Snowden is a gift

In time, Mr. Snowden will take on a mythic status as one who awakened the civilazation to the perils of government control.  This guy is a hero.

Cancer to Marketing

I can no longer use the internet without being affronted by advertising.  Without any consent on my part, any page I may click through to, and just as many that I didn't will begin to run sound and video content that I've no interest in whatsoever.  Furthermore, like the network television, the advertisements are set to a louder volume than the principle content.  Even more offensive is the length of content is actually several times less than the ratio of network broadcast - that is to say, one will be obliged to wait through a minute of advertisement for as little as 2 minutes of 'content'.

Marketers have now managed to make the internet even more advertisement-laden than broadcast television!  Where's the friggin' FCC on this aspect?  All the concern about the internet is the profitability of corporations.  Precious little is given to the consumer.