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Hugo Chavez

Hugo Chavez is a charismatic, strong-willed and courageous political reformer who, as President of Venezuela, has probably done more to fight corporate corruption, promote socialism and unite Latin America against its traditional enemy, the United States, than any other living person.

Wouldn't it be great if Hugo Chavez would turn his guns on George W. Bush's friend and benefactor, software terrorist Bill Gates, inspiring some blowback in the form of a Latin American Microsoft boycott that could spread around the world?

by David Blomstrom April 18, 2008

Freedomware

Any quality software, whether commercial or freeware, that offers an alternative to Microsoft or other corrupt corporations; especially open source software.

A Mac running on Apple's Mac OS X operating system and loaded with Adobe's Creative Suite (with Dreamweaver and Photoshop), both Firefox and Opera web browsers (along with Safari, which is pre-installed) and a variety of open source software is the most awesome combination of freedomware on the planet.

by David Blomstrom May 22, 2008

Great Depression II

An increasingly popular term for a global economic crisis generally blamed on corporate corruption based in the U.S., especially under President George W. Bush, though its full impact will occur after Bush's departure from public office. As of January 2009, it isn't certain whether the crisis will equal or even surpass the original Great Depression in severity, though comparing the two events is akin to comparing apples and oranges.

The global economic crisis that many are referring to as Great Depression II has been variously blamed on corporate corruption, globalization, capitalism, George W. Bush and greed and stupidity, all of which are coincidentally associated with Bill Gates, whose public relations team ironically promotes as a philanthropist.

by David Blomstrom January 31, 2009