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Speaking of Election 2008, you may have heard of the debacle Barack Obama caused when he refused to wear a flag pin. Well, Lost Brain brings us the proper etiquette on wearing your own flag pin, so that you aren't "pegged as a terrorist."

More good promises from the Obama camp, this time dealing with net neutrality:

Affixing his signature to federal Net neutrality rules would be high on the list during his first year in the Oval Office, the junior senator from Illinois said during an interactive forum Monday afternoon with the popular contender put on by MTV and MySpace at Coe College in Iowa.

Net neutrality, of course, is the idea that broadband operators shouldn't be allowed to block or degrade Internet content and services--or charge content providers an extra fee for speedier delivery or more favorable placement.

Obama's endearing himself to me more and more with these announcements as of late. Net neutrality is an extremely important issue for the survival of the Internet as a whole. The existence of my own site would be threatened without it. Via boingboing.

Commendable action from the Obama camp:

"To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies."

This is in reference to attempts to include immunity from prosecution for the telecoms over illegal wiretapping charges under direction of the Bush Administration. I say burn 'em at the stake, and hopefully it follows right back to the administration.