If you are thinking of buying a Kindle, don't! When you buy a Kindle your rights to read will be given up to Amazon. They can pick and choose what you can read and even delete ebooks you've purchased from your device without warning or notification!

The book 1984 had one serious error, it failed to predict that governments would become ineffective and that an oligarchy of corporations would control what you read, what you see on television, what you see or hear as news, and the concepts of freedom.

Back in the early 80s, I worked with a technician who told me a story. It goes something like this: (Names withheld)

The technician was working with an engineer on a water desalinization system. The engineer asked the technician to "ground point B." The technician tried to tell the engineer that "point B" was the main power feed. The engineer wouldn't listen, and insisted that the technician just do what he was told.