[FRIEND SPAM] Nerdcore Site and Podcasts

Hello My Friends!

I am emailing you to let you in on a great new site I am doing that I
hope you will enjoy.

Its a nerd site that features media, commentary and podcasts in line
with all of our interests. Nerdcore, Opensource Music, DIY, Science. All
from our point of view. I am really excited about this because I have
started getting some really interesting people involved in the project
recently.

My latest podcast features an interview with Dr. John Moffat, who has
theorized on the VSL theory (Variable Speed of Light), as well as
talking about his new book Reinventing Gravity: A Physicist Goes Beyond
Einstein.

As well as this excellent interview I also feature the best in open
source music, as well as tracks from my new science themed CD: The
Horizon Problem.

Blog

http://www.newobjectivity.com/therichestfamily/home.do

Podcast Subscribe:

http://www.newobjectivity.com/therichestfamilypodcast/rss.xml

Dr. John Moffat Interview Show #3 (Part 1):

http://www.newobjectivity.com/therichestfamilypodcast/journey_with_the_travellers_04-06-2008.mp3

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starting research on my new tattoo

well I am starting to look into getting my new tattoo. greg kulz is giving it to me. there is a really funny story about how when jim ellis and I first came to SF we went to his shop at erno tattoo and informed him that he would be our friend.

what I am looking into is mostly tibetan motifs like flames and demons, cool stuff huh? it sounds kindof like I want it to tie into my kanji character on my right side.

have you seen my home

I love my home I guess I haven't talked about too much. It is a mid century house that has a great view of trees in my back yard. Today there were thousands of birds flying around back there. This is actually an image I took before we bought the place.

NSA Illegally Spying on Americans By Bush's Executive Order

Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts


TO:
Congresswoman Pelosi
450 Golden Gate Ave. - 14th Floor - San Francisco, CA 94102

Dear Congresswoman Pelosi,

By now you have probably seen the the NYT article on how Bush made an executive order to illegally spy on Americans.

Here is Bush's response:

"In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on our nation, I authorized the National Security Agency, consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution, to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations,"

It seems to me, from my humble perspective, that this is incorrect, that these actions are illegal. It seems to me that the fourth amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizure, electronic or physical. This is a precedent that has been upheld previously, as the the NYT article discusses:

"Some officials familiar with it say they consider warrantless eavesdropping inside the United States to be unlawful and possibly unconstitutional, amounting to an improper search."

Secondly, it is not clear that every one of the 500 or more Americans being spied on do have direct links to al Qaeda, and by who's judgment? Clearly not the judicial system we have establishes specifically for this purpose.

This man, George Walker Bush, is unamerican and clearly has no reservations about committing criminal acts. His principals are so far removed from core American values, that we should demand action. How could the man in the highest office legitimize the criminal and unconstitutional act of spying on fellow Americans without due process? How our founders Jefferson and Franklin would judge this man who disrespects the freedom and civil rights that or core to our American heritage. His entire organization lacks the integrity, foresight, responsibility and love of freedom that the previous generation represented and died to protect in WWII.

Please, I implore you to investigate the legality of these actions in a public forum, and if it is determined that there may be criminal actions, then establish an independent prosecutor to bring those who committed crimes against American liberty to justice.

Your constitute,



Clay Graham

I remember your lies.

Cheney Lies and Tells Us We Forgot the Truth

Well it blows me away, the level these guys will stoop to. They must really hate Americans, or look down at them because they seem to think people will buy this stuff. Well I remember Mr. Cheney, and no matter how often you try to say that I am remembering wrong I still know what I remember.

1. I remember *you* telling me they had WMD
2. I remember *you* telling me the Iraqis would greet us with flowers.
3. I remember *you* betraying the trust of servents in your own government by leaking secret information to the press for political vendettas.
4. I remember *you* lobbying to congress to allow torture in secret CIA prisons.

I rememeber, and I beleieve the American public will too.

Glad she's home

Stephanie comes in tonight, that is something I am very glad about. Separation does make the heart grow fonder. I hope that I hold on to how I feel about her now and try to be that way all the time.

She did so much to make sure everything was ok with the house while I was in san Francisco that I want to do something special for her to show her how much I appreciate her.

it really is a blessing to have someone like her in my life. I am sure without a doubt that she is the best thing that ever happened to me.

I love you Stephanie and I am so glad you are coming home. I promise to do everything I can to make your new life as wonderful as you have made mine.

The wedding parable

The wedding parable disturbed me a little, because there seemed something too harsh about it. All the murder and burning of villages.

When I though about it more, and maybe this is some projection going on, I think about it more passively. Parables are codes so maybe it is a code for a group of constructs that are all internal anyway.

Life has a calling and opportunities, commonly we overlook those opportunities because we are focused on ourselves. That's what makes us selfish.

If you are wise enough to recognize opportunities to become part of the human family and contribute to its positive aspects you can avoid a fate of being bound and gnashing of teeth.

the gnashing of teeth part really touches me for some reason because I can see in my minds eye someone alone in the dark, bound in the restraints of their own limitations, grinding there teeth alone and afraid of what they had done or left undone.