Thursday, October 10, 2002

Ah, Politics in Georgia and it is Republicans leading the way to embarrass us!   Schrenko sends profanity-laced e-mail to reporter By Channel 2 Action News Linda Schrenko       Bill Nigut • Full text of the email • POLL: Does this change your opinion of her? October 10, 2002 -- In an e-mail laced with profanity, State Schools Superintendent Linda Schrenko accuses the school board of stealing money from school children and admits that she's hidden funds from the board's eyes.         Follow the links and read the email.  This woman actually wanted everyone to believe that she was the darling of the religious right.  From my days in Sunday School, I would be surprised if the preacher wasn't at her house washing her mouth (or her keyboard) out with soap! I drafted the section of law that holds someone like her responsible for expending funds without necessary approval.  She's in the wrong with this and needs to be made an example! 9:42:44 PM

Political Spam! US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Dole is sued under a new NC law regulating unsolicited email.  Settling price $80.  But, it's the message that counts. 2:26:04 PM

Busy day for articles on Hactivism... From Doc Searl's Calling to mind the choice between shitting and going blind    First Monday: Hactivists or Cyberterrorists: The Changing Media Discourse on Hacking, by Sandor Vegh. The abstract:   This paper scrutinizes the language of government reports and news media sources to shed light on their role in forming a negative image of politically motivated hacking in general, and online political activism, in particular. It is argued that the mass media's portrayal of hacking conveniently fits the elite's strategy to form a popular consensus in a way that supports the elite's crusade under different pretexts to eradicate hacking, an activity that may potentially threaten the dominant order.   There's a lefty-paranoid cast to the piece, but it has plenty of astute stuff. Such as:   ...the number of articles in the print media that actually defends the Internet - and argues on the side of privacy and the protection of civil liberties against the building momentum to label it as a threat, a safe haven for terrorists - is scarce.   And, a piece in the NYTimes Circuits   10:17:00 AM