In a statement released on the Australian Political Portal Duncan says:

“Won’t anyone think of the children? We need to protect the children. As, hopefully, new head of the Ministry of Waffling, my prime concern will be how we can protect the users of the internet against the internet.” He continues, ” today there are so many dangerous things on the internet. I’ve heard about people spending up to 35 minutes a day during their working hours managing a virtual farm on Facebook. I’m not sure our children or adults are ready to manage virtual live stock, crops and farm buildings. As minister of the internet I will issue several user-protective shields on the Australian internet.”

When asked if shields isn’t just another word for filters Riley responds: “I have no comment on that. You will have to talk to Stephen Colbert or Connery or what’s his face, my soon to be predecessor”.

Personal comment: I smell waffles. Sorry Duncan, but I do.

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(Picture credit rich115. Some say it was taken at the press conference)

Exclusive: Duncan Riley To Run For Australian Minister is a post from: The Inquisitr

The default In Quotes choices, not surprisingly, are John McCain and Barack Obama. You can switch out with anyone from George Bush to Bill or Hillary Clinton, even Condoleeza Rice and Nancy Pelosi. And it’s not just limited to the U.S., either — a top-of-screen option lets you toggle over to an edition featuring British, Canadian, or Indian leaders.

In Quotes has a handful of obvious issues that you can click on — abortion, economy, health care — but it also lets you specify your own terms. You can then scroll through the list of quotes or hit the “spin” button to get a random one selected.

The site is a fun way to sift through political coverage specific to topics and candidates of your choosing. It doesn’t, of course, provide you a full spectrum of any person’s views, since you’re seeing only selected snippets from individual stories. A service such as The Boston Channel’s candidate comparison tool does a more all-encompassing job of laying out the candidates’ overall stances issue-by-issue (at least for the U.S. presidential campaign). As long as you use In Quotes with the understanding of what it can and cannot do, though, it’s an interesting tool that adds another layer to the political news experience.

Now, for our idea. The foundation is there. Next, we’d like to see the In Quotes Blogger Edition. Take the same concept, but switch out the players and the topics.

Just imagine the fun side-by-side comparisons could you drum up:

Here’s hoping Google decides to open source the code.

Google In Quotes and Our Million Dollar Idea is a post from: The Inquisitr

Our first Q-Rewind stop is in November of 1998, when a couple of dudes from Stanford set up a small search engine. The home page looked a little less high-tech than what we know now.

Click on either option there, though, and you’d get these spiffy-looking first editions of the now ubiquitous product:

Now, to be fair, the then-dominant Yahoo was looking pretty hot back in the mid-90s, too. Here’s the cutting-edge search look of October 1996:

Speaking of cutting-edge, over on the browser side, the Mozilla home page was sporting a sweet Atari-style design around December of ’98.

And just for kicks, we thought we’d see what DuncanRiley.com was up to in its infancy.

Whoops, still in the womb there. Let’s fast-forward just a hair, about one month ahead for the real deal.

You know, this is kind of like the modern equivalent of looking back at old photos from the 80s. Good times.

Anyhow, enough rewinding for one day. Back to the future, my friends…until next time.

Q-Rewind: Google’s Humble Beginning is a post from: The Inquisitr

To listen to the Duncan-less recording, you can listen below: