Uneasy Rhetoric

And you thought American bureaucracy was bad. We Americans have nothing on the way things do (or don’t) get done in India.
From Boing Boing.

It’s spelled S-c-h-w-a-r-z-e-n-e-g-g-e-r. That’s Schwartz without the “t” n’ some eggers. Sounds like a Denny’s meal doesn’t it? “Sausage ‘n eggers.”
In his first few hours in office, Governor Schwarzenegger did me a big favor, althought it’s unclear weather I’ll ever get to see it. By repealing the tripling of California’s car tax (somewhat regressive in [...]

I have it on the best authority (or an authority at any rate), that “body bags” have been renamed “transfer tubes.”
How very Sci-Fi of the administration. I imagine bodies being placed into giant vacuum tubes, landing with a thud at the mortuary.
(thanks Ali).

George Lakoff, professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley, has a theory as to why conservative rhetoric dominates the political landscape.
He argues that progressives haven’t spent the time or money necessary to frame political debates in language that people will internalize — language based on a central moral compass. Instead, progressive spend their time marketing — [...]

Peter de Jager writes that problems like obesity, traffic jams, and even spam come about because Humans are designed to operate in an environment of scarcity, yet we have created one of abundance.
He suggests that, before we adopt new changes in technology, we consider the long term implications of adoption. While I would tend to [...]