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January 26
Mike Seidle and Mark McClellan are now friends
January 14
Wouldn't it be nice if the bill itself was one of the items on your list?
December 31, 2009
How can a Bill become law if most Americans oppose it? Easy: 1. Confuse a close win in an election where your platform is "the Republicans are Evil" with a mandate for you political ideology. 2. Figure out that you can pass anything with enough po…
December 31, 2009
Chris - doomsayers have a knack for attracting followers and then when the end of the world doesn't happen... come up with another disaster. http://www.denisdutton.com/cooling_world.htm
December 31, 2009
Mike Seidle and Ryan L. Cox are now friends
December 14, 2009
Tony Scelzo and Mike Seidle are now friends
December 4, 2009
Mike Seidle and Shirley Caron are now friends
November 27, 2009

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How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?
Other
What is your greatest strength?
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, etc.
What are you working on?
Raising four well rounded, strong daughters is job one, building my company is job 2.
How big is your business?
small company
What is your Job Title
Owner
What is your Company Website?
http://www.problogservice.com
What is your Personal Website?
http://www.mikeseidle.com
What is your alma mater?
Ball State University
Why join Smaller Indiana? What are you hoping to experience here ?
Not sure but a couple members of my LinkedIn group suggested I join.

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Mike Seidle

Email Confidentiality Notices Make You Look Stupid

Ok, I've had it. I get lots of email, and a good portion have a so-called "Confidentiality Notice". I'm no lawyer, but I do believe that freedom of speech trumps someone else's paranoia. So I did a little research and found out:
First, email confidentiality notices provide little to nothing in the way of protection and may actually may create a loophole in your non-disclosure agreements if you put them on every email you send. --
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Posted on August 7, 2009 at 10:42am —

Mike Seidle

My Little Health Care Rant

I'm a little pissed off right now. Our politicians just don't get it. When it comes to healthcare, it's not real complicated. I want:

Security: To be able to get medical care without fear of being bankrupted or losing their life savings.

Stafety: A system that "does no harm."

Freedom: The ability to make choices and select providers.

Obama's plan fails to deliver any of the above. It is overly complex, has too many layers of bureaucracy and would strip control away from consumers in the long… Continue

Posted on July 24, 2009 at 8:02am — 35 Comments

Mike Seidle

Is Copyright + Technology Dangerous to Personal Freedom?

Today, Christian Engström had an incredibly thought provoking editorial in The Financial Times. The premise is that we are in grave danger of loosing freedom if copyright is not significantly reformed. My first thought was to dismiss the article as hyperbole, but one line really stood out

The technology could be used to create a Big Brother society beyond our nightmares, where governments and corporations monitor every detail of our lives. In the former East Germany, the gove
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Posted on July 8, 2009 at 10:00am — 6 Comments

Mike Seidle

Is Antivirus Enough?

Recently one of my kids got nuked by the "Personal Antivirus" malware. It's a sneaky thing that is installed when you view the wrong (and that means a compromised site, not a bad site) website and then tries to scare you into buying a $19.95 subscription for updates. The funny part is that this thing installed itself despite Norton Security suite being up to date and running.

Recently Symantec's DaContinue

Posted on July 4, 2009 at 10:54am — 1 Comment

Mike Seidle

Can we break the cycle of tax insanity?

After reading the post on Michael Moore's GM ideas it really hit me how tough it's going to be for our nation to become less wasteful and more efficient. Why? Our government is funded by taxing an ever increasing amount of waste - and if we become more efficient in any way other than producing more stuff to sell, we bankrupt some level of government:


  • Constant redevelopment creates jobs and lower and middle class income tax (the only kind that is really paid) for the federal and state g

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Posted on June 8, 2009 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

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At 5:45pm on September 22, 2009, Todd Muffley said…
What are you up to now-a-days? Did you sell your biz? Where are you spending your time? Hope this msg finds you well!

Todd
At 9:28am on July 27, 2009, Pam Riggins said…
thought you would enjoy this:
And lo, in the year 2008, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said:
"Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me."

"Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans."

He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have 6 months to build the ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights."

Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard, but there was no ark.

"Noah! I'm about to start the rain! Where is the ark?"

"Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah, "but things have changed."

"I needed a building permit."

"I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system."

"My neighbors claim that I've violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to the Development Appeal Board for a decision."

"Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the ark's move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it."

"Getting the wood was another problem. There's a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl."

"I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls, but no go!"

"When I started gathering the animals, an animal rights group sued me. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. They argued the accommodations were too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space."

"Then the EPA ruled that I couldn't build the ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood."

"I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew."

"Immigration and Naturalization are checking the green-card status of most of the people who want to work."

"The trades unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with ark-building experience.

"To make matters worse, the IRS seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species."

"So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this Ark."

Suddenly, the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky.

Noah looked up in wonder and asked, "You mean you're not going to destroy the world?"

"No," said the Lord. "The government beat me to it."
At 9:47pm on July 5, 2009, Tino Marquez Jr. said…
Enjoy your posts Mike, I'm glad we can have discussions from opposite sides of the fence.
At 1:41pm on May 13, 2009, Duke Long said…
Possible meet up ?? When and where?
At 10:00am on March 27, 2009, Sarah Richcreek said…
Oh, and anyone who uses the word "asshat" is a friend of mine. hahaha!
At 9:58am on March 27, 2009, Sarah Richcreek said…
Thanks for friending me and thanks for the support!
At 8:27pm on March 23, 2009, Bill Bean said…
Mike, thanks for the input on my question about setting up a site for my neighborhood. I'll take a look at CollectiveX.
At 12:47pm on March 16, 2009, Rodger D. Johnson said…
Good questions. My partner is at South By Southwest this week. Have several things going on. I think I talked to Erik about participating on the panel discussion in the morning. Would you like to teach a break out session in the afternoon? On blogging strategies for public relations professionals that they can use for their clients, perhaps? My emai: yourprguy@gmail.com
At 5:19pm on March 14, 2009, Andrew Barlow said…
Hey Mike.
Sure, that sounds great. I would be available for most of the upcoming week to meet with you.
My number is 812-219-3733 and my email is abarlow88@hotmail.com
It would be great to hear from you as soon as possible.
Andrew
At 10:05am on February 26, 2009, Rodger D. Johnson said…
Hi Mike. I've seen your Professional Blog Services website. Found out about it from Erik Deckers. I'm part of the Continuing Education Academy for the PRSA Hoosier Chapter. In April we're planning a seminar on social media. I'm putting this bug in your ear because we are thinking about having a panel discussion, and we'd like our panel to be one of professionals to educate PR practitioners about social media.
 
 

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