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Deb did 1147 tweets last month

I have been observing this whole "Tweet" revolution for some time now and have to say I don't like what I see. As much as I see the benefits to having instant communications and an enormous shared community that allows for a fully democratic and participatory experience, I also see a huge segment of the population turning into obsessive/compulsive misfits. I can't count the times I've been sitting with friends talking to the top of someone's head because they are full face in their iPhone. And if it weren't for the consequences and penalty for murder, I would have killed several people who could not bear to turn the damn thing off for an hour and a half during a movie! How rude can you be? I don't have a problem with these new technologies; I participate myself, to a limited degree. The problem I have is with the poor decision-making on the part of those who cannot bring themselves to put the thing down and focus on the here and now. Why are these Twits so obsessed with the virtual, and so absent from the real? It's like living with ghosts! They're here, but they're not here. There is a phrase, "presence of mind," that in my opinion describes the problem to a t (and don't ask me what that phrase means). A person who knows how to react to an emergency is said to have had the presence of mind to know what to do; knows how to react to an unanticipated situation. At least, that's one use of it. The issue with the Twitty ones, is that they no longer have the presence of mind; they're not fully there...because they have to check their incoming messages...to see what is going on someplace else...with someone else...no matter who they are with...it's not the one they are most concerned about. They are much more concerned with...well, they don't know, until they check. I still enjoy my time with family and friends, but I sure do miss the days when they were there, completely.
— February 19, 2012 10:33 a.m.

Hikers stumble upon marijuana plantation in Cuyamaca State Park

Well, this is an amazing story. I think these young men ought to get something for their perseverance, stealthy sleuthing, and adherence to the high ideals of American law and order! If it had not been for their assistance to our brave and dedicated law enforcement officers, this marijuana might have ended up in the pipe of some drug-crazed hippie, and the next thing you know, somebody's mother might have had her head chopped off! We all know, it's a doobie in one hand and a hypodermic in the other, and God knows where it might go from there! Yessiree, these boys should at the very least be given Junior G-Man badges, and an official Smokey Bear baseball hat. I mean, consider: these brave young men had to push their way through thorn bushes! And walk through dirty, muddy, stream beds! Plus, they actually figured out that if you find water hoses running through the forest, chances are somebody is growing something! Would you have known that? No, these guys assisted in bringing to justice, potentially ultra-violent criminals, who, aside from growing succulent buds, left actual litter on the ground! Why if it hadn't been for these stalwart souls, some Mexicans might have put food in their children's bellies, and thousands of others would be smoking the evil weed and smiling like fools, having a good time. I think the Governor should be informed. In fact, I think the President ought to be informed! Recognition is totally in order! God help us if we ever have to live in a world where brave men such as these are not around to protect us from the possibility of enjoying our lives and the horrible possibility of coming face to face with a stoned pot head! Praise the Lord; stomp the ground; and raise high the rats-ass flag. Just to show how much we care. Shame on you, boys; shame on you. You ever consider Geo-caching?
— February 9, 2012 8:45 p.m.

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