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Post by Q3 on Apr 10, 2011 15:25:57 GMT -5
Questions about the new site - Your "About Adamtopia" says that you reserve the right to edit posts. I used to use visit a blogger on blogspot about 5 yrs ago and he said you cannot edit the posts, only delete them. Is it different now? Are anonymous comments still allowed? The entries that come from here to there - will you be asking permission? How is blogspot easier to find than proforums? I will not move anything form here without permission. I have no plan to move comments from here, Old ATop or PF to the blog. I have the ability to edit and had it on blogspot 5 years ago so that sounds like BS. I reserve the right to remove anything from either this forum or the blog -- unilaterally. If anyone has any specific questions about ATop policies, please PM me here. Thanks. |
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Post by danilo85 on Apr 10, 2011 15:27:10 GMT -5
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Post by gelly14 on Apr 10, 2011 15:28:41 GMT -5
[/size] Awww danilo what a lovely thing to say  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 15:37:02 GMT -5
Wow, danilo, You have been posting some awesome pics recently that I have never seen.  I love Adam... is my life.... , kind sir, may I say that you have EXCELLENT taste!  |
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Post by PastaBaby on Apr 10, 2011 15:37:57 GMT -5
Questions about the new site - Your "About Adamtopia" says that you reserve the right to edit posts. I used to use visit a blogger on blogspot about 5 yrs ago and he said you cannot edit the posts, only delete them. Is it different now? Are anonymous comments still allowed? The entries that come from here to there - will you be asking permission? How is blogspot easier to find than proforums? I will not move anything form here without permission. I have no plan to move comments from here, Old ATop or PF to the blog. I have the ability to edit and had it on blogspot 5 years ago so that sounds like BS. I reserve the right to remove anything from either this forum or the blog -- unilaterally. If anyone has any specific questions about ATop policies, please PM me here. Thanks. thx. The editing that was not allowed was editing of someone's comments, not posts to the blog. this was in '06. I figured out the answer to one of my questions - You still can post anonymously without signing in. Just use the drop down box "Comment as" and drop down to "open ID". It then allows you to type "anonymous" or any name you wish. (didn't test it though) I have never posted anonymously but the fellow whose blog I visited used to have a hard time with that feature. |
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Post by midwifespal on Apr 10, 2011 15:42:16 GMT -5
midwivespal - I'd love to read that article too, if you pm me. But even when it looks like incremental change is happening organically in this country, there is always a group of people behind the scenes pushing, agitating, demanding, organizing and actually fighting for each tiny legislative and cultural victory. We've watched Adam push at boundaries and get slapped back, then push again, and again, and again until eventually they start to crumble a bit, so that one day the guy on guy kiss on TV will eventually become unremarkable if still rare. Done. Also, WORD. |
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Post by Q3 on Apr 10, 2011 15:43:20 GMT -5
ETA: Linda, I PM'd you with a link to an Austin-American Statesman op-ed that has me all up in arms about this subject, LOL. I too think that the American myth of the individual and self-determination is a double-edged sword, especially in the last several years it has in some respects blinded people to increasing gaps in wealth, education, opportunity and made them look to themselves for personal failings, as opposed to trying to change huge systematic problems.
How many of us in the US have been impacted by the recession and housing collapse? How many have had their real income stagnate for years now? 400 people in the US own half of the countries wealth, and the top 10% own 90% of the countries wealth. How much of the pie is left for the low-income but hard-working and positive individual to get a piece of? Horatio Alger would be scratching his head right now... midwivespal - I'd love to read that article too, if you pm me. Bringing this back to Adam, yes, for you, me, our family members Jacob, and Adam himself, moving past injustices and remaining optimistic, taking personal responsibility in spite of the circumstances, in general keeping our positive #forcefieldup often allows us to overcome, to bring forth an extraordinary performance and triumph. It's a useful survival and success strategy. But even when it looks like incremental change is happening organically in this country, there is always a group of people behind the scenes pushing, agitating, demanding, organizing and actually fighting for each tiny legislative and cultural victory. We've watched Adam push at boundaries and get slapped back, then push again, and again, and again until eventually they start to crumble a bit, so that one day the guy on guy kiss on TV will eventually become unremarkable if still rare. Just a fact check -- 400 people in the US do not have 50% of wealth, and the Top 10% do not own 90%. The wealth distribution in the US is regularly reported and analyzed by many people -- Federal Reserve, Academics, Economists, and Poverty Reduction Advocates. The correct stats are not great -- but not that outrageous: 1% (3,330,000 people) had 43% of wealth in 2007 --- dropped to around 37% in 2010. Correct numbers from 2007 -- new numbers due out shortly: theunderstatement.com/post/3999331289/us-wealth-distribution-visualized"...this distribution from 2007 is actually not that different from what it was in 1983. The distribution between the top 1%, the next 19%, and the bottom 80% in 1983 was 43% - 48% - 9%, and in 2007 it was 43% - 50% - 7%. Looked at a bit differently though, the wealth of the bottom 80% has been fairly volatile. It dropped from 8.7% in 1983 to a low of 6.6% in 1989 - a 24% decline in 6 years. Then it shot up to 9.5% in 1995 - a 44% gain in 6 years, before heading back down to 7.0% in 2007. Since this is all expressed as share of the country’s total wealth, it’ll take further review of the data to determine to what extent this volatility was the bottom 80%’s wealth changing versus the wealth of the top 20% changing." |
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Post by stardust on Apr 10, 2011 15:43:53 GMT -5
cookie, thanks, dahlink!!  Kudos go to Stardust whose patience and perserverance (believe it, capital P's) made it happen!  I am hawt, aren't I? Sometimes I wanna post just to look at myself. Is that a bad thing>>>>  I do the same thing myself! ITA. I'm confused now. I don't have time to read both and they are apparently almost the same. Why both? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 15:43:58 GMT -5
All righty, am I the ONLY person who is residing in the Bermuda Triangle today? I swear I am skipping back and forth on this thread like an idjit. I post something, find another comment, go back, and nowwww we have a new blog??? and..holy torpedos, only 13 pages and imma gonna have to start all over again. So much good stuff today.  <(thanks, smilie, couldn't have said it better myself) : ETA: just lookie at the pics danilo is posting today! Now, how is a girl supposed to keep her place on the thread with THAT sizzle?? |
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Post by danilo85 on Apr 10, 2011 15:44:23 GMT -5
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