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You think you could do better?

"...Obama's job 'would be almost unrecognizable to most of his predecessors — thanks to the enormous bureaucracy, congressional paralysis, systematic corruption and disintegrating media' in Washington, D.C." --Todd Purdum, Vanity Fair Link to original post: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129090078

Quote of the day II--who doesn't feel this?

"Here's the thing with this new technology. I think it's incredibly effective. I just don't think it's made anyone much happier. If anything, we are now always connected but we don't know what we're connected to. It's just an endless stream of information." --Gary Shteyngart, author Super Sad True Love Story Link to original post: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128872279

What American Soldiers call "war porn"

Defined, it's video of attacks on either enemies or just civilians in a war-torn area, as in Iraq or Afghanistan. NPR this afternoon, told of soldiers fighting the enemy with remote laser-guided bombs, as shown here.

This is the new way we go to war.