{"id":11727,"date":"2009-08-03T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T16:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=11727"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:16:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:16:25","slug":"all-of-your-base-are-belong-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/08\/03\/all-of-your-base-are-belong-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"All of your base are belong to us&#8230;UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Considering that for many of us our computers are very much our \u201cbase\u201d this is pretty damned chilling.  Not a Beck fan, but pianogirl sent this my way and urged me to watch.  WOW.  Astounding.  Is this still <em>America<\/em>?  Where is the press on this?  I know the clause being cited here is meant to apply to dealership computers (and not ordinary buyers) but the fact that the clause exists <em>at all<\/em> is troubling.  At its most innocent, this is unbelievably sloppy.  At it\u2019s worst, it\u2019s downright nefarious.<\/p>\n<p>And yeah, it must be said, can you IMAGINE the outcry over this, if it were a Bush program?<br>\n<strong><br>\nUPDATE:<\/strong> Seems even though the language was not meant to reference our personal computers, it has <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2009\/08\/03\/beck-declares-victory-cash-for-clunkers-website-changes-terms-of-use\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the terms of use have been changed<\/a>.  Heh.  A thought is a thing.<br>\n<strong><br>\nJames Pethokoukis:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/james-pethokoukis\/2009\/08\/03\/cash-for-clunkers-is-obamanomics-in-microcosm\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cash for Clunkers is Obamanomics in Microcosm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>While you\u2019re at it<\/strong>, Doug Ross puts together another of his excellent breakdowns, that you <a href=\"http:\/\/directorblue.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/why-are-democrats-blocking-release-of.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">won\u2019t want to miss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering that for many of us our computers are very much our \u201cbase\u201d this is pretty damned chilling. Not a Beck fan, but pianogirl sent this my way and urged me to watch. WOW. Astounding. Is this still America? Where is the press on this? 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