Heh, I see at least one of our members has had time to place a bid, on what I consider to be one of the more excellent items:
http://wethepeoplevt.us/items/41/ Now, far be it from me to suggest that Mr. Tambasco should not get this prize for himself, but it seems to me that what VAGUE needs is a good Latin motto. You know, something we can set in marble when we found a FLOSS-y school, or at least something we can put in our collective .sig. I suppose it is probably highly unethical for me, as site administrator, to make any more specific suggestions of collusion; but perhaps our share-alike mentality can be leveraged into some tangible $TERMs we can agree on for acquiring this fine item? (Sorry, I really can't help myself here. Please feel free to out-BASH me.) As for lawyers, I'm with Tony T.: the problem is not that we have too many lawyers (in the more general sense of "people who know and care about the law"), but that we have too few; hence their knowledge is at a premium; hence they wield great power; and hence it corrupts. Maybe if more people actually read the Constitution, for example, we wouldn't be in such a ridiculous position today with respect to the copyright, patent and "intellectual property" laws that have necessitated the Free Software movement... Richard On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Tony Tambasco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this day and age it's very prudent to start raising > lawyers who love liberty enough to study > constitutional law for the fun of it. > > > > > --- Paul Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Richard, > > > > Excellent use of shameless plug opportunity. > > > > The only flaw in the scheme is that in this program, > > these innocent young > > things could become... > > > > LAWYERS!!!!! > > > > Regards, > > > > Flint > > > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Richard Lawrence wrote: > > > > > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:39:09 -0400 > > > From: Richard Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts > > <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Shameless plug > > > > > > Flint and all, > > > > > >> What is the "We The People" project about? > > >> > > > > > > It's a civic education program; the full title is > > "We the People: the > > > Citizen and the Constitution." Students take a > > class in which they > > > learn about the Constitution and the history of > > its interpretation, > > > particularly through Supreme Court cases. The > > class is also (if they > > > so choose) a team in a national competition. The > > competition is > > > styled sort of like a mock trial. Each team/class > > is broken up into > > > three- or four-person "units" which are > > responsible for knowing a > > > particular topic cold. They give an oral > > presentation about the > > > topic, and then have to respond to questions by > > judges. (The judges > > > are typically people of some legal significance: > > actual judges and > > > lawyers as well as representatives.) Judges > > assign points based on > > > their knowledge and their ability to express it, > > and the team with the > > > most points at the end of the day wins. > > > > > > Essex's team (of which my little brother is a > > member, hence my > > > connection) was the winner of the Vermont > > state-level competition this > > > year, which is why they have the chance to go to > > Washington. It's a > > > neat program; anyone who's seen these kids in > > action will tell you > > > that it's well worth supporting. > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > /************************************ > > Based upon email reliability concerns, > > please send an acknowledgement in response to this > > note. > > > > Paul Flint > > Barre Open Systems Institute > > 17 Averill Street > > Barre, VT > > 05641 > > > > http://www.bosivt.org > > http://www.flint.com/home > > skype: flintinfotech > > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Fax: (703) 852-7089 > > > > Consilium > > gratuitum .~. > > valet /V\ > > quanti /( )\ > > numerantur ^^-^^ > > > > > Tony Tambasco > tonytambasco.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cell: 716-450-8148 > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com >
