Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player?
1. Judy Jacobs (D-Woodbury), presiding officer of the Nassau Legislature, calling for a meeting with Gov. Eliot Spitzer to persuade him to introduce video-lottery gambling machines at Belmont.
2. Republican Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray saying of the track grounds: “Clearly something has to be done with regards to this beautiful, beautiful parcel of property.”
3. Backers of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) getting at least one local TV station to decline to air an ad attacking him — placed by a national group that favors public financing of elections.
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HOMO POLITICUS, AND THE COMING SINGULARITY www.r8ny.com/blog/vj_machiavelli
Yes their is a difference between Conservatives and Liberals, and in the Brave New World that is coming that difference will be tested more than ever.
We are entering the era of "2018"
The year "Monster" comes to life.
Who will lead US into this Brave New World.
The election of 2008 is beginning of the future or end of humanity.
Its the FUTURE STUPID ////////////
HOMO POLITICUS: BRAIN FUNCTION OF LIBERALS, CONSERVATIVES DIFFERS, September 09 The brain neurons of liberals and conservatives fire differently when confronted with tough choices, suggesting that some political divides may be hard-wired, according a study released Sunday. Full story at www.physorg.com/news108562207.html
TECHIES PONDER COMPUTERS SMARTER THAN US, September 09 (AP) -- At the center of a black hole there lies a point called a singularity where the laws of physics no longer make sense. In a similar way, according to futurists gathered Saturday for a weekend conference, information technology is hurtling toward a point where machines will become smarter than their makers. If that happens, it will alter what it means to be human in ways almost impossible to conceive, they say. Full story at www.physorg.com/news108520789.html
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