It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. We keep track of bumper sticker sales to candidates over at Irregular Tracking because putting a bumper sticker for a candidate on your car is a stronger commitment than expressing a preference in a public opinion poll: not only do you pay for a sticker, but it actually sticks to your car, and you're making a very public statement. Since the New Hampshire Primary, then, you might be interested to know that: * John Kerry stickers are outselling Howard Dean stickers by a ratio of five to one; * We've sold a good number of "Dated Dean, Married Kerry" stickers, but no "Dated Kerry, Married Dean" stickers * We've only sold one John Edwards sticker, and only two Wesley Clark Stickers. Go ahead: throw off the curve. ![]() ![]() ![]() |