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Reinvent the road. Win $75 of luxury artisan chocolate . People scoff at me when I say we should privatize roads.   Help me prove these road socialists wrong by inventing the best road this world has ever seen . Submit your road idea to: roadidea@doublebirds.net Deadline: October 1st, 2011.  Format: A picture with a description.  (Pictures can be made in any way, from crayon to photoshop.  Short, imaginative descriptions preferred). Selected ideas will be displayed at doublebirds.net for a public vote. The winner will get $75 worth of Amano chocolate .* I've already thought of the following ideas.  But you might win if you can do them better (not difficult): Bikes have own roads, cars have own roads, semis have own roads. Jet Packs Robot Horses (cars that poop) No Speed Limit.  Only dangerous driving is illegal and . . . Zip lines from hot air balloons and Water slides instead of roads * I reserve the right to extend contest deadline, and make ...

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman wants to flip off the internet, literally. I am the internet! Under the " Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act " the government would be able to turn off the internet for up to 120 days. That Lieberman refers to the internet as "cyberspace" is sufficient proof that the man is unqualified to give any opinion or advice about the internet. Dictators in the recent middle-east revolutions used similar kill switches to neuter communications between protestors and the rest of the world.  Under the cover of an internet-blackout it would be easier to slaughter protestors without the risk of youtube videos popping up three hours later. Lieberman is responsible for shutting down wikileaks .  The man already has tasted the power of shutting down online dissent. China, of all places, listed this proposed bill on its list of human rights abuses committed by the U.S. in 2010. I don't know about you guys, but shutting down the internet seems l...