Always strive to learn something useful. --Sophocles

"Fired up the crazies."
-- McCain on Trump

"Graduated last in his class at Annapolis -- dummy!"
-- Trump on McCain

On his blog, Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, posted: "...just tweeted “The real hero is Donald Trump’s barber. That guy sacrifices his reputation every day to keep Trump out of The White House. #therealhero”

Now, Trump is correct that McCain was at the bottom of his class at Annapolis. Guess what -- in every class there will be a bottom. Just like the logical fallacy of Prairie Home Companion: Where all of the children are above average. Still, McCain did serve in a combat theater, something that Trump did not do. In fact, Trump, who was a gifted athlete at the military academy that his dad shipped him off too, is rumored to have gotten deferments (prior to him coming up with a high draft number) because of 'bone spurs on his heels'. Doubtful. McCain doesn't bother to mention that Trump has filed for bankruptcy several times, which is a convenient way of doing business.

Lots of videos that the campaign has posted on YouTube have been smitten mightely with DMCA take-down notices, mainly for not having secured the rights of various elements before posting. The people who own the rights, such as Jackson Brown (who is suing McCain for using one of his songs without permission), filed take-down notices and the videos have been removed. The campaign's counsel sent a letter to YouTube whining that the videos meet the Fair Use Doctrine rules.

Here's the campaign's whining: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/stifled-by-copy.html

Aside from Jackson Brown, Warner sued for them using Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, and Fox News even slapped them upside the head for using debate footage.

Here's YouTube's response: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/youtube-to-mcca.html

Basically, YouTube tells them to shove off. They made their DMCA bed, now they have to sleep in it.

And that's the final irony: McCain voted for the DMCA legislation that greatly restricted Fair Use Doctrine.