L. Lessig gave the keynote address at the NetRoots Nation conference on Wed. Nov. 17th. He lays out a great argument about what has lead to the corruption of our “trusted” institutions. He also suggests a possible solution, including his Change Congress org. L. Lessig is by far one of the most captivating speakers on democracy and politics today. This speech, which runs pretty long, covers a lot of previous speeches he has given over the last year or so.
I like video games, but I don’t play them much. So the fact that I spent an hour last night watching all the video game reviews by (as he is called on YouTube) Yahtzee19. What makes the video reviews so good is that they are much more than just talking about the game.
A new ad campaign for the Bush Admin. through 4parents.gov, a government website run by the Department of Health and Human Services. This not so subtle ad aims at encouraging parents to persuade their children from having sex before marriage. That is assuming they will or even can get married.
With the Federal Government’s queer interest in defining marriage it is amusing to watch this ad. I am thinking to myself: If your a young person that is gay, since you cannot be married (in some states) is it okay to have sex now? Even if you drop the idea of gay marriage, the ad still assumes that marriage will happen in this child’s life. I can see more ads subtly hint at absolutes in life. For example ads about eventually getting divorced, being overwhelmed by credit card debt and saying goodbye to those pesky civil liberties.
