Kent Pitman
- Location
- New England, USA
- Title
- Philosopher, Technologist, Writer
- Bio
- I've been using the net in various roles—technical, social, and political—for the last 30 years. I'm disappointed that most forums don't pay for good writing and I'm ever in search of forums that do. (I've not seen any Tippem money, that's for sure.) And I worry some that our posting here for free could one day put paid writers in Closed Salon out of work. See my personal home page for more about me.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Corny Economics
May 27, 2012 09:58PM - Accelerated Memorials
May 27, 2012 10:06AM - Language Defines Our Lives
May 19, 2012 06:46PM - Help Restore Honor to the Boy
Scouts
April 26, 2012 08:44PM - Our National Health
March 27, 2012 06:16AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Mishima, while you raise
a very legit point about how
human
nature will thwart
pe…”
5:37AM - “Poetess, thanks for
taking time out to visit and
reflect on
your luck. I think
w…”
5:31AM - “PW, sustainability is
certainly a bit part of all of
this,
yes. By forcing a
dis…”
5:27AM - “Don, doubtless some of
my answers to Attila will
address your
points as well.
It…”
5:24AM - “Attila, to your point
#2...
You write
“money is a claim on
human labor.
it's…”
4:51AM
Kent Pitman's Links
- Perhaps Some of My Best Posts
- The Freedom To Hear
- Fiduciary Duty vs. The Three Laws of Robotics
- Credit Cards: A Tax on "Being Poor"
- Rethinking Mega-Corporations
- I am not Pro-Slavery. Are you?
- Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22
- Hollow Support
- Tax Policy and the Dewey Decimal System
- What Love Endures
- Redistributing Burden
- Hair-Trigger Credit Card "Default Rates"
- Help with Open Salon
- Inserting Hyperlinks at OS
- Rob St. Amant's OS Lexicon
- Kent Pitman's HTML Tutorial
- Kent Pitman's CSS Tutorial
- RicTresa's Color Chart
- My Sites
- My politics page
- My home page
- My climate change page
- My soap parodies (1996-2001)
- My Pre-Blog Essays
- The Freedom to Hear (2001)
- FDIC Reform
- Climate Change Coming "Faster Than Expected"
- Health Care Reform
- Universal Business Access to the Internet
- Use of the Filibuster to Block Judicial Appointments
- Open Salon Links
- CoyoteOldStyle interviews Kent
- Selected Readings 2008
5:37AM
“Mishima, while you raise a very legit point about how human nature will thwart perfect delivery of something, I don't think at some level that it's rel…”
About: Corny Economics
“Mishima, while you raise a very legit point about how human nature will thwart perfect delivery of something, I don't think at some level that it's rel…”
About: Corny Economics
5:31AM
“Poetess, thanks for taking time out to visit and reflect on your luck. I think we'd all be better off if we with the resource to indulge these convers…”
About: Corny Economics
“Poetess, thanks for taking time out to visit and reflect on your luck. I think we'd all be better off if we with the resource to indulge these convers…”
About: Corny Economics
5:27AM
“PW, sustainability is certainly a bit part of all of this, yes. By forcing a discussion of what we're committing to, it becomes easier to see that. If…”
About: Corny Economics
“PW, sustainability is certainly a bit part of all of this, yes. By forcing a discussion of what we're committing to, it becomes easier to see that. If…”
About: Corny Economics
5:24AM
“Don, doubtless some of my answers to Attila will address your points as well. It's late and I'm worn out, but I'll try to hit some of your points that…”
About: Corny Economics
“Don, doubtless some of my answers to Attila will address your points as well. It's late and I'm worn out, but I'll try to hit some of your points that…”
About: Corny Economics
4:51AM
“Attila, to your point #2... You write “money is a claim on human labor. it's just an accounting tool to keep track of who produced how much welfar…”
About: Corny Economics
“Attila, to your point #2... You write “money is a claim on human labor. it's just an accounting tool to keep track of who produced how much welfar…”
About: Corny Economics
4:17AM
“Attila, as to your item #1... First, the issue isn't whether the general population is too stupid to see that something is not needed. The question is i…”
About: Corny Economics
“Attila, as to your item #1... First, the issue isn't whether the general population is too stupid to see that something is not needed. The question is i…”
About: Corny Economics
3:50AM
“Attila, I'm going to skip the issue of cruel chapters of history unless you give more texture/reference to respond to. I suspect what you're saying is…”
About: Corny Economics
“Attila, I'm going to skip the issue of cruel chapters of history unless you give more texture/reference to respond to. I suspect what you're saying is…”
About: Corny Economics
10:57PM
“Abrawang (going out of order here, since answering your question is easier—I'll get back to others later): The question of implementation is dif…”
About: Corny Economics
“Abrawang (going out of order here, since answering your question is easier—I'll get back to others later): The question of implementation is dif…”
About: Corny Economics
2:24PM
“Mission, hi. Thanks for dropping in. We'll try to keep it civil and see what we can learn. I like it when people disagree as long as it's civil. No…”
About: Corny Economics
“Mission, hi. Thanks for dropping in. We'll try to keep it civil and see what we can learn. I like it when people disagree as long as it's civil. No…”
About: Corny Economics
2:22PM
“Attila, thanks for taking your comments out of the Facebook venue, where I think it was tedious to address them, and putting them here where I can deal…”
About: Corny Economics
“Attila, thanks for taking your comments out of the Facebook venue, where I think it was tedious to address them, and putting them here where I can deal…”
About: Corny Economics
11:16AM
“Rick, it's one nice thing about Open Salon. It gives a reasonable place for open-minded people to discuss stuff. Maybe there is a political leaning h…”
About: Corny Economics
“Rick, it's one nice thing about Open Salon. It gives a reasonable place for open-minded people to discuss stuff. Maybe there is a political leaning h…”
About: Corny Economics
10:36AM
“Walter, if everyone were fed, people wouldn't be forced to do menial labor just to get food. That wouldn't make all the janitorial jobs go away. It ju…”
About: Corny Economics
“Walter, if everyone were fed, people wouldn't be forced to do menial labor just to get food. That wouldn't make all the janitorial jobs go away. It ju…”
About: Corny Economics
10:10AM
“Rick, thanks for visiting. I completely agree that's the easy thing to grab for, so surely some will say that. People always love to dismiss a thin…”
About: Corny Economics
“Rick, thanks for visiting. I completely agree that's the easy thing to grab for, so surely some will say that. People always love to dismiss a thin…”
About: Corny Economics
10:04AM
“Jeremiah, I don't suggest the draft lightly, nor do I think they would not game it. But it would remain a political topic in a way that is really out o…”
About: Making peace with the Point
“Jeremiah, I don't suggest the draft lightly, nor do I think they would not game it. But it would remain a political topic in a way that is really out o…”
About: Making peace with the Point
May 28, 2012 06:19PM
“Quite a fascinating insight. War is not a simple thing, and it troubles me when it gets reduced to chest pounding sound bites. A lot of people want t…”
About: Making peace with the Point
“Quite a fascinating insight. War is not a simple thing, and it troubles me when it gets reduced to chest pounding sound bites. A lot of people want t…”
About: Making peace with the Point
May 28, 2012 05:40PM
“Tom, thanks for chiming in. I take part of your point to be a bid for proper labeling. I'm with that. As to whether you could offload the remembrance…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
“Tom, thanks for chiming in. I take part of your point to be a bid for proper labeling. I'm with that. As to whether you could offload the remembrance…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
May 28, 2012 03:48PM
“I'm with you on this. It's never been really obvious what our strategic interest has been in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Just a way to fritter away d…”
About: The Last Full Measure
“I'm with you on this. It's never been really obvious what our strategic interest has been in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Just a way to fritter away d…”
About: The Last Full Measure
May 28, 2012 11:21AM
“Fay, I'm glad you mentioned the morbidity factor. There is some of that, and of course it would go down if there were nothign (or less) to be morbid a…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
“Fay, I'm glad you mentioned the morbidity factor. There is some of that, and of course it would go down if there were nothign (or less) to be morbid a…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
May 28, 2012 06:30AM
“So here's another model: More like a campout or something. A “Night of Honesty.” It could work for a number of friends to get together and…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
“So here's another model: More like a campout or something. A “Night of Honesty.” It could work for a number of friends to get together and…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
May 27, 2012 09:34PM
“In fact, if anything, Obama moved closer to the Right to try to “reach out” on matters he thought he could get agreement on. His strategy…”
About: When “Moderate Republican” is the new “Socialist”
“In fact, if anything, Obama moved closer to the Right to try to “reach out” on matters he thought he could get agreement on. His strategy…”
About: When “Moderate Republican” is the new “Socialist”
May 27, 2012 09:25PM
“Kanuk, I'm not sure that's the causality. I think the GOP would be moving to the right regardless. It's how they're playing the game. If you haven't…”
About: When “Moderate Republican” is the new “Socialist”
“Kanuk, I'm not sure that's the causality. I think the GOP would be moving to the right regardless. It's how they're playing the game. If you haven't…”
About: When “Moderate Republican” is the new “Socialist”
May 27, 2012 09:15PM
“Kanuk, thanks for dropping in. Maybe people are just in a good mood for the barbecue weekend. I expected at least some pushback somehow, though I was…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
“Kanuk, thanks for dropping in. Maybe people are just in a good mood for the barbecue weekend. I expected at least some pushback somehow, though I was…”
About: Accelerated Memorials
May 27, 2012 07:37PM
“Heidi, glad you managed to find the post and that it spoke to you. Yeah, I recently counted and it seems I have over 300 posts here at Open Salon. Ev…”
About: Legalized Murder
“Heidi, glad you managed to find the post and that it spoke to you. Yeah, I recently counted and it seems I have over 300 posts here at Open Salon. Ev…”
About: Legalized Murder
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