Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Anonymous sources. Synonymous with free speech
I posted the following comment on all of the images in this gallery:
"@wikileaks - in the spirit of cognitive congruence - could you release these images under Creative Commons? ;-)"
And the following one on the first and last image:
"yes - I know - I've posted the same comment for every WikiLeaks picture - for a reason. If you say you want information to be free - it needs to be really free ... or your just posing ..."
"@wikileaks - in the spirit of cognitive congruence - could you release these images under Creative Commons? ;-)"
And the following one on the first and last image:
"yes - I know - I've posted the same comment for every WikiLeaks picture - for a reason. If you say you want information to be free - it needs to be really free ... or your just posing ..."
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
DARE Generation Diary: Mexico Takes the Next Step: Presidential Candidate forces Senate to Demand Official Report on Californian Cannabis Legalization
"Remember in early August of this year when Mexican president Felipe Calderon waffled on whether or not he wanted his country to legalize drugs? He said he was open to a debate, but that a debate in Mexico would change nothing if the underground cannabis market in the United States persisted.
In the weeks between August and early September, many official types in Mexico and the United States have inveighed against legalization. Mexico's first lady, Maragarita Zavala, absent and then present at events with the US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowski in Mexico City, and even Barack Obama from the White House, each have rejected legalization in Mexico or elsewhere as a panacea, especially for drug war violence. Notwithstanding an approach of binational official denial, legalization efforts have a history in the United States: going back to 1970 US voters have voted on legalization in several states west of the Rockies. But in terms of international diplomacy or even international relations legalization hasn't entered the lexicon, or politics, of Mexico-US relations. Not even former president Vicente Fox -- a pragmatic legalizer of all drugs, especially cannabis -- could shift the official positions of Mexico City and Washington, DC."
In the weeks between August and early September, many official types in Mexico and the United States have inveighed against legalization. Mexico's first lady, Maragarita Zavala, absent and then present at events with the US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowski in Mexico City, and even Barack Obama from the White House, each have rejected legalization in Mexico or elsewhere as a panacea, especially for drug war violence. Notwithstanding an approach of binational official denial, legalization efforts have a history in the United States: going back to 1970 US voters have voted on legalization in several states west of the Rockies. But in terms of international diplomacy or even international relations legalization hasn't entered the lexicon, or politics, of Mexico-US relations. Not even former president Vicente Fox -- a pragmatic legalizer of all drugs, especially cannabis -- could shift the official positions of Mexico City and Washington, DC."
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