics are about social networking. Secret societies and public societies, organizing, etc. Currently progressives arent very organized and this means social organizing software must be developed to change this.

Transnational Civil Societies are networks which span accross the globe. How big is the global progressive network and how well do progressives communicate with each other globally? The technology allows for a much higher degree of communication and coordination between social networks.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Transnational Civil Societies - Read More

Republicans are socialists.

Lucian

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Friday March 11, 2005 · 1:18 AM PST

2005/03/11 · 01:18

Republicans actually are socialist. In fact Republicans are the most socialist political party in America at this time.

Republicans are socialist because they believe in corporate socialism. They believe corporations must be tyrannies. They are against Democracy. Under Republicans work place Democracy has decreased and will continue to decrease as Walmart style tyranny businesses gain government support. The government supports these businesses just as a socialist government supports its businesses. The government provides state protections, bailouts of all sorts, tax exeptions, and many other forms of corporate socialism.

Market discipline is perfect for workers who are forced to learn responsibility, but for corporate owners there is no responsiblity socially or personally. Corporations under Republicans are actually encouraged to be irresponsible and to avoid all social responsibility in favor of profit.
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Progressives should start worker cooperatives.

Lucian

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Wednesday March 09, 2005 · 10:52 PM PST

2005/03/09 · 22:52

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and operated by its "worker-owners". There are no outside, or consumer owners, in a worker's cooperative - only the workers own shares of the business. Unions are often unnecessary in worker cooperatives because the workers have direct control over the management and ownership of the business - they are negotiating with themselves. Some worker cooperatives still choose to become members of local unions for particular reasons - the printing industry is one example in which union shops often receive a special market of business (union members).

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Man made flu?

Lucian

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Wednesday March 09, 2005 · 3:13 AM PST

2005/03/09 · 03:13

It seems there is a news story in Wired about a man made flu which was discovered in pigs.

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66824,00.html

"Samples taken from South Korean pigs contain genes from a human flu virus created by scientists in 1933, and one American flu researcher says the sequences could represent a dangerous situation for humans. "

1933? Why 1933? Very interesting. Also very suspicious.

"If pigs in Korea are carrying a man-made human flu, authorities should take action immediately to prevent it from spreading."

My advice for anyone here or in Asia. Don't eat any pigs or birds. If you must eat something, find any other food. Kos should definately cover this story on the front page. I'm not sure why the community is ignoring the whole flu situation which could end up being a worldwide outbreak.

Schwarzenegger cares about kids health.

Lucian

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 1:44 PM PST

2005/03/07 · 13:44

Recently Arnold has launched the war on the junk food industry. I say this is a very good move. These companies are selling poisons to our kids, all of us. Not just Republican kids or Democrat kids, and this is the type of action which actually could win Arnold votes from progressives. Read More

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