The future has arrived, and it's a little more evenly distributed.
I feel bad for the Comedic-Industrial Complex though. Jon Stewart, Colbert and friends might be out of a job with an actually competent, cool President in White House. They should probably be begging Palin to do her own show on Fox, bail'em out with at least the moose and fundy jokes.
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Gak, Bill, after finally hearing Kate sing this it just takes me back to my childhood radio/tv years. Please send a warning, first, before posting, lol.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nurturing my inner clown.
Posts: 3609 | Location: Central coast of California. | Registered: January 19, 2005
I hope WG writes about the things he mentioned to the Village Voice:
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WILLIAM GIBSON
Three new things I've greatly enjoyed this election season:
1. The increased limberness and muscularity of the American left's Internet presence. Much improved since 2004. Josh and Kos, in particular: awesome. And, of course, it only kicks ass to the exact extent that it's nonhierarchical, which doesn't work nearly as well if your ideology is fundamentally top-down authoritarian.
2. Snap polls immediately following the debates. Cuts out that awful three-day period of gaseous spin and counter-spin while ponderous douche-nozzles decide what we thought. A clear winner by the next afternoon, latest. Smells like democracy. Love it.
3. Watching the debates on cable while surfing live bloggers and comment threads on my laptop. The debates make me anxious, so hunkering down in a giddy virtual crowd of like-minded individuals is perfect for me. And informative. And not infrequently hilarious.
(hat tip to monkeytime over in the election thread)
The internet is what did this. This election. The money. And I don't see how conservatism recovers any time soon. It may become something else entirely, but it doesn't survive as conservatism or the Republican party. Look at the changes in demographics in the last 4 years. The next 4 will just go deeper into generational change. More kids with their text machines.
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Young voters diverged sharply from the population as a whole, preferring Obama/Biden over McCain/Palin by 66% to 32% in the NEP. This is by far the highest share of the youth vote obtained by any candidate since exit polls began reporting results by age categories in 1976. In past elections from 1976 through 2004, young voters diverged by an average of only 1.8 percentage points from the popular vote as a whole. 2004 had set the previous record for an age gap.
-- Civic Youth (dot org)
Posts: 8944 | Location: Wyoming, USA | Registered: April 15, 2003
"Well, Doctor Johannsen, I've been over your application residency in Victory City, and I must say, it's most impressive. I've told the Congress there should be no need for an interview, but they said rules are rules. So, tell me a little bit about your personal history."
"Well, I'm a third-generation doctor. My family's been doing this for years, right back to my grandfather back in Germany. He left, though, after the Nazis took over the country."
"Oh..."
"Yes, as you know, Hitler did not take kindly to Jews."
"I-I'm sorry. You're...a Jew."
"Yes."
"Erm. I do apologise, but it seems the residency position has been...filled, Dr Johannsen."
"Excuse me?"
"Yes. Our highly trained and heavily armed private SWAT team will be along shortly to show you out. Good day."
Christ almighty, who wants to live in a sterile 1950s America-envisioned fascist utopia?
I'd last five minutes, until I tore off my Victory City Residential All-Purpose Polyester Jumpsuit™ and started torching stuff. Why would anyone create such a nightma-
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Tax Exempt Status for Victory City Corporation Profits
Ah. There we go.
Wait, it gets better:
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Land Acquisition
Victory City may need the assistance of government to apply the power of eminent domain to appropriate the desirable type country or farmland in sufficient acreage upon which to build even a small Victory City. This is right and fair because it is in the public interest. The railroads acquired a tremendous amount of land in this manner because people of vision recognized it to be in the public interest. As a result, the railroads contributed mightily to the growth, development and prosperity of our nation, enriching everyone's lives directly or indirectly. This is somewhat of a precedent, but it is not clear whether present law could apply in a similar manner to Victory City.
Call me the devil's advocate, but I'm fairly certain the building of the railways in the US wasn't exactly pleasant. Especially if you were Chinese.
