Just Jyll

On September 5, 2007, this article was posted over on the Open Social Web blog. In light of this evening’s Twitter topics about Facebook’s Terms of Service, I thought this post deserved to be proliferated. I quote below:
We publicly assert that all users of the social web are entitled to certain fundamental rights, specifically:

Ownership of [...]

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I always prefer a book to a movie. When I started hearing rumblings about the Golden Compass, I decided to investigate for myself. With the movie set to launch in 4 days, I was compelled to start posting my thoughts about the book.
Pullman’s book trilogy is the story of “a battle against the church and [...]

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My opinion
I believe that our planet is a gift from God and we are to be good stewards of that gift. Destroying the environment isn’t proper stewardship. We are commanded to protect the environment from greed and exploitation.
Genesis 1:28 – And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, [...]

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I remember the vibrancy of Anderson – full of folks working for General Motors – quite a bustling city. There were three high schools, nice downtown, and a shopping mall that was crowded from Thanksgiving to Christmas.
Going back now it’s painful to see the economic devastation. It’s a lesson in cause-and-effect.
Yesterday Neal E. Boudette had [...]

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I ran across an interesting post in WSJ by Jared Sandberg and one sentence really stood out:
“Big bureaucracies are set up to place human barriers around decision makers.”
Is this truly the cause of anger? Why do we feel the need to lash out at those who tell us what we don’t want to hear? What [...]

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