Cali & Logo

Hi readers,
I had a surprise visit to California were I visited my grandma and uncles. My uncle Bashiri made me two logos and I will create a survey so you can vote on wich one you would like best. The survey will end in three days. These are your options...

Heisman Statue of Limitations

I am writing this post even though super bowl ring wearing Reggie Bush could probably care less. Five years ago Reggie Bush accepted money or gifts from a sports agent. This was against the rules of NCAA football, but not against the law. Now he is one of the best running backs out of all the NFL players. The Heisman committee after years of inaction wants to take this on-the-field won award away from him, because he accepted money from an agent. I don’t think they should be able to take it away from him unless he broke a law which he didn’t.
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The Money is in the Middle

The government loans money to banks at zero percent interest. Then, banks loan small businesses money at five percent. I think that the government should loan to small businesses at 0% and banks at 5% or maybe both at 5%.
But, no way is it currently done fairly. Banks do not help the economy! They pull exorbitant and hidden fees right out of the economy through the pockets of working Americans and small businesses; small businesses that create and give people jobs. I think there is a cycle here:
Government loans banks money at 0% =>
Bank loans money to consumers and small businesses at rates from 5% to 25% =>
Consumers and small businesses buy things: houses, cars, office equipment, computers, etc. =>
Consumers and small businesses put their extra money in the savings accounts and savings bonds getting about 1% to 5% interest.

Lawboy-

Is Google playing fair Texas Hold’em?

Google is being sued by Texas and Microsoft proxies for making their competitors search results last. I think Google is doing the same thing as marking the cards, because if you search “Lawboy” on Google, I’m like 7th, but if you search it on Bing I am in the top 3. Also, all search engines at least put themselves or their sponsors first, just Google might do it the most.
Lawboy-

Is it you or YouTube?

YouTube and the people who upload music, TV shows, and videos are obviously breaking lots of copyright laws. But, YouTube isn’t breaking them first, nor is it involved in the choice of which copyrights are broken (but YouTube sure does market those violated copyrights that are the most popular). It isn’t even clear what monitoring responsibilities YouTube has. This is partly why YouTube beat Viacom in Viacom’s billion dollar lawsuit against them. It is a complicated “he said, she said” that would confuse the best juries. Also, the person watching a YouTube video might buy-it or not buy-it anyway. But, I think that YouTube should be held at least partly responsible for breaking so many copyright laws. It like stealing a little bit from every copyrighted piece of music, TV show, or video owner; but not enough to bother with the work, expense, and trouble to go after a copyright violator. However, that doesn’t mean YouTube copyright violations aren’t occurring every day.
Lawboy-

The Criminal Face of Facebook

If people organize on Facebook to commit crimes, Facebook shouldn’t be liable. It is hard for Facebook to monitor the content of its site without invading the privacy of its users. Facebook is kind of like UPS, UPS isn’t liable for the content of the packages on their trucks because it would be invading their customers’ privacy. Finally, if criminals didn’t use Facebook to organize, they would use email, mail, webcam, etc.
Lawboy-