The Burned-Over District is a term used by some to describe the region of Western New York in the historical period of 1800-1850. It is also sometimes called the Second Great Awakening with a combination of religious, social and political elements.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Facebook Façade

"Is making money by building airplanes and cars and computers on the way out, while getting paid for the generation of click fees from viewing a Facebook ad the new economy?" asks LewRockwell.com's Bill Sardi, pointing out that "if there were a true industrial breakthrough, let’s say some new technology to transmit electricity across the energy grid in a more efficient manner, America wouldn’t be hyping an IPO based upon click fees" — Facebook Saves Face, But Did America?.

1 Comments:

"God save us if we vote to take his paltry few dollars and run. God save this country if that is truly the wave of the future. We will then have become a nation that makes nothing but hamburgers, creates nothing but lawyers, and sells nothing but tax shelters."