Here’s a quote from the Republican response to the President’s State of the Union address:
We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have nots; we must always be a nation of haves and soon to haves.
I’m surprised that anything so truthful slipped out. In order for the rich to stay rich, some Americans must always be “soon to haves.” The “haves” won’t work for minimum wage.
Mitch Daniels might as well have said “you aren’t unemployed; you’re just soon to work. And please don’t say uninsured; you’re just soon to be able to afford health care…”
When will Americans hold the GOP accountable for its greed and hypocrisy? Hopefully soon.
I’ve been thinking about the language related to clouds: verbs like “linger” and “follow.” Google and I keep tabs on their usage. Cloud computing has begun to hang a host of new adjectives on our fluffy friends (and a lot of great GIF flowcharts), and–like everything on the Interwebs–now it seems that they’re replicating on their own:
“The public cloud is usually for those who seek long-term use and would like to save money on maintaining an infrastructure on their own. The private cloud follows an exact opposite concept. Combining these two gave birth to hybrid cloud…”
Scattered baby showers expected.
(Read it all here.)
