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A Contract to Fuck America - Ruminations on Good Governance and Corporate Irresponsibility

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure." - Abraham Lincoln

 

A Contract to Fuck America 

We hold these truths to be self-evident...

1. Partisanship: That we show the conviction and courage to protect and defend the desires of our narrow constituency over the greater common good.
2. Imbalanced Budgets: May we ignore the premise of fiscal responsibility, focusing instead on the goodness of pork. It's not our money, anyway. 
3. Inseparability of Corporation and State: The will of the corporation and big business must be kept front and center at all times.  Today's senator is tomorrow's lobbyist, and vice-versa.
4. Greed is Good, Socialized Risk is Better: Because we know that Wall Street will lead our economy to financial ruin from time to time, the US Government must act as its Safety Net but never try to regulate and police investment vehicles that even Wall Street itself can't understand.
5. Corporations are not Responsible: The soul of Capitalism is The Corporation, and thus we honor the truth that its sole goal is to maximize profits. In God We Trust that these riches will trickle down.

Thank you. Good night. And God Bless the United States of America.

 

Our new eBook for iPad is LIVE in App Store: BOY! A Wolf’s Tale HD – See, Touch & Learn Interactive

At my company, Unicorn Labs, we are blessed to have a GREAT team of writers, illustrators, programmers, producers and audio specialists. And we squeezed every last drop of their creativity, inspiration and resilience to build an eBook that's a worthy follow-on to our first effort, 'Rabbit and Turtle's Amazing Race' (a perennial Top 20 iPad Book).

'BOY! A Wolf’s Tale' (BAWT) is a re-envisioning of the classic "Cry Wolf" tale, rendered as an amusement park ride and wrapped in an eBook. 

"BOY!" - Once you hear it, you'll know. Beautifully told, as a rhyming story. 

It's quirky, irreverent brain candy for your kids; a book that is specifically designed to be touched, played with and engaged at multiple levels.

Made for the entire family, BAWT is an original for a new medium, a re-envisioning of a timeless story about personal responsibility, consequences and redemption.

Check it out. You won't be disappointed. It's live in the iTunes App Store(HERE).

Features: 

• "Read it to me" mode: The book is read to you by the narrator 
• "I want to read it" mode: No narration, moderate ambient sounds
• Hand-drawn artwork that is specifically mastered for the iPad 
• Touch the text box on any page to dismiss it from view. Touch again to restore 
• Numerous hidden touch-activated surprises, animations and sounds 
• An Easter Egg that you won't soon forget

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Related:

1. How To Create An iPad E-Book App (GUEST COLUMN @ Forbes)
2. Rebooting the Book: One iPad at a Time (GUEST COLUMN @ O'Reilly Radar)
3. We Are Live! Rabbit and Turtle's Amazing Race HD: See, Touch & Learn