The Dean Scream

It's kinda interesting how you can barely even hear the scream.

In other news, I watched the entirety of Obama's speech on race.  It was... a good speech.  It addressed the race issue quite well, and it was definitely finely crafted.  He tackled an issue head-on, and he didn't dump Wright, both actions that I approve of.  Apparently, he wrote it himself, so kudos to him for that too.

Maybe I'm just not drinking enough kool-aid, but while I think this is a great speech, and probably will go down in history, I'm not sure where the ZOMGSHIVERSDOWNMYSPINE sentiments are coming from.  It's not a shivers-down-your-spine sort of speech.  It's the type of speech that gets you thinking, reflecting, and ideally agreeing.  No shivers involved.

Bullshit of epic proportions

From an LJ that I'm not going to bother to link/support:

The one-day content strike is on for this Friday, March 21, from midnight GMT to midnight GMT.

For 24 hours, we will not post or comment to LJ. Not in our own journals, not in communities. Not publicly, privately, or under friends-lock.

This is a protest that will have long-lasting effects, showing up forever in the daily posting statistics.

This is a protest that will not harm LJ in the long run, as leaving LJ might do.

This is a protest that will demonstrate the power of community, as all users unite to support Basic users and the concept of adfree space.

This is a protest that will educate the new owners that LJ is driven by user-created content.

( What a silly idea. As a member of the human race, I'm a little offended that one of my kind even came up with this shit. )