Now I ain't saying Clems a gold digger...

But....

Plugging into the Dream

Remember when Sarah Palin thought Africa was a country? That idiot. Well, a source at the McCain campaign--Martin Eisenstadt--stepped up recently and outed himself as the leak. What a guy.  Except, he doesn't exist. 

The New York Times reveals that Mr. Eisenstadt is an imaginary person invented by two guys somewhere in a basement. Sound familiar? After discovering a story they liked, they inserted themselves into it and created all the "internet" information--a personal blog, a fake institute where he is a resident--to convince the world, including MSNBC, the New Republic, and the LA Times, that their imagination is reality.  (And yes, the photo above is really one of them.)

These guys have a fascinating reason for doing so, one that could help us in developing Cecil.  Motivated by politics, vanity, fame, and whatever else, they exploited systemic vulnerabilities to take credit for an event beyond their world.  Perhaps Cecil's motivation is that he found a story he loved, and wanted to alter and manipulate it around so that he could profit from it.  To become the new victim, or hero.  If so, what is his relationship with Clive?  With Regina?  The Ducks?  Does he need them or does he compete with them?  Read the story.  This helps me quite a bit.

Green Bubble: Pop goes the Future

Thomas Friedman, the perhaps-genius op-ed writer for the NY Times comes on the Daily Show arguing for the necessity of a Green Bubble to fix our energy crisis.  It begs the question: are bubbles truly--despite all the destruction they leave in their wake--the best avenues of American ingenuity?  They feed off the often misguided American Dreams of our comrades, but can they also be used for good?

The whole clip is good, but the juicy stuff comes right at the end.