council of elderly females

tweeeeeek — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:12:45 GMT

Call for Thoughts / Discussion on Pee Wee Herman

tweeeeeek — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:23:38 GMT

For my (Tristan) Theories of Personality Dynamics class, we have to analyze a character using one of the theorists in our text. I chose pee wee herman. I would appreciate anyones thoughts regarding Pee Wee Herman, Paul Reubens, his works, and how these can be related to gender and sexuality. I would also appreciate any contributions regarding the personality theorists (e.g. Freud, Jung, Erickson, Lacan / Zizek, Judith Butler, etc.) Here is our working list of research questions, feel free to add to them:

in what ways can we use freud's theories of personality development to describe paul reubens?

in what ways can we use freud's theories in "wit and its relation to the unconscious" to describe the pee wee herman character as an expression of paul reubens unconscious?

in what ways might the characters in pee wee's playhouse symbolize different elements of paul reubens or pee wee herman's personality?

in what ways might freud's theories about homosexuality apply to paul reubens and/or pee wee herman? how does pee wee's character challenge traditional gender roles and/or the hero archtype?

that is, assuming we use freud. which I lean towards because the analysis by bruce labruce uses freud. i haven't read the freud chapter yet but intend to do so before Tuesday. by that time the research questions might be more clear.

Bruce LaBruce - Pee-Wee Herman: The Homosexual Subtext

"The most exciting aspect of Pee Wee Herman, so far, remains his role as vindicator of the sissies, the reluctant hero who outsmarts bullies and worms his way out of impossible situations. In Big Adventure, the weird ritual of his "Tequila dance," perfomed in vintage camp seventies platform shoes, so impresses the surly bikers that they make him an honorary member of their gang. And in his most heroic act, the rescue of all the animals in the pet shop fire, he even saves the snakes that boys are supposed to like, but which Pee Wee finds loathsome and disgusting. That's exactly the kind of hero we need to see more of."

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - script

Freud: Wit and it's Relation to the Unconscious

Our teacher's powerpoint for his lecture on Freud

IMDB on Paul Reubens

Related & Unrelated e-books | Pee-Wee Folder

PSY 411 PERSONALITY THEORIES AND DYNAMICS

tweeeeeek — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:15:23 GMT


PSY 411 PERSONALITY THEORIES AND DYNAMICS 

Fall, 2010 

Department: Psychology 
Credit Hours: 3 
Prerequisite: Psy 110 
General Education: Scientific Literacy 
Learning Outcomes: 2a, 2b – Critical Thinking Ability and 7a, 7c, 7d - Scientific 
Literacy 

Instructor: Dr. Larry Godfrey 
E-mail: ldgodfrey@lourdes.edu 

Office: 
Office hours: by appointment 

Office Phone: 419-575-8068 
. 

I. Course Description: 
Survey of principles and theories dealing with the dynamics of human personality, 
including the following theories: psychoanalytic, social, behavioral, humanistic, 
existential, and cognitive, with a critical evaluation of each. 

II. Purpose of the Course: 
This course explores traditional personality theories, research methods in personality, the 
methods of personality assessment, and current views on personality development. 

College Learning Outcomes and Objectives: 
(2a) Students can write a scholarly documented research paper that synthesizes 
their own ideas with ideas and information from other sources. 
(2b) Students can demonstrate the ability to reflect on issues and/or theories 
systematically. 
(7a) Students can distinguish between qualitative and quantitative 
characteristics or natural or behavioral phenomena. 
(7c) Students can use theories to explain past observations and to predict 
answers to new questions. 
(7d) Student can understand the uses of scientific technology and their 
implications. 

IV. 
Program Learning Outcomes: 
(1.2) 
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding representing appropriate 
breadth and depth in selected content areas of psychology. 
(1.3) 
Explain major perspectives of psychology (e.g. behavioral, biological, 
cognitive, evolutionary, humanistic, psychodynamic, and sociocultural). 
(2.1) 
Explain different research methods and statistical analyses used by 
psychologists. 
(2.2) 
Design and conduct basic studies to address psychological questions using 
appropriate research methods and statistical analyses. 
(3.1) 
Use critical thinking effectively. 

(3.2) 
Demonstrate effective writing skills and oral communication skills in 
various formats and for various purposes. 
V. 
Course Objectives: 
1. 
Students can provide an overview of the various theories of personality 
development. (CLO 7c, 2a, 2b; PLO 1.3) 
2. 
Students can investigate methods of personality assessment. (CLO 7a, 7d; 
PLO 1.2) 
3. 
To understand the various methods of research in the field of personality. 
(CLO 2a, 7d; PLO 1.2, 2.1) 
4. 
To explore the lives of the traditional personality theorists to assess the 
affect of their personal life experiences on the development of their theory. 
(CLO 2b, 7c; PLO 1.2, 1.3) 
5. 
To develop a research hypothesis and design a plan for investigation. (LO 
7a, 7b, 7c; PLO 2.2, 3.1, 3.2) 
V. Policies: 
1. Statement on Disabilities 
If you have documented a disability with the Director of Academic 
Services, 
please discuss with me 
¥ 
the adaptations or the accommodations you have established with the 

Director of Academic Services 
¥ 
emergency medical information, and/or 
¥ 
special arrangements to be implemented if the building must be 

evacuated 

2. 
Policy on Academic Honesty 
Any student who represents the work of another person as his or her own 
on any paper or exam will receive zero (0) credit for that assignment. Any 
student found cheating on a test will receive a grade of zero (0) for that 
test. 
Please review this policy in the Student Handbook. 

3. Recording Policy 
Lourdes College prohibits the use of tape-recorders, video cameras, cell 
phones, and all other devices by students to record class lectures or 
meetings with the instructor or any staff member unless they have express 
written consent of the professor or staff member. Before recording any 
lecture, a student who wishes to record a lecture must sign a Lourdes 
College Agreement Form and present this to the instructor for written 
consent. 


Students with disabilities who are unable to take or read notes may be able 
to record class lectures for their academic study only if approved by the 
Office of Accessibility Service 

4. 
Academic Grievance Policy 
Lourdes College has an established procedure for a fair resolution of 
students' academic concerns. Following are the steps of the procedure. 
Each step should be pursued within a reasonable length of time. An 
Academic Grievance Tracking Form should be completed. These forms 
are available from your instructor when you begin the grievance 
procedure. 
Step 1 The student is to first attempt to resolve the problem directly with 
the faculty member involved. 
Step 2 If the student is not satisfied with the results of Step 1, the student 
is to meet with the faculty member's department chairperson. 
Step 3 If the student is not satisfied with the results of Step 2, the student 
is to meet with the Dean of Arts and Sciences. 
Step 4 If the student is not satisfied with the results of Steps 1,2, and 3, 
the student is to make an appointment with the Vice President for 
Academic Affairs, whose decision is final. 
5. 
Attendance Policy 
Each student is expected to attend every class. Due to the nature and 
subject matter of the course, class discussion, participation, and exercises 
will be a large source of the learning process. Points for attendance are 
given. See Research Project information below. Arriving late to class and 
exams is an attendance issue. Any student arriving more than 15 minutes 
late for an exam will not be allowed to take the exam that day. The exam 
will be rescheduled and 10% will be deducted from the final score. 
Students are responsible for obtaining class notes from another 
student when an absence is necessitated. 

6. Evaluation Policy 
Grades will be based on three examinations (300 points), the paraphrasing 
assignment (50 points), the class assignments (50 points), and the research 
project (100 points). Letter grades will be based on the percentage of total 
possible points you have earned. The conversion system is as follows: 
A 94-100% C 73-76% 
A90-
93% C70-
72% 
B+ 87-89% D+ 67-69% 
B 83-86% D 63-66% 
B80-
82% D60-
62% 
C+ 77-79% F 59% or lower 
Missed Exams: 


1. If you miss an exam with an acceptable excuse, you must notify me 
PRIOR to the exam. 
2. Missed exams must be taken at the WIN Center. Students must call 
the WIN Center at 419-824-3748 and schedule a time to take the exam. 
3. Ten percent will be deducted from the final score unless the absence is 
due to a death in the family or your hospitalization. 
4. Any student arriving more than 15 minutes late for an exam will not be 
allowed to take the exam that day. The above procedure will be followed 
to schedule a time to take the exam at the WIN Center and 10% will be 
deducted from the final score. 
Late Assignments 

All assignments handed in late will lose 5 points per day. 


7. Safety Policy 
Statement on Emergency Response: 
In case of a Tornado, your instructor will direct you to the nearest shelter, 
in accordance with Lourdes College’s Policy for Tornado Warnings and 
Tornado Warning Procedures. 
The nearest shelter for this course is the basement of CAH in an area that 
is not exposed to windows 
In case of a Fire, your instructor will help direct you to the nearest exit. 
Please evacuate in a calm and efficient manner. Do not use the elevator. 
Do not block building entrances once you are out. 
VI. Course Requirements 
Paraphrasing Assignment (50 points) 

Each student will be required to complete this assignment. The assignment will be 
handed out in class. See the class schedule for the due date. 

In Class Participation (50 points) 

You will be responsible for participating in class by asking questions, answering 
questions, participating in class activities and, in general, being a contributing member of 
a learning community. Participation will have a value of about 10% of your grade. 

Missing class will count against you with regard to this portion of you grade. 
Approximate loss is 1% per class missed.. The best way to prepare is to read the 
scheduled material before class and participate in class discussions. 

Research Project and Presentation (100 points) 

Each student will participate in a group research project. A typed, written report will be 
required of each research group in the form of a poster presentation. Class time will be 
spent discussing the topic for the project and the development of a research design. Your 
group will also be required to hand in a separate copy of all sections of your poster. 

Breakdown of Points for this assignment 

Paper and Class Poster presentation 50 

Attendance 50 

Your task will be to study the personality of an individual of your group’s choice. This 
person should be a well-known public figure or a fictional character. You must present 
your overall investigation strategy to the class for feedback using a power point 
presentation (see weekly assignment list for the date). This strategy must include the 
research questions you are pursuing and the methods you will use to obtain data about the 
individual under investigation. 

The following is an outline for the modified poster session. You must use the headings 
indicated below in the structure of your report. Poster materials are best set up on a 
tri-fold display board. No material can be placed on classroom walls. The poster should 
be as self-explanatory as possible. Keep in mind that your text and illustrations will be 


viewed from a distance of more than three feet. All lettering should be created with this 
in mind. 

Figures and tables should be kept as simple as possible, so that the viewer can readily 
take away the main message. A brief, large type heading of no more than one or two lines 
should be provided above each illustration, with more detailed information added in 
smaller type beneath the illustration. 

The report should include the following sections: 

Title 

A title should summarize the main idea of the paper and should be 
concise. The title page includes three pieces of information: title, author(s) 
and affiliation. 

Abstract 

A brief, comprehensive summary of the report (150 words). 

Introduction 

Your study should be founded on several research questions. These 
questions are stated at the end of this section. This section should start 
with a brief introduction to the person you are studying (one paragraph, 
with citations) and lead to your research questions. 

Method 

Describe what method you used to analyze the personality of the 
individual you have chosen. In this section be specific enough so that 
another individual would be able to replicate your study. 

Examples of Previously Used Methods: 

1. 
Analyzing Salvadore Dali’s paintings using Jung’s dream symbols 
2. 
Analyzing Courtney Love’s childhood fixations using Freud’s 
Psychosexual stages 
3. 
Analyzing Andy Kaufman’s characters using Jung’s psychological 
types 
4. 
Analyzing Garfield’s personality using Freud’s personality 
structures of Id, Ego, or Superego 
5. 
Analyzing Hitler’s ego development using Erikson’s first five 
psychosocial stages of development 
Results/Description of Personality Characteristics 

Using the above method, describe and analyze the individual, making sure 
you have the appropriate information to answer your research questions. 
This section might include charts, tables, graphs, pictures, etc. Keep the 
narrative to a minimum and use citations where required. 

Discussion/Conclusion 


Summarize your paper in this section, incorporating information about the 
answers to your research questions and your methodology. 

References 

The reference list can be placed on the back of the poster. 
List all sources used in the writing of the paper. All works cited in your 
paper should be on this list. Depending how much space you have on your 
poster, you can just include this in the copy you hand in. 


******This report should follow APA writing and reference style. Refer to the 
"Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition". 
Please place a staple or clip in the upper corner of the paper. Do not place the paper 
in any kind of binder. 

Possible Arrangement of a Poster 

A note about using citations. 

Using another author's material is common in any research paper. Citations give 
authors credit for their information and allow the reader to reference this material if 
needed. It is extremely important that, any time you use another author's material or 
ideas, this information is cited. Citations are not just quotations, but any reference to 
another author's material. Webster's (1959) definition of "plagiarize" is "to steal or 
purloin and pass off as one's own the ideas, writings, etc. of another". Plagiarism may 
also result from poor technique of the citation process. Although much material on the 
internet is public domain, it is still considered the work of others and must be cited. 


Lourdes College Research Symposium 

Every Spring semester, the college hosts a research symposium of student work. I am 
encouraging each group to submit a “Student Proposal” form to offer a poster session of 
your research at this symposium. This form can be found at the college website. This is 
the kind of experience graduate schools look for as they are making decisions about 
admitting students. 


Psy 411 Personality Theories And Dynamics 
Fall, 2009 


Required Text: Schultz, D., & Schultz, S. E. (2008). Theories of Personality, 9th Edition 
Recommended Text: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 


Fifth Edition 
Psychology resources website: http://www.psywww.com/ 
Date Topic 
8-24 Introduction; Research Project 
8-31 The Study of Personality 
9-7 Freud 

Propose Personality Study (PowerPoint) 

9-14 Jung 
9-21 Adler 
9-28 Exam I 
10-5 NO CLASS (College Night) 
10-12 Horney, Fromm 

Paraphrasing Assignment Due 

10-19 Erikson 
10-26 Cognitive Theories 

(Displaying Results) 
11-2 Exam II 
11-9 Maslow, Rogers 
11-16 Behaviorists 
11-23 Social Learning Theory 
11-30 Exam III 
12-7 Class Poster Session 

Research Project Due 

Assignment 

Introduction 
Ch.1 

Ch.2 
Ch.3 

Ch.4 

Ch. 6 
Ch.11 

Ch.9; Ch.10 
Ch.12 
Ch.13

tweeeeeek — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:03:51 GMT

sad / unfortunate

tweeeeeek — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:25:15 GMT

unfortunate / sad:

it gets better:

why you should always maintain that you do not consent to a search, no matter what the cops say

tweeeeeek — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:23:43 GMT

It is likely they will still search you (but often this will stop them, because they know the evidence would be worthless).

Maintain that you decline to let them (without threatening). In fact, all you have to do is simply tell the truth: you do not want anyone to search you (for the same reason they probably don't want you to search them!).

The evidence they find will almost certainly never make it to court.

Quoted from some law firms site (advertising primarily to DUI and domestic violence defendants)

10. What if I feel that the police violated my constitutional rights? A criminal defense attorney seeks to exclude evidence obtained as a result of police misconduct. At times, police misconduct occurs in searches that take place during ordinary traffic stops or in a suspect's home. Additionally, if law enforcement is too aggressive in trying to obtain an incriminating statement from a suspect, it may violate the suspect's Miranda rights. Litigation in the criminal court allows a defense lawyer to protect his client's rights by submitting motions to the judge seeking to exclude the recovered evidence or received statements from trial. Often a successful motion to suppress evidence cripples the prosecutor's case, causing the case to either be dismissed or substantially reduced in plea negotiations.

of course, you should throughly study http://www.flexyourrights.org

of course #2: if they do find something, and try to exploit your embarrassment and pounding heart rate, remember to exercise your right to remain silent and demand a lawyer. if you don't the cops will probably trick you into some kind of confession. even if you think you have the perfect lie, just shut the fuck up. you will win zero points for "cooperation." They are trained to lie and question and manipulate in such a way that "anything you say can and will be used against you." Also, they don't need to tell you that stuff anymore. You just have to know it. And know it so hard that, despite your body telling you to submit, use your brain to politely shut the fuck up and they will obviously "understand" why.

Keith Sadler Foreclosure Resistance

tweeeeeek — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:59:28 GMT

http://lnk.ms/8fWx1 Keith Sadler Foreclosure Resistance LIVE

The number for the WOOD co. sheriff is 419 354 9008 call him and tell him what you think!

tweeeeeek — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:30:45 GMT

lets get their attention

tweeeeeek — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:00:58 GMT

we're in the middle of page 3! on google's results for "buckeye express" ... the more links pointing here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-hate-Buckeye-Express/111434358880647 (in other words, the more fans, or especially links titled "Buckeye Express" on other blogs ... the higher it will go)

Buckeye Express

Buckeye Express

[ NNSquad ] How incumbents will try to block the Google Fiber project

tweeeeeek — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:13:02 GMT

via http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03077.html

How incumbents will try to block the Google Fiber project

http://bit.ly/9GpqbE  (MuniWireless)

http://bit.ly/caT4IJ  (AnnArbor.com)

 - - -

Clearly before a single foot of Google Fiber lights up to a single
home, there will likely be notable related regulatory and legal
dramas, and we can indeed bet that the dominant carriers won't just
sit quietly as their money machine is threatened by the mere
possibility of effective last mile Internet access competition, even
by a worthy experiment of limited scope.

Who knows, serious Google Haters may even enlist to their cause
unlikely allies such as "Billy the Puppet" from the "Saw" torture-porn
film franchise:

    "This is a message to Google.  You're asking for communities who
     want your high-speed broadband fiber.  The towns who have
     responded are unworthy.  Their citizens have no real needs for
     high-speed Internet.  What would they do with your fiber if they
     could get it?  Telecommuting to their worthless jobs.  Trying to
     save their own pitiful lives with tele-medicine projects.  And
     similar nonsense.  They don't even deserve dial-up.  

     On the other hand, I truly *need* your fiber.  I operate
     "re-education" experiments all over this city, requiring
     high-speed 2-way video feeds and remote control over complicated
     and unusual apparatus.  I could make real use of your gigabit
     service to help people understand and appreciate the value of
     being alive.

     I trust that I can be one of your project participants.  I've included 
     a shot of me from my webcam: http://bit.ly/dszrJt (Icons of Fright).

     It's up to you.  Make your choice."

 - - -

--Lauren--
NNSquad Moderator

i have lots of google wave invites

tweeeeeek — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:49:15 GMT

Transfer of file DSC01863.JPG complete
(07:42:06 PM) Dawn: shes always drunk
(07:42:09 PM) imnottristan: aw hahaaha
(07:42:22 PM) imnottristan: i miss direct connect
(07:42:26 PM) imnottristan: does digsby do direct connect
(07:42:34 PM) Dawn: let me look
(07:42:40 PM) imnottristan: did I ever invite you to google wave
(07:42:46 PM) Dawn: yes
(07:42:46 PM) imnottristan: you know thats why they canceleld hello right
(07:42:50 PM) imnottristan: wave is the replacement
(07:42:52 PM) Dawn: i got on it the other day
(07:42:55 PM) Dawn: it was lonley
(07:42:55 PM) imnottristan: you can just drag photos into it
(07:43:03 PM) imnottristan: ya it is , i only know how to use it for IMs
(07:43:13 PM) imnottristan: i guess its used for all kinds of shit but for IMs i like it
(07:43:16 PM) imnottristan: drag and drop
(07:43:24 PM) imnottristan: with not just pictures but anything
(07:43:24 PM) Dawn: you should invite jessica
(07:43:28 PM) imnottristan: and you can see eachother typing
(07:43:32 PM) Dawn: []
(07:44:36 PM) imnottristan: done. anyone else? they take a few days
(07:44:53 PM) imnottristan: i have 22 invites on my moms acct and another 22 on my dads so i got plenty

my article on dealing with authority figures @ work got published!

tweeeeeek — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:51:09 GMT

my article on dealing with authority figures @ work got published!

you didn't believe that, did you? but i did write something sassy in the tradition of my mother's side of the family to someone who needs to learn to drop his jaw a bit and show some re-mother-fucking-spect to this ::here i would use my hands to refer to my awesome body::

http://www.facebook.com/notes/tristan-lear/every-time-i-think-of-a-title-i-stop-myself-becasue-dorothys-mother-would-faint-/320472961106

fun facts about shut the fuck up

tweeeeeek — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:43:10 GMT

So many times I see frustration on faces of people being interrupted.
I hear potentially useful channels of communication being shut down. All for the sake of getting a point across.

Don’t interrupt - again so simple and so obvious. We have all seen the couple who finish each others sentences because they are in tune. This is not what I am talking about.

Sometimes I hear people interrupt another’s sentence simply because the words sparked another thought which was so front of mind it just had to be spoken out loud. When we are truly listening to another person, we are showing so much interest in them that we only hear what they have to say, not the clamouring of our own over heated egos. We don’t interrupt.

Next time you are in a conversation and listening to someone, practise putting the tip of your tongue to the top of your mouth just where your front teeth meet the upper gum. Now hold your tongue there as if you are holding a crumb of bread in position until the other person has stopped talking. You won’t be able to interrupt. And in making sure your tongue is still, you will also quieten down the inner voice that is competing with the other person to be heard. Try it and let me know the difference it makes to your conversations

One of the biggest interruptions I hear is "yes BUT..."

Use AND instead of BUT.

tweeeeeek — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:39:19 GMT

Comcast forgets about its bandwidth cap, launches online file backup service « Boy Genius Report via kwout

well this sucks

tweeeeeek — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:56:00 GMT

i just got an email saying that these things will happen with the current senate health care bill:

# Many of the taxes to pay for the bill start now, but most Americans won't see any benefits -- like an end to discrimination against those with preexisting conditions -- until 2014 when the program begins.
# Allows insurance companies to charge people who are older 300% more than others
# Grants monopolies to to drug companies that will keep generic versions of expensive biotech drugs from ever coming to market.
# No reimportation of prescription drugs, which would save consumers $100 billion over 10 years

good morning brett jan!

tweeeeeek — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:10:21 GMT

http://happybadger.com/t/1.mp3
http://happybadger.com/t/2.mp3
http://happybadger.com/t/3.mp3
http://happybadger.com/t/4.mp3
http://happybadger.com/t/5.mp3
http://happybadger.com/t/6.mp3
http://happybadger.com/t/7.mp3

voicemail from .. brett?

tweeeeeek — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:42:41 GMT

http://happybadger.com/t/brett.mp3

slut paste

tweeeeeek — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:42:37 GMT

(02:37:02 PM) operative me: im so sick of moveis about
(02:37:10 PM) operative me: the swinger freemosexual who finds true love
(02:37:13 PM) operative me: why dont they fucking make one
(02:37:23 PM) operative me: where the true love romantic moron turns into a slut and lives happily ever after

you seem to be taking your medications randomly

tweeeeeek — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:39:54 GMT

http://happybadger.com/t/698557517c417cc0f359edc5096308cb884bb754.mp3

tweeeeeek — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:22:16 GMT

You missed a My IP Relay call from 937-418-6072 at 10:42am EST on Friday, November 13, 2009. This person left you the following message:

My IP RO 70920F
(M)
i m calling a man named john begg my name is richard thompson i m just trying to locate john beggs and i m out of state and i was given this telephone number to call and i d like to know if he s there and if he is i will stop and see

"The Heartland Institute"

tweeeeeek — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:47:52 GMT

Subject: [ NNSquad ] Big Tobacco and the Fight Against Net Neutrality: Smoke in the "Heartland"
From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:39:35 -0700
To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org

Big Tobacco and the Fight Against Net Neutrality: Smoke in the "Heartland"

http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000630.html

Greetings. Several years ago, at an Internet issues-related conference, I was pulled aside by an attendee who identified himself as being involved in high level lobbying "inside the Beltway" (Washington D.C. area). He offered me some free advice. In essence it was this:

"You guys are babes in the woods when it comes to the ways of Washington. If you don't learn how to play the game the way the big boys do, you're all going to be plowed under when it comes to the Internet issues that you care about."

He was right of course. Pro-Net-Neutrality Google has been around just more than a decade, but anti-Neutrality telephone companies have been playing the Washington game for a good century of so. And technologists (including myself) often tend to view issues in logical terms. After all, our stock in trade -- literally -- usually depends on logic. So we're not inherently prepared when opposing forces attack with an emotional kick to the groin.

This has all taken on renewed meaning in light of the recent attempts by some elements of the anti-Net Neutrality camp to portray Net Neutrality as some sort of "communist" plot and those persons and organizations who advocate Net Neutrality as Marxist inspired. This is red-baiting in the finest tradition of "Tricky" Dick Nixon, and the rise again of this despicable technique almost a full decade into the 21st century seems both remarkable and nauseating.

But perhaps it's not really surprising, especially in an age of Big Lie politics, particularly among some elements of the Far Right. "Health reform will create death panels!" "Obama wasn't born in the U.S.!" Now add to these false memes, created purposely to sucker in the right-wing political faithful, the new Big Lie: "Net Neutrality is a dangerous government takeover of the Internet and a communist plot by Marxist sympathizers!"

It was this latter nonsense that I was reacting to with my (apparently controversial) video satire that I released a couple of days ago: "Is Net Neutrality a Communist Plot?" ("Declassified DoD Film"): http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000627.html

But where are the accusations of communism and Marxist activities coming from in the first place? We know that "Mad Man" Glenn Beck (as "Time" called him) has picked up the refrain. But where did it all get started?

One source appears to be the "free market solutions" organization known as "The Heartland Institute." A recent Heartland paper by James G. Lakely, discussing Net Neutrality and the free software movement seems representative ( http://www.heartland.org/publications/policy%20studies/article/26061/ ).

The string "communist" appears in the paper no less than twelve times. Excerpts from that paper have appeared on various religious and right wing-oriented political sites around the Web.

It turns out that The Heartland Institute has been around for about 25 years, but only recently really aimed its guns at Internet issues. The write-up of the company at SourceWatch makes for fascinating reading ( http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute ).

According to SourceWatch, Heartland reportedly opposes the Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming, promotes privatization of public services and the deregulation of health care insurance, and perhaps most interestingly, has also apparently been heavily intertwined with the tobacco industry in various ways, including funding from Philip Morris for a number of years at least (more recently, Heartland's corporate funding has been very secretive and opaque): http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute#Tobacco_ties

I'm certainly not saying that Heartland is doing anything illegal. They're welcome to their opinions, and politics isn't for lightweights.

But I am saying that the attitude of some persons in the pro-Net-Neutrality camp -- that logic and reasoning alone will convince regulators, courts, and legislators of the righteousness of Net Neutrality -- is extremely naive.

To use a dreaded Star Wars analogy, such attitudes are like pulling up in a tiny ship between the Death Star and a target planet, and transmitting "Can't we all just get along?"

The battle for Net Neutrality has now entered the realm of hardball politics at the most extreme levels. It's time to fish or cut bait. Either we play the game the way the Big Boys do, or we'll just be spinning our wheels with endless verbiage that in the end will probably amount to little or nothing.

If we truly care about the future of the Internet and the need for Net Neutrality, playtime is over. The war truly starts now.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein

i has 13 google wave invites

tweeeeeek — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:56:23 GMT

so far me and chris have been using it like how instant messaging should have been a long time ago ... with drag and drop pictures/files/videos/anything , and you can see each other typing, and bla bla bla, ... its like what picasa hello was but better ...

also its for a bunch of other stuff i guess

3 google voice invites

tweeeeeek — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:28:33 GMT

1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right

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ambient connectivity

tweeeeeek — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:51:33 GMT

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