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Fat Abe · 11-08-2010, 06:07 PM

Do you know the number one problem with the internet? Idea theft! Well, I will admit to borrowing the idea about the US becoming a Banana Republic from many other bloggers, but when the NY Times has an article, Our Banana Republic, about the same subject, it irks me that they did not give prior writers any credit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/op...07kristof.html

Here is another blog on reasons why the USA is going to hell in a flaming tarball:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...Tabs%3Darticle

Among the 1000+ comments attached to this blog are posts justifying Sarah Palin's right to be a ditz. Those who are sensitive to heated arguments and derisive language should avoid combing through the comments. They lack civility. It's not what you would normally expect of people reading the online content of the Wall Street Journal. What is becoming of the world? We spend 90% of our time arguing with one another.

11-08-2010, 06:07 PM	#30
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,826 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	You saw it first on MobileRead Do you know the number one problem with the internet? Idea theft! Well, I will admit to borrowing the idea about the US becoming a Banana Republic from many other bloggers, but when the NY Times has an article, Our Banana Republic, about the same subject, it irks me that they did not give prior writers any credit. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/op...07kristof.html Here is another blog on reasons why the USA is going to hell in a flaming tarball: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...Tabs%3Darticle Among the 1000+ comments attached to this blog are posts justifying Sarah Palin's right to be a ditz. Those who are sensitive to heated arguments and derisive language should avoid combing through the comments. They lack civility. It's not what you would normally expect of people reading the online content of the Wall Street Journal. What is becoming of the world? We spend 90% of our time arguing with one another. Last edited by Fat Abe; 11-08-2010 at 06:20 PM.