iPhone 3GS Recantation

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I recently vowed I would not be upgrading to the new iPhone 3GS after adopting the first two versions of the phone.  I am now thrilled to recant the argument of that previous article and announce my new 3GS phone is now a beauty to be held right here in my hands!

I have been a big iPhone lover in the past; but I'm unexcited about the iPhone 3G S and I refuse to incarcerate myself in anticipation, longing and waiting for iPhone wish fulfillment ever again.  The White Apple of Death still leaves a hauntingly bitter taste in my mouth a year later.

One of the risks Barack Obama takes in the infancy of his presidency is in keeping bad Bush administration policies in place for too long without taking proactive measures to dismantle the horrors.  The wages of that waiting is that some of the blame will rub off on Obama and new bloodshed will belong solely on his hands. 

We don't like to use the word "crippled" today -- because we prefer to gloss over that historic, condemning, label with "disabled" -- but the Government Accountability Office recently reported that schools are now restraining and punishing crippled children just because they are disabled.

The Secret Shopper Scam

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Americans need to learn we don't get something for nothing -- but that blunt lesson is lost on many of us who believe the American Dream is not home ownership, but rather getting money for not working.  Unfortunately, there are other people in the world that exploit on that hoary truth for their own grifting schemes.

Cheney Torture

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Why is Dick Cheney sowing the whirlwind with his scare talk about Guantanamo and torture and the treat to America if his policy of torture and incarceration is abandoned?

When Doctors Torture

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John Walker Lindh was the first real victim of the new American torture policy.  Naked, and bound to a stretcher with a bullet in his leg, he was denied basic human rights and healthcare and was given less respect than an animal prepared for the slaughterhouse.

UPDATE April 23, 2009:  After getting the inappropriate comment on this article from Slide this morning, my wife and I have decided to quit the game.  It's over.  Any links to our SuperPoke Pets sites are no longer active and should be considered dead.  Why should we pay for that sort of attitude from a company?  We're voting with our wallets and the answer is "No thank you."

I enjoy playing Slide.com's SuperPoke Pets and I've raved about SuperPoke Pets and ranted about SuperPoke Pets. Today, I am enraged -- not by the game I have come to love -- but rather by the lack of an artful and loving Slide.com technical response to what should have been a simple problem to solve.  This is the story of a false accusation -- an unfair incarceration of character if you will -- and its ultimate unraveling in the light of indisputable, human, facts.

The Afghan Marriage Prison

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In Kabul, Afghanistan, women are being newly incarcerated in their marriages even as the USA tries to free the country.

Debtor Prison Nation

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We believe the United States doesn't imprison people for failing to pay their bills -- and that's generally true -- unless, that is, you happen to live in Florida and you owe the state court system money. 

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