"Trust us. No one on that list is there because of a mistake or because they are a business competitior or because they have views we don't like or because they have an ugly pet. Once we have enough people using our list we'll establish control over the flow of information and...er... I mean we'll stamp out that pesky varmit infected computers.... yessiree"

To state the obvious, this is the Information Age. Information is of increasing value, therefore, the control to it's access is of great interest to those who seek power. I hope we're smarter than to let just anyone become the gatekeepers of the sum knowledge of mankind. I want us to consider carefully what mechanisms we put in place controlling the flow of information now that it is a great commodity. I wonder if we are smart enough to require acceptable behavior from those we entrust with such power. I fear we are probably screwed.

I'm 53, I remember girls that sounded like this all my life. And I can jokingly say "For an example of vocal fry head on down to the casino and find an old lady by a slot machine". So, my personal life experience tells me there's nothing new here.

Concerning the comments about people not using proper English: What is important is that words are used properly, that their meanings preserved so that communication can be meaningful. Confucius covered this long ago,

And, yeah, I was hoping for Futurama Fry too :)

Just think, we little rewards and punishments we can mold these consumers into whatever we want, and we can get their employers to foot the bill for the projects. Awesome.

I bet 5 quatloos human passes out holding their breath while waiting for Microsoft to improve their product on a competing operating system.

Meanwhile, two teenage boys are laughing their asses off. The would have continued but it was a Warcraft raid night.

I think it's good because it has so many people talking. I don't like all for the petty arguments being volleyed about. While the topic is open this is your chance to speak, may I suggest that, rather than argue about which corners have the most dirt in them, we talk about what we want our country and world to be and work from that.

Most people don't know which company's own or what influences exist. It's difficult for even an experienced person to know how much of the dollar they spend gos to things that they support or don't support. It is certainly possible for someone to do a fair job of that, but, it requires a large amount of ongoing research. Folks can cough up little counter examples of course, but,. by and large, the average person is not informed about this and, if they are, it is only the result of considerable effort on their part.

I support more transparency (necessary secrets notwithstanding, but in general) , I would be much happier if you were correct, that we could actually make conscious decisions with our dollar every day. If everything that "Evil Bobs supercompany" was involved in had their name on it so we could know when we were supporting "Evil Bob", if "Good Pauls supercompany" had their label and I could make sure I bought their products first, what a win. That would certainly change how these entities behave.