Drunk America; Free College; RIAA in ur Congress; Vote the Book

A mish-mash of items to highlight today:

  • Drunk America sounded really interesting when my intern at work introduced me to it. Basically, a guy goes around outside nightclubs interviewing drunk folks about politics. It could have been funny and enlightening. Instead, it's condescending and depressing. Still, I think there's a good idea in here if it was done right . . .
  • Gov. Deval Patrick has a plan to make community college free in Massachusetts. If his plan is enacted, Mass. will be the first state to offer free post-high school education.
  • TorrentFreak digs into which candidates/congress critters are getting money from the RIAA and MPAA, and what they're doing/saying in return for that cash.
  • Yet another FaceBook application wanting to know who you will vote for in 2008. As Tech President notes, this one bizarrely states that it will donate to the candidate you pick, but neglects to say where that money is coming from. Is it backed by an advertiser looking to fill in data about FaceBook users in their marketing file . . . ? Who knows.