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McCain Administration- Winter 2012
Winter 2012
"I'm getting the feeling austerity is kinda not working..."
"So the economy is still sturggling, but still find time to take down a media-sharing website?"
"Are we really gonna wait this long to legalize homosexual marriage federally?"
The beginning of 2012 marked a time of recovery somewhat. From economic turmoil and from the weather disasters that had been chewing the US through the past several months. However, the recovery itself would be marked with its own turmoil and began growing the seeds of frustration and anger that were planted at the start of the Recession. Over in the Eurozone, austerity measures were implemented through spending cuts to try and stablize the economy. However, it just deincentivized from spending their money for the most part and caused further troubles for the Europe and within the European Union. Romanians have been clashing with politicial officials with growing protests while Greece has been seen in some serious danger over its debts and whether it can repay them. Furthermore, there has been increasing calls for the other method of uasteirty, that being increasing taxes, predominantly on the wealthy. The hesitation and reluctance of politicians to do so led to the growing popularity of more radical politicians who were willing to take on the rich and their political toadies. The political traditions of Europe were being shaken up and more leftist groups were seeing this as their opportunity. Other nations began taking note of this and tried doubling down on their old paths, such as the Tories of Great Britain. Of course, the economic troubles of Europe did cause influences around the world as an example. The McCain Administration have been following similar practices though not suffered as many problems with it due to differing ideologies and a few more niche reasons. However, this goodwill is fading and while the military victories and foreign affairs work in the Middle East served as a nice bolster of support for the McCain Administration, it was not going to be enough to deal with domestic issues in the economy. So much has made of it that not even the culture war is enough for it. Moreover, this was affecting the Democrats as well. Some were on the fence on whether to run, such as Senator Barack Obama. Others such as Joe Biden and Hilliary Clinton were considering running along independent Vermont senator Bernie Sanders for the Democrat primaries. Sanders gathered growing attention for his radical policies that seemed to be receptive for a growing disenfranchised population.
Peaceful anti government protesters- University Square, Bucharest. January 15, 2012.
In other news meanwhile, there was some surprisingly larger news than people expected; the takedown of the file-sharing website Megaupload based in Hong Kong by the FBI. The entire debacle opened the case of digital piracy and tis explorations. While multimedia creators had long struggled against piracy, the debate was now set on exploring the motivations behind it. Youtubers and other content creators of other media sites gave their own thoughts, with some supporting the anti-piracy measures while others played devil's advocate. Others merely examined the cause for digital piracy. The prominent note behind many of these observations was that of convienence; it was often difficult to get a hold of certain shows, films or songs because there was no easy access to them. While musicians struggled against digital piracy and the claims of lost funding, others noted that problem has been a while for longer. Project MAY in particular was in a unique position as the musicians associated there were funded directly by their fans for content. One fascinating lead-in was from an old episode of adult animation show South Park, that being "Christian Rock Hard", specifically its B-plot; the B-plot focused on the nature of musicians on strike regarding digital piracy with the "moral" being that there should be gratitude in having fans and that people will still buy CDs, band tickets, merchandise and so on, only for the boys to be disappointed in some of the musicians just being about the money. This also ended up being correlaed to the growing business model of Project MAY-O. Because the musicians are directly funded by their fans and connected through them regarding music sales, special albums, concert tickets, merchandise and so on, it helped provide a more personal and unique experience that online piracy has been unable to keep up with, even if it does still happen. As such, some began applying this to the film and television industries, though moreso though the latter due to it being serialized. After all, some of them watch TV shows who have not gotten a release or are scarce. Unsurprisingly, the more outspoken members of the internet community, such as hacktivists and groups like Anonymous responding with takedowns and cyberattacks which led to issues regarding cybersecurity, which supposedly the first stimulus package was supposed to assist in addressting. Others began turning over to copyright companies and their deal. Overall, while Megaupload was taken down, its legacy will live on as part of the growing story over in digital piracy, content creators, copyright criticis, consumers, producers, prosumers and so on. At the same time, it existed
The seized domain name redirected to this joint FBI, DoJ, and NIPRCC English notice of federal crime charges.
Despite the increasing frustration and negativity being brought about, there was some hope and optimism. The upcoming elections were becomign a buzz as primaries became more important. Senators like Russ Feinhold and Bernie Sanders were urging for more progressive measures to be taken regarding the lurching Recession while pushing against House members and Senators who were more supporting of the questionable stimulus placed in by the McCain Administration to deal with the Great Recession. Republicans can have attemtped unification though problems stemmed with the growing number of moderates, former Democrats and ecoconservatives becoming more prominent within the leadership of the part. However, there has remained some cohesion while the Democrats were growing further cracked between the moderates and the progressives due to perceived failures to fighting for policy along with enabling the 1% to get away with financial chincanery. Unsurprisingly, the McCain Administratio pushed their success abroad forward and even noted how said success affected domestic policy; the US was not an isolationist nation and relied strongly on connections. As such, their success in the Middle East was being translated as a victory to make domestic affairs more smoothly. The patriotic sentiments were mixed though they hoped that successful peace talks regarding the future of the former nations of Syria and Iraq, finalized in the spring, would help with the elections. However, other domestic issues were bright brought up. More and more states were legalizing gay marriage and there was a growing call for federal legalization and recognition, especially with how DADT ended nearly a decade ago, but other states were remaining steadfast and the poisonous fruit of "states' rights" were tossed along with the inevitable backlash over how well that argument well last time.
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire; legalized same-sex marriage in Febuary. Washington now 7th state to legalize gay marriage.
"I'm getting the feeling austerity is kinda not working..."
"So the economy is still sturggling, but still find time to take down a media-sharing website?"
"Are we really gonna wait this long to legalize homosexual marriage federally?"
The beginning of 2012 marked a time of recovery somewhat. From economic turmoil and from the weather disasters that had been chewing the US through the past several months. However, the recovery itself would be marked with its own turmoil and began growing the seeds of frustration and anger that were planted at the start of the Recession. Over in the Eurozone, austerity measures were implemented through spending cuts to try and stablize the economy. However, it just deincentivized from spending their money for the most part and caused further troubles for the Europe and within the European Union. Romanians have been clashing with politicial officials with growing protests while Greece has been seen in some serious danger over its debts and whether it can repay them. Furthermore, there has been increasing calls for the other method of uasteirty, that being increasing taxes, predominantly on the wealthy. The hesitation and reluctance of politicians to do so led to the growing popularity of more radical politicians who were willing to take on the rich and their political toadies. The political traditions of Europe were being shaken up and more leftist groups were seeing this as their opportunity. Other nations began taking note of this and tried doubling down on their old paths, such as the Tories of Great Britain. Of course, the economic troubles of Europe did cause influences around the world as an example. The McCain Administration have been following similar practices though not suffered as many problems with it due to differing ideologies and a few more niche reasons. However, this goodwill is fading and while the military victories and foreign affairs work in the Middle East served as a nice bolster of support for the McCain Administration, it was not going to be enough to deal with domestic issues in the economy. So much has made of it that not even the culture war is enough for it. Moreover, this was affecting the Democrats as well. Some were on the fence on whether to run, such as Senator Barack Obama. Others such as Joe Biden and Hilliary Clinton were considering running along independent Vermont senator Bernie Sanders for the Democrat primaries. Sanders gathered growing attention for his radical policies that seemed to be receptive for a growing disenfranchised population.
Peaceful anti government protesters- University Square, Bucharest. January 15, 2012.
In other news meanwhile, there was some surprisingly larger news than people expected; the takedown of the file-sharing website Megaupload based in Hong Kong by the FBI. The entire debacle opened the case of digital piracy and tis explorations. While multimedia creators had long struggled against piracy, the debate was now set on exploring the motivations behind it. Youtubers and other content creators of other media sites gave their own thoughts, with some supporting the anti-piracy measures while others played devil's advocate. Others merely examined the cause for digital piracy. The prominent note behind many of these observations was that of convienence; it was often difficult to get a hold of certain shows, films or songs because there was no easy access to them. While musicians struggled against digital piracy and the claims of lost funding, others noted that problem has been a while for longer. Project MAY in particular was in a unique position as the musicians associated there were funded directly by their fans for content. One fascinating lead-in was from an old episode of adult animation show South Park, that being "Christian Rock Hard", specifically its B-plot; the B-plot focused on the nature of musicians on strike regarding digital piracy with the "moral" being that there should be gratitude in having fans and that people will still buy CDs, band tickets, merchandise and so on, only for the boys to be disappointed in some of the musicians just being about the money. This also ended up being correlaed to the growing business model of Project MAY-O. Because the musicians are directly funded by their fans and connected through them regarding music sales, special albums, concert tickets, merchandise and so on, it helped provide a more personal and unique experience that online piracy has been unable to keep up with, even if it does still happen. As such, some began applying this to the film and television industries, though moreso though the latter due to it being serialized. After all, some of them watch TV shows who have not gotten a release or are scarce. Unsurprisingly, the more outspoken members of the internet community, such as hacktivists and groups like Anonymous responding with takedowns and cyberattacks which led to issues regarding cybersecurity, which supposedly the first stimulus package was supposed to assist in addressting. Others began turning over to copyright companies and their deal. Overall, while Megaupload was taken down, its legacy will live on as part of the growing story over in digital piracy, content creators, copyright criticis, consumers, producers, prosumers and so on. At the same time, it existed
The seized domain name redirected to this joint FBI, DoJ, and NIPRCC English notice of federal crime charges.
Despite the increasing frustration and negativity being brought about, there was some hope and optimism. The upcoming elections were becomign a buzz as primaries became more important. Senators like Russ Feinhold and Bernie Sanders were urging for more progressive measures to be taken regarding the lurching Recession while pushing against House members and Senators who were more supporting of the questionable stimulus placed in by the McCain Administration to deal with the Great Recession. Republicans can have attemtped unification though problems stemmed with the growing number of moderates, former Democrats and ecoconservatives becoming more prominent within the leadership of the part. However, there has remained some cohesion while the Democrats were growing further cracked between the moderates and the progressives due to perceived failures to fighting for policy along with enabling the 1% to get away with financial chincanery. Unsurprisingly, the McCain Administratio pushed their success abroad forward and even noted how said success affected domestic policy; the US was not an isolationist nation and relied strongly on connections. As such, their success in the Middle East was being translated as a victory to make domestic affairs more smoothly. The patriotic sentiments were mixed though they hoped that successful peace talks regarding the future of the former nations of Syria and Iraq, finalized in the spring, would help with the elections. However, other domestic issues were bright brought up. More and more states were legalizing gay marriage and there was a growing call for federal legalization and recognition, especially with how DADT ended nearly a decade ago, but other states were remaining steadfast and the poisonous fruit of "states' rights" were tossed along with the inevitable backlash over how well that argument well last time.
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire; legalized same-sex marriage in Febuary. Washington now 7th state to legalize gay marriage.
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