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Today we talk about the 1.7 billion dollar mistake that was Quibi and how we can learn from their mistake. We also take a look at the power of follow up questions, and the best place to buy gear.  Table of Contents 01:22 Your Favorite Podcast - Send in Your Answer 02:56 Now That's A Good Question: Howard Stern and Wolfgang Van Halen 06:35 Join the School of Podcasting 07:33 Lessons From Quibi 13:24 They Blew Their Launch 16:12 Big Name Celebrities 19:02 Make It Easy To Share Your Content 21:05 It's Not the Tech 23:28 Clueless About the Competition 29:49 Who is the Audience? 33:29 The Best Place to Buy Gear: Sweetwater 36:07 Your Audience Awaits Exercise How to Avoid the 1.7 Billion Dollar Mistake that Was Quibi Quibi is an over-the-top American short-form streaming platform that generates content for viewing on mobile devices. It was founded in Los Angeles in August 2018 as NewTV by Jeffrey Katzenberg (chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994) and is led by Meg Whitman ( She is a board member of Procter & Gamble and Dropbox. Whitman was previously president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise), its CEO. In 2019 Variety reported that Quibi had secured 100 million dollars in advertising before the service had even launched. On February 2, 2020, they spent $5.6 million for 30 seconds on an ad in the Super Bowl that was seen by a reported 99.9 million viewers.  That is $18 per person if you round up. This for a service where subscribers can get the service for $5 per month with ads, or $8 per month without them.  That $5.6 million was a drop in the bucket. The commercial was really stupid and didn't really answer or explain what the heck it was. You just knew it was less than 10 minutes. They explained what is was, but not so much why it was or how you would benefit. It raised $1.75 billion from investors. It had a variety of shows featuring originals with Jennifer Lopez, Chrissy Teigen, Chance the Rapper, Liam Hemsworth, Sophie Turner, Lena Waithe, Nicole Richie, Reese Witherspoon. Quibi offered a 90-day free trial to those who sign up on its website before April 6. Overall, it plans to release 175 original shows and 8,500 episodes in the first year. Their lineup has a ton of stars, celebrities, etc It launched on April 6, 2020. It is set to shut down "on or about" December 1, 2020. December 1 is 239 days. That is $7,322,175.73 a day. Here is my thoughts on why this was such an epic fail. They Blew Their Launch When you spend $5.6 million dollars on a Super Bowl ad, they should have an idea what you do and what is in it for them. In the event, the ad inspired people to check out the service (it didn't), you should be able to go check it out and not have to wait four months. Yes, you can build buzz, but for me, I never heard from quibi again. Putting All Their Faith in Celebrities Here are some of the names that appear on shows: Jennifer Lopez, Kristen Bell, Nick Jonas, Tracy Morgan, Aaron Rodgers, Yara Shahidi, Gabriel Iglesias, Anthony Davis, Kevin Hart and Karlie Kloss. Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, Dapper Dan, Jay Leno, and Wolfgang Puck (and that's just some). The people involved had experience Phil Abraham has directed the Sopranos, Madmen, Daredevil, Ozark. No Compelling Content Yet, there was no breakout show that inspired the people who had found Quibi to tell a friend about Quibi. Nobody was compelled to tell a friend. They did recaps of the previous days news or sports updates. WOW what revolutionary content! They Made it Hard To Share According to Media Analyst Josh Consine there was no sharing capability (no screenshots) which limited your ability to go viral. When it first launched you could only watch it on your phone. There were no apps, not Fire TV, Chromecast. They made it "hard" to consume. They took away choices from the consumer. They Put Their Faith in the Tech One thing that set them apart was a feature called Turnstyle. This meant that if you rotate the phone horizontal to verticle, you would get a different camera angle. Neat? Sure. Something so cool I had to tell my friends? Apparently not as I had never heard of it until I started researching how you blow 1.7 billion and lose. In a nutshell, Turnstyle served you two video streams simultaneously and “stitches them together” with a single audio track. Since we're talking about the Tech, a company sued Quibi shortly after their launch company called Eko alleged that Quibi stole the technology after Eko demoed it to employees of the company, including founder and chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg. Even when you have billions in funding, lawsuits are expensive. Clueless About the Competition They were charging $5/$8 a month for new content. Look at Disney, Netflix, Hul. While they have original content, they all have old favorites as well. They also have a way to add more than one person under your account (so when your kids login under your account your recommendations don't all turn into cartoons). This was not the case to Quibi. It figured each person was watching on their phone. One person per account. This gets expensive and now anyone who wants to see what you're talking about has to use your phone. It is reported that CEO Whitman repeatedly said "We're not competing with Netflix." Think about that one for a minute. That's like a radio station saying, "All of our songs are under four minutes long. We don't compete with other stations." Lack Of Focus Group? In one article that was published right after they launched it stated, "Quibi’s executives have hinted that the company will deliver on a TV experience if customer feedback and data warrant it. " Well they did add support for Apple's airplay and Chromecast, but at the expense of the Turnstyle technology. They did release an app for Roku and Fire TV - the day before they announced were closing down. It seemed like they didn't understand how people used their phones or consumed content. Did they think that because the average length of a YouTube video is 11 minutes that making "short" videos would be the key? Meanwhile, TikTok was taking off with all sorts of celebrities making their own channels. TikTok is free. Did Quibi follow the Facebook strategy and buy them or "borrow features" and add them to their platform? No. They were doing something different and nobody cared. They Didn't Answer the Number Question: WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE The idea was people could watch these short clips while waiting in line, or on the bus. When you think of people consuming content on their phone you might think it would be younger people. Yet you're trying to attract those people with Steven Spielberg and Jay Leno? Sure Cardi B appeared in an episode, but they needed to define. If the content is for busy people, who are the busy people and what do they want to watch? According to an article in Forbes, Katzenberg and Whitman said, "We created a new form of mobile-first premium storytelling." They did. But the stories weren't any good. Now That's a Good Question 02:56  Today we listen to Howard Stern ask a great follow-up question to Wolfgang Van Halen. While he started off with a yes/no question, but then asked a few follow-up questions lead to the information you can't get anyplace else, and listen to how Howard shuts up and lets Wolfgang wrestle with a potentially uncomfortable topic.  Sweetwater is My New Favorite Place to Order Gear 33:29 My co-host for Ask the Podcast Coach Jim Collison ordered something from Sweetwater and told me about their INSANE customer service. I recently saw where they were one of the few people to have the new Zoom Podtrak P4 IN STOCK and I see what he means. I was called to let me know my order had shipped, and to let me know if I had any issues I could call them. So here is why I think they are the best: Prices are just as good (and in some cases better) than Amazon Free shipping (even on small stuff) Built-in two-year warranty  Free tech support  Payment plans available if needed. My goal is to build more of a relationship with Sweetwater (as I have a dedicated rep) which should keep me in touch with podcasting technology going forward. In full disclosure, I earn a referral reward (but that's why I ordered something as I wanted to see for myself)  Your Audience Awaits Exercise I'm listening to the book Unhackable: The 30-Day Elixir for Creating Flawless Ideas, Leveraging Superhuman Focus, and Achieving Optimal Performance Through Flow its a very interesting book that you can listen/read to one chapter per day. The one exercise was to write yourself an email from your future audience as is these people who are waiting for you to start your show. SO MANY TIMES I hear people worried about having trolls or people say negative things. I say, What about ALL THE POSITIVE that could happen? Think of going to your inbox and see an email with the title, "Just wanted to say Thank you." You open it and it starts, "Hello, I just wanted to reach out. You may not believe this but due to your podcast....  and the listener explains how you made them feel. How they no longer felt alone. How they were taken to a place where the stress of work, life, and more melted away.  This could happen. But your podcast can't help people if you don't start your podcast. You can't update a show that doesn't exist. Please let me help you, as your audience is waiting. 

When considering some of the milestone moments in feminist history, you might think about the Seneca Falls Conference of 1848, the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920 or the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But the 1990s?“This was actually one of the most pivotal decades, I believe, for feminist history.” We talk with Lisa Levenstein, the Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at UNC Greensboro and the author of They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties. She tells us about the importance of the ‘90s and how it shaped feminism today.

The recent news that the White House may ban the social media platform TikTok has people wondering, why? While Silicon Valley social giants, like Twitter and Facebook, have avoided similar threats, the question remains why TikTok, which is owned by a Chinese company but has headquarters in the UK and the US, is causing so much condemnation.I invite author, artist, and technologist An Xiao Mina to discuss her recent article "Break and TikTok for the Mass," and why the social platform continues to irk the powers that be. We also discuss the passing of poet Dinos Christianopoulos, whose line “They Tried to Bury Us, They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds” has become a staple of protests the world over.Thanks to YutaY for providing the music to this week’s episode. His new track “Run” is available on Apple Music and Spotify, and you can follow him on Facebook.Hyperallergic continues to be on top of the biggest stories in the art community during the pandemic. Subscribe to our daily newsletter to stay up to date.Subscribe to Hyperallergic’s Podcast on iTunes, and anywhere else you listen to podcasts.

Lisa Levenstein is the Director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her current book They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties (Basic Books, 2020) shows how American feminists joined a global women’s movement for women’s rights as human rights. At home feminists engaged such issues as race, economics, labor and the environment as important concerns that went beyond the interest of white middle class women. Feminists activists deployed new communication technologies, built networks around the world and found significant sources and methods for fund raising. Feminist activism became increasingly professionalized. A key event was the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, sponsored by the United Nations in Beijing, China that ultimately led to the Women’s March on Washington in 2016. During the 1990s the movement became more diverse, intersectional, globally interconnected and professionalized. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her most recent book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, (Oxford University Press, 2018). Her current research project is on the cultural and intellectual history of feminism seen through the emblematic life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Levenstein is the Director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her current book They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties (Basic Books, 2020) shows how American feminists joined a global women’s movement for women’s rights as human rights. At home feminists engaged such issues as race, economics, labor and the environment as important concerns that went beyond the interest of white middle class women. Feminists activists deployed new communication technologies, built networks around the world and found significant sources and methods for fund raising. Feminist activism became increasingly professionalized. A key event was the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, sponsored by the United Nations in Beijing, China that ultimately led to the Women’s March on Washington in 2016. During the 1990s the movement became more diverse, intersectional, globally interconnected and professionalized. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her most recent book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, (Oxford University Press, 2018). Her current research project is on the cultural and intellectual history of feminism seen through the emblematic life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Levenstein is the Director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her current book They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties (Basic Books, 2020) shows how American feminists joined a global women’s movement for women’s rights as human rights. At home feminists engaged such issues as race, economics, labor and the environment as important concerns that went beyond the interest of white middle class women. Feminists activists deployed new communication technologies, built networks around the world and found significant sources and methods for fund raising. Feminist activism became increasingly professionalized. A key event was the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, sponsored by the United Nations in Beijing, China that ultimately led to the Women’s March on Washington in 2016. During the 1990s the movement became more diverse, intersectional, globally interconnected and professionalized. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her most recent book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, (Oxford University Press, 2018). Her current research project is on the cultural and intellectual history of feminism seen through the emblematic life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Levenstein is the Director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her current book They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties (Basic Books, 2020) shows how American feminists joined a global women’s movement for women’s rights as human rights. At home feminists engaged such issues as race, economics, labor and the environment as important concerns that went beyond the interest of white middle class women. Feminists activists deployed new communication technologies, built networks around the world and found significant sources and methods for fund raising. Feminist activism became increasingly professionalized. A key event was the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, sponsored by the United Nations in Beijing, China that ultimately led to the Women’s March on Washington in 2016. During the 1990s the movement became more diverse, intersectional, globally interconnected and professionalized. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her most recent book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, (Oxford University Press, 2018). Her current research project is on the cultural and intellectual history of feminism seen through the emblematic life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Levenstein is the Director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her current book They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties (Basic Books, 2020) shows how American feminists joined a global women’s movement for women’s rights as human rights. At home feminists engaged such issues as race, economics, labor and the environment as important concerns that went beyond the interest of white middle class women. Feminists activists deployed new communication technologies, built networks around the world and found significant sources and methods for fund raising. Feminist activism became increasingly professionalized. A key event was the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, sponsored by the United Nations in Beijing, China that ultimately led to the Women’s March on Washington in 2016. During the 1990s the movement became more diverse, intersectional, globally interconnected and professionalized. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her most recent book is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, (Oxford University Press, 2018). Her current research project is on the cultural and intellectual history of feminism seen through the emblematic life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Season 2! The guys are so excited to have everyone back for the second season of They Didn't Ask Us... This week the guys review Mask of the Phantasm (1993). This animated Batman movie can be viewed on Netflix. Not much news this week. This episode was recorded in advance while Jai celebrates the birth of his new baby. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theydidntaskus/message

The 1990s is an often overlooked period in feminist history. Lisa Levenstein, History Professor at UNC Greensboro, explores this period in the movement for gender equality in her new book, They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties.

Let’s be honest: Our students didn’t sign up for the pandemic, and neither did we. Join Adam and Dinur as we talk about how to prepare for a better online fall than the haphazard online spring we just went through – and how to support our students. Show Notes No show notes this episode The post COVID-19 Special Episode 7: They Didn’t Sign Up For This appeared first on Go From Stress To Success!.

Трек-лист: 1. Meryem Aboulouafa – ‘Ya Qalbi’ 2. Sega Bodega – ‘Teardrop’ (Massive Attack Cover) 3. Francois Club – ‘Cobra II’ 4. Colin Stetson – ‘A Proposal’ 5. Greg Fox – ‘Ill Being’ 6. Shantel & Cümbüş Cemaat – ‘Adimiz Miskindir Bizim’ 7. Coastal County – ‘Cielo Aperto’ 8. TootArd – ‘Remote Love’ 9. Aksak Maboul – ‘Retour Сhez A.’ 10. Psychic Markers – ‘Enveloping Cycles’ 11. Kate NV – ‘Du Na’ 12. Michele Mercure – ‘#32’ 13. Tigran Hamasyan – ‘Levitation 21’ 14. Methods Body – ‘Quiet Pt. 1 – They Didn’t Come Here’ 15. Simon Goff – ‘Secret Sitter’ 16. SØS Gunver Ryberg – ‘Solar Flare’

Tous les deux mois, Maxime s'enfonce au coeur de la jungle indé, pour vous en ramener les plus beaux spécimens. PLAYLIST: Vinyl Williams - LA Egypt Khruangbin - So We Won’t Forget Cathedrale - The Bet Tapeworms - Medecine Christophe - Les vestiges du chaos Lenparrot - Wrong/Gone A. K. Paul - Hungry Beat Orville Peck - Summertime Augustin Fievet - OFF Methods Body - Quiet Pt. 1 - They Didn’t Come Here Donny Benet - Reach Out Chicano Batman - Invisible People Fews - Heaven Pokey LaFarge - Bluebird

This hour, we're bringing you a favorite from our archive... to-do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts!To find out what these producers have been up to since we first aired the show, visit ThirdCoastFestival.orgThe Listby Sean Cole, Ashley Ahearn and Nick van der Kolk (Love & Radio, 2011)A man sets out to finish an unfinished list.World's Longest Diaryby David Isay (Morning Edition, 1994)An all-consuming list of every single little thing.The Feltron Annual Reportby Roman Mars and Nate Berg (99% Invisible, 2011)Anaylizing the data of life's minutiae.They Didn't Get Alongby Rick Moody and Michael Hearst (Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge/Re:sound, 2006)A list of things that clash.First Love and 27 Other Firstsby Whitney Jones (Cowbird.com, 2012)A love story, in the form of a list.This episode of Re:sound was produced originally by Katie Mingle, and updated by Isabel Vázquez. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dr. Steven Katz is interviewed by our host, Kira Dineen about practice management and the insight he has gained from the challenges of building his own practice. He lectures nationally about practice building and management, which we discuss on this episode. As a full-time practicing dentist, he is fully aware of the trends and challenges that other dentists are experiencing. His published his first book in 2014, “They Didn’t Teach Us THAT In Dental School”, and he won First Place in the Speaking Consulting Network’s “Spotlight on Speaking” competition. He was also named “The Best New Speaker in dentistry at the Madow Brother’s TBSE event in 2015. Dr. Katz is a graduate of Columbia College (Business and Finance) and the Washington University School of Dental Medicine. He completed a two-year GPR at North Shore University Hospital and continues there as an attending dentist. On This Episode We Discuss…. Dr. Katz’s story of losing, then rebuilding his practice Steps dentists can take to unite their team Aspects of a successful initial phone call with a potential patient Approaches to make a patient feel comfortable on their first visit Increasing emotional intelligence to be attentive and sensitive to emotional effects of dental conditions How dentists and hygienist can save patients’ lives through oral cancer screen Questions, comments or inquires about this episode or the podcast in general? Email us at info@addent.com. Stay updated with the show on… Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Join us for our next episode on October 1st with key opinion leader, Dr. Frank Milnar discussing cosmetic dentistry and heated composite. Look forward to new episodes on the first of every month, as we learn and discover the latest advances in dentistry.

Appreciate good content? Show your support with a one-time donation below or join me for extra episodes on Patreon! Today we’re going back to the Early Modern Era in the East, or as I like to call it, “They Didn’t Get the Memo”. We’ll look at China’s early attempts at exploration, the Islamic empires that … The post World History Ep. 7: The Early Modern Era in the East, or “They Didn’t Get the Memo” appeared first on Anti-Social Studies.

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KBKabaret Week 66 Podcast Promo Show Notes A Kallaballo of Variety in Parlor City Upstate New York:  Leatherstocking Region Show contains original skits, observations, music, and even recipes Producer, Host, and Head Writer:  Bree Harvey Actors:  Bree Harvey, Kate Murray, Judy McMahon, Charles Berman, John Carey, and John Montgomery. Special Musical Guest:  Show Producer Bree Harvey Featured Recipes: Zelnečka: Czech Cabbage Soup (with Vegan option) Hummingbird Cake (Exclusively on KBKabaret’s App.) Go to our website: http://www.kbkabaret.com and download today! 1.  Granny Ada:  Parlor City’s Favorite Advice Columnist    Episode:  Rollercoaster Existence Written by Bree Harvey Starring Bree Harvey and Kate Murray 2.  They Didn’t Tell You? Written by Bree Harvey Starring Kate Murray, John Montgomery, John Carey, and Bree Harvey 3. Musical Guest Bree Harvey “Magic of Christmas” Written and Sung by Bree Harvey Sound Engineer and Announcer:  Charles Berman Assistant Sound Engineer:  Valentine- Terrell- Monfeuga Original Music Written By Bree Harvey Music Arranged by Cristina Dinella and Dave Rice of Basement Studios Produced by BHH Productions L. L. C. ©2016 All rights reserved

No Duh... In a world of uncertainty, there was little reason to question the outcome here: the HCTC wasn't going to get extended. You could sugarcoat it with sprinkles and a sparkler, it would not have mattered. The hope that the HCTC would get extended was a pipe dream at best. Employee Associations are part of the PROBLEM What isn't publicized is that employee associations, under the guise of defending employees' and retirees' rights/benefits, may not have revealed the full ramifications of the inevitable outcome (HCTC expiry). THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU, DESPITE HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE AND MY FREE OFFER TO INFORM YOU, THEIR ALLEGED CONSTITUENCY. Delphi Corporation...This is you and I have my emails to prove it. Listen Podcast Here Further information can be found on the official website: http://www.maximizeyourmedicare.com

This sermon – They Didn’t Have a King – was originally preached 2012.06.10 by Sonny Yoder. Passages used: Judges 17:6, 18:1, 19:1, 21:25, Judges 17-21, Judges 2:1-23, Judges 17:7-13, 18-21. Note: To download the mp3 file directly from this page, right click the download button and choose Save Link As… Browse to where you want to […] The post They Didn’t Have a King – Sonny Yoder – 2012.06.10 appeared first on Bethel Mennonite Church.

Collectivistic statist turf war insanity King rejects govt's resignation, for now by Robert Wielaard http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/17/king-rejects-govts-resignation-for-now-1/ Governmental "officials" tear markets apart and extol self-sacrifical "public service" D.C. Arrests Residents For Missing Jury Service by Keith L. Alexander http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301798_pf.html Forced "justice" makes perfect sense, doesn't it; coercion is "cooperation" Jurors are essentially slaves of judges; jury nullification is illegal, sayeth "the law" The legal system benefits government and lawyers and screws the enslaved "customers" Once again, voting and jury nullification are not needed to achieve liberty; rather, people's independent mindset is Legislature approves bill banning trans fats by Samantha Sondag http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/15/MN0111OTUA.DTL The 'land of ban' scoffs at the nature of property rights; public pressure is voluntary; governmental pressure is coercive The most important thing in the world that needs protecting: Your right to choose a couple interesting scientific articles related to cardiovascular health: Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis -- The Role of HDL Cholesterol, Lp(a), and LDL Particle Size (just google the article title and click from there, if you get the annoying sign-in page) http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/439375 Measurement of LDL and HDL particle size does not improve CAD diagnosis http://www.lipidsonline.org/news/print.cfm?aid=6602 Genetic-testing start-ups asked to stop selling in Calif. by Stefanie Olsen http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9971383-7.html?hhTest=1 Perfect example of the regulatory State; following the money trail and areas of corporate convolution What a free market in medicine would be like: everything becomes more and more affordable Bush lifts executive ban on offshore oil drilling http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/bush.offshore/index.html Politics in midstream, once again, based on central planning; rather, all drilling areas should be privately owned and regulated--and thus be accountable here's a great blog post with lots of info: The Oil Pricing Squeeze Is On by David Theroux http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=140 Deadliest job in America: Working on cell phone towers http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/97827 OSHA fascists to the rescue! Give me a break; say goodbye to common sense and productivity; workers know their work best; rational tort law All the most vile forms of tyranny come from the edict that "This is for your safety"--as if we should look to a coercive monopoly to protect us The guiding light for people in the free market: Use your own judgment, do things reasonable and prudent based on the circumstances, and don't follow authoritarian rules for their own sake Loss of personal control and belief in Higher Powers http://atheists.meetup.com/518/boards/view/viewthread?thread=5064714 Need for self-esteem and individual choice "But Who Will Build the Roads" Market Anarchy Explained http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/166 The contradiction of government: Evil people controlling other purportedly evil people? Death By Government by R. Rummel http://tinyurl.com/rusyx The governmental employee modus operandi: passing the buck and shirking moral responsibility They Didn’t Attack Switzerland by Bill Walker http://www.lewrockwell.com/walker/walker32.html The whole "war on terror" is ill-gotten; US government only protects their own (and even that fails) Collectivistic thinking treats States as quasi-individuals; coercive government is the real problem, not a State that has an interventionist foreign policy bumper music "All You Fascists" by Billy Bragg And Wilcohttp://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/mermaid_avenueII/merII11.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697