Some are trying a bit too hard.

Then again, this is just the first pillar to fall. There are literally no limits to the changes in law, election or otherwise, that this decision makes possible.

Update: Changed “some people” help link to Lessig’s article on The Huffington Post and moved the Change Congress link to the “you can help” link.

P.S. It’s not just Republicans who have selective memories.

“I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts that want free, readily available code,” said Anne H. Milley, director of technology product marketing at SAS. She adds, “We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get on a jet.”

Is there anyone who still does not see through this FUD from proprietary software companies when talking about their free software competitors? Oh, and it’s not “freeware”, it’s free software.

While the map clearly shows that Sen. Obama won the electoral college, it still shows sharp contrasts between red and blue. To get a finer grained, more nuanced picture of the results, Prof. Newman presented the county by county results with the counties shaded blue or red if Obama or McCain, respectively, received over 70% of the vote. More balanced counties are colored in varying shades of purple depending on the way they voted. In this map, the counties are resized according to population.

Clearly, there is a lot of purple and a lot of mixing. Take heart, we aren’t as divided as we are constantly told. You can find more maps and further explanation at Prof. Newman’s election maps site.

Update: Added CBS video.

• Sen. Obama called Sen. McCain’s policies a pig. He did not call Gov. Palin a pig. Sen. McCain himself called Sen. Clinton’s health care policy a pig.
• Gov. Palin did not ban any books while mayor of Wassila, although she did explore the idea.
• Both the Obama campaign and the McCain campaign have ads distorting the other’s education record.